All,


I would like to ask something that's been weighing on my mind for a while.

I just purchased a 2000 V70, production date of 07/99, and will pick it up next week. It is an original-owner car - the owners picked it up at the factory in Gothenburg immediately after it was built and have owned it ever since. The car is in near-mint condition, and only needs two front calipers and two rear brake pads to make it perfect. Car has 119k miles on it and is a non-turbo model.

Now here's the kicker - this V70 is equipped with a 5-speed manual (M56). That was the reason I bought it. And I'm only paying $1,400 for it. How rare are normally-aspirated 2000 V70s with manual transmissions? (Really) I've been given conflicting numbers but I have been told that finding an NA V70 with a manual is very hard, especially one that has been owned and cherished by the original owners.

Darn, I didn't see that one! What a nice find. Give it a good wash and wax, including the door frames and lower parts of the door that you can't really see. If it has leather seats, soak them nicely with a good leather preservative, and hang on to that car. You got a good price.

You might have to refurbish the oil separator and hoses, but that can be helped by using synthetic engine oil exclusively.

Flush the brake fluid with the caliper swaps, and new flex brake lines (age).

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Keeping it running is better than buying new

Its a jem. Extremly hard to find a manual transmission Volvo & a v70 in great shape , you have something special. Ive had manuals and loved them. I just bought a XC70 and if only it was a manual transmission.

My 850 5spd had 250K + miles on it strong clutch when my nephew totaled it.

Great car.