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More on possible purchase... why different curb weights? C70

posted by  volvofan1 on  Tue Feb 5 12:48 CST 2002
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Mebbe it's just a statistic-ism, but how come the curb weights vary almost 400lbs for the HPT coupes between '98 and '02? I'm probably going to end up taking the advice of the brickboard and doing a CPO HPT manual Coupe through the dealer. Again, anything that's chronic I should look for? How about differences year to year to watch out for? Thanks so much for all the advice.

-Jon
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    More on possible purchase... why different curb weights? C70

    posted by  Mike H. on  Wed Feb 6 08:05 CST 2002
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    In case you want to swap your ECU, the 99s onwards are a lot more difficult to chip according to IPD. And like steve s said, the 99s+ have 5-speed auto now. I have to live with a 4-speed =(.
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      More on possible purchase... why different curb weights? C70

      posted by  someone claiming to be Carl on  Mon Feb 18 16:38 CST 2002 [RELATED]

      Hi,
      I have a 2000 C70 HPT w/4 speed auto. Man, it seems to be a great tranny. After breaking in the car I had the tranny reset, so it could relearn a more sporty style of driving. It up shitfs and down shifts very nicely. I am in Colorado, and really like hat I can select 1,2,3,D and is actually sticks in 1,2,3. My wifes 95 turbo wagon has L, and shifts to first on down hills when speed is under 25 which I hate, when I put in in second I want it to stay there.

      I also think (no facts) the four speed has the most maturity, so should last longer. There was rumor he 93-94 was a weak tranny, and then improvements kept being made.

      I do wish it had the S/E/W (sport/econ/winter) instead of just W.

      So.... can anyone compared the 5 speed auto to four in terms of
      1. Maturity/design
      2. Speed acceleration?
      3. any other comaprison?


      Thanks,
      Carl







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    More on possible purchase... why different curb weights? C70

    posted by  someone claiming to be Ray Niblett on  Wed Feb 6 07:39 CST 2002 [RELATED]

    The convertables weigh more (beefed up structure). Not
    sure when they were introduced but I think the higher
    number probably includes the convertables' weight.

    I've noticed the same on the V70s. Big difference in
    weight between a V70 FWD with a manual transmission and a
    V70 AWD.








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    More on possible purchase... why different curb weights? 850 1995

    posted by  steve s on  Tue Feb 5 19:49 CST 2002
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    went on volvo's owner site and checked on the curb weights and it's around 3200 lbs for curb weight for 1998 as well as 2001. you might wanna get a later year c70 HPT, i remember the c70 had been delayed quite a bit because of structural problems, most likely with the convertible, but in any case...might wanna look for later years. also, as a side note cause u'r looking for manual, later years provided c70 hpt with optional 5 speed automatics, compared to early years where it was only optional 4 speed automatic. all years had 20 mm front and rear sway bars.







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