We have reached a crossroads in our 850 turbo ownership. The car has 106,000 miles on it now and has racked up some pretty serious repair bills starting at around 86,000 miles. New control arms, interior plastic pieces around the steering wheel falling off, radiator is starting to leak, cd player failed, turbo oil line replaced, engine starting to consume some oil, AC is starting to give us problems, etc. etc. It seems that every several months, we need to unload several hundred dollars for some repair and I'm afraid this will only get worse as time goes on. We have spent close to if not more than $2000 on repairs (not including maintenance!) over the past year-year and a half.

Then I come on this board and I read about other potential mega-problems like blown main seals, etc. Can't wait til that one happens to us.

So I would like to ask the seasoned Volvo owners here: should we trade the car in for a new car or keep it? Now that we have replaced control arms and fixed a bunch of other stuff, can we expect the repairs to moderate for a while, or is this just the beginning of the crumbling?

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.