Next car options (thinking out loud)

[y2blade]

I Will be looking to replace the S60 in the new year......MissB has already said she wants it to knock about in (to replace the Golf tdi).

My options as it stands ATM:

Option 1: I Get something newer, trouble is newer Volvos (S60/V70V/V50) don't seem to be made as well as the older (Pre-Ford) cars, or are the newer ones not as unreliable as all the VOC posts lead me to believe?....So do I leave Volvo and look at other brands for a NEWER car? ...is the grass greener?
If I left Volvo it would be for an Audi as I have no interest in BMW or Mercedes.

Option 2: I Go back to a lovely old 850/ P1 V70 T5....I do really miss my old white MTE'd 850T5, it is the only car to date I've regretted selling.

Option 3: Stick with the S60 for me and get MissB a V70tdi to knock about in?

answers on a postcard please.

[300bhp/ton]

y2blade said:

I Will be looking to replace the S60 in the new year......MissB has already said she wants it to knock about in (to replace the Golf tdi).

My options as it stands ATM:

Option 1: I Get something newer, trouble is newer Volvos (S60/V70V/V50) don't seem to be made as well as the older (Pre-Ford) cars, or are the newer ones not as unreliable as all the VOC posts lead me to believe?....So do I leave Volvo and look at other brands for a NEWER car? ...is the grass greener?
If I left Volvo it would be for an Audi as I have no interest in BMW or Mercedes.

Option 2: I Go back to a lovely old 850/ P1 V70 T5....I do really miss my old white MTE'd 850T5, it is the only car to date I've regretted selling.

Option 3: Stick with the S60 for me and get MissB a V70tdi to knock about in?

answers on a postcard please.

Budget? What do you need the car to do and for what use?

If you like it, stick with it. If you fancy a change, then go for it :thumb:

Option 2 seems the most interesting IMO.

[Krikkit]

If you can find a nice one, I'd go back to the car you loved.

As far as I've heard the Ford-era Volvo's aren't especially unreliable, other than the auto gearbox I get the impression they're pretty solid. My parents ran a 2001 V70 for 5 years and nothing went wrong with it over 70-odd thousand miles that wasn't brakes, tyres etc.

[wackojacko]

Get yourself an 850R mate.

[y2blade]

wackojacko said:

Get yourself an 850R mate.

Aye.
I was looking at a Gul (Yellow) one on Autotrader just now..not sure I'd want that colour though

[y2blade]

300bhp/ton said:

Budget?

Whatever really, but I'm half Scots

[y2blade]

y2blade said:

wackojacko said:

Get yourself an 850R mate.

Aye.
I was looking at a Gul (Yellow) one on Autotrader just now..not sure I'd want that colour though

This one:

[300bhp/ton]

I say go for it. It's not exactly an unusable or impractical car, so there's really no logical reason not to go for it, if it's what you fancy.

Does look good in that colour too

[y2blade]

Looked at a bronze V70R up here in brum this morning. (I'm visiting family)

Option 2 is looking the most apealing tbh.

[davepoth]

Plainly you want a silly fast brick shaped Volvo estate. I say go for it.

[williredale]

I prefer the yellow colour of the 850 but the V70R is hard to argue with!

[y2blade]

Update:
Just to close this off...I bought a B5 Audi S4 Quattro 2.7 V6 Twin Turbo.

I'm smitten

[Codswallop]

The b5 A4 has aged very nicely and still looks elegant imo

What's it like to drive? Oh, and any pics?

[y2blade]

Codswallop said:

The b5 A4 has aged very nicely and still looks elegant imo

What's it like to drive? Oh, and any pics?

Thank you, I love it I really do.
It drives really well, feels nice and tight...loads of shove and the sound is superb

I'll take some pictures once she's clean, wasn't sure how well she'd be received as PH tends to be a bit Anti-Audi.