I am currently looking to buy a car. I came across an 04 S60R with 19k miles on it. 22,900. this is right in my price range. I'm coming from a 97 honda prelude. what I'm asking is are volvo's really that expensive to maintain? I thought for what this car is that is a helluva price. are these cars prone to problems etc...? I'm already approved with capitol one and already have a blank check on the way. I'm excited as heck. but is there anything I should look out for? seemed to run great. drove like a dream. took it on some twisties it handled like a champ. I was looking at a wrx before I found this one. opinions? suggestions? I am a pt supervisor at UPS, and can afford the payments for the car without any problems. but don't know how much maintenance costs are. please offer advice oh volvo guru's.

 

Yes Volvo's are exspensive to maintain. This is just a proven fact. If a part does break it wont be cheap.

Also aftermarket parts are just as exspensive and honestly not too too too abundant.

 

so would you reccomend this as a daily driver for somebody who's 24 and going back to school? car seems perfect for me :-\

 

If you can afford it yes. I mean don't expect things not to go wrong but don't expect eveything to go wrong. But expect it to be pretty exspensive. Not to mention that if you get it serviced at a dealership your going to pay out the butt for labor which at mine is lik $78 a hour.

I just took my 1999 s70 awd in for its 85,000 checkup and they did...

-oil change
-turbo oil seal of some kind
-pollen filter
-removed some idiot lights (Meaning made them stop coming on)
-climate control fix
-inspection
-rear brake pads

$775

Also before the 10 year 200,000 mile warranty was applied my car has the infamous ETM problem. Which is roughly $900-$1200 for the actual ETM (Electronic Throttle Module). It cost $920 just to have that done. And then they came out with a software update which was like $60-$100 some months later. I don't know if that software was covered under the warranty or not, but still.

The only cheap parts I ever got from the dealership was MAF screws and headlight bolts. And even then they were $.50 a pop or so. Not to mention that they buy their s70 turn signals for like $30 and mark them up to $50 a pop.

 

well keep in mind i'm coming from a 97 honda prelude *500 cause I lost all my keys* *atts Unit went bad, 3900, clutch change is right at 900, 100k service to change the timing belt etc... is 650. I mean, all cars have maintenance costs associated. I don't think the cost of an 04 s60r will beTHAT much more than my prelude. how wrong am I?

 

It could be, just be warned.

 

I think i'm gonna go for it. and hope nothing major breaks lol. I haven't found anything close to this car in terms of what I want in a car. this car does it all and more. I just hope it makes a good reliable daily driver.