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Turbo,T5,R,T5-R..what's better? 850

posted by  mbsl98 on  Wed Mar 31 03:03 CST 2004
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As far as I know, there were no US market 850 Turbos with manual transmissions. However, both the S and V 70's and the S60 were sold from inception with high pressure Turbo and 5 speed. Not very common, but they aren't really "rare" either. I have read several auto reviews that suggested the Turbo was better matched with the auto (it is a really nice package, especially with the sport mode on transmission engaged). My sister in law has an S60 T-5 and I sort of agree - the action of the shifting and the clutch is not nearly on a par with say a BMW. However, she really loves it just the way it is, and it may jsut be a matter of spending some time getting aclimated. Moral, I guess, is to go find any T-5 5 speed and try it out before spending too much time on the search. I think all of teh T-5 5sp's are the same, even the S60.
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Mike Sullivan ('91 745 (171k), '93 965 (147k), '95 855T (60k), '98 V70XC (78k). Past Volvo's: '85 744 (256k), '86 245 (165k), '86 245 (195k), '88 745 (208k).






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