background story
I'm coming off a 2000 VW passat 1.8 turbo. I keep cars a long time (this is only my second car in 23-24 years) Wife total it last week, most important everybody is ok.
I had the car 12 years for 165K, great on gas avg 25 mpg according to computer. I'm not heavy on gas or break pedal. Tires last me 70K michellin's pricey but worth it. Nothing ever went wrong with car that was major plus $1K, original ac, tranny, engine, etc. Just replace mainteance filters (cabin, oil and air), some suppension ball joints, brakes (rear only), etc.

So I'm looking at a used 2008 S60 5 cylinder.
Are volvos realiable?
Do they eat up tires? Some cars do.
I'm going to be able to go 200K on the car?
gas mileage on s60 ?
chagning oil easy or pain? on vw was a pain remove under carrige cover, coolant resovior for filter access, pain, not like US car easy.

should I lean towards S40?

thanks for the info in advice I know the forums are the best way I belong to a passat forum that was super useful.

 

I used to own a 2006, which is the same car. Great mileage, average 22-23, 28 on the freeway. Oil filter easy to get to. It was a canister filter. Only problem I really had with it was that I couldn't figure out how to change it without wearing what was in it, but still pretty easy.

The tires that came on it were the MXV4 Energy Michelins. 25k, but that's all those tires get. They're average on tires, no better or worse than most. Yes, I know what you're talking about with eating tires. The XC90s are horrible about that. Since it's front wheel drive, just make sure you rotate every 5k and keep it aligned.

Volvos are traditionally all kinds of reliable. Most I see are getting a lot of miles. Only problem I've found with them seems to be more of a gadget problem - things start breaking. Power windows, switch gear, things like that. But they'll usually run forever....

 

My 02 S60 has 111K on it and it is going strong. 200K on a Volvo is just getting broken in. If you're easy on the tires and keep them rotated,, etc. they should last as long as any other vehicle/tire combo.