My best guess would be a screwy dealer alignment coupled with worn suspension parts. They've probably got some parameter so far out of whack the alignment computer thinks it's in spec. Do you have a race tire/alignment shop nearby? I use a nearby Porsche race shop (which seems to work on a lot of Volvos, both the nearby Volvo dealers are hopeless.) If they can make a 911 track true at Daytona, making a Volvo track on the Parkway should be a piece of cake.

When I did my struts, I replaced both strut mounts. (I heard that Volvo's rear shock mounts are pretty good and I didn't replace them so a few months later of course I had a shock come through the trunk floor when the mount fell apart.)

If the AC is cool, and the engine's not pumping oil, I wouldn't give up on it yet. Just think, you're saving $1049 every month ($5,598.00 due at signing) you can put off leasing a 750i!

-BTC

'98 V70 T5 5-speed, 172k mi, heated velour cloth comfy chairs, factory HD suspension, Bilstein HD, front IPD stabilizer bar, Volvo strut tower brace and skidplate, XC grill, C70 jewel E-Codes, V-1, Lidatek, IPD stuff, JB Weld, Duck tape, zip ties, Mobil-1 since new.

"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair." - Douglas Noel Adams (1952 - 2001)