What's up? hope to have this car for awhile, new to Volvos. Had it for a day, it's mainly my wife's, she loves it too. Has a lot of miles, but hope to get at least another 100,000!! It's a dark red 97 naturally aspirated 850 wagon, leather interior, basically all the bells and whistles except for a turbo. Has 176,000 on her, got it very cheap, hopefully in a few years we can upgrade to a newer one, but it all depends how long this one lasts!! Have a Jeep and the forum for it has been awesome, and it looks like this one is great as well.

Quick question - are Volvos particularly difficult to work on? I usually do most of my own wrenching, have worked on Fords, Jeeps, VWs, and Dodges, and I like to save money. Gave the engine and such a once over, didn't look like there were any "special" things in there. Let me know if I should watch out for anything.

Happy motoring!!

Jonathan

 

Welcome!

 

Welcome

In my opinion Volvo's are the easiest car out there to work on.

 

>What's up?
Ceiling & lights.....[8D]

The only thing that is special about working on Volvos is that you need metric tools, which you may already have by working on VW. Also, Torx bits are a must.

Come on over to the 850 forum to make your 850 go for another 100,000 miles.

Welcome to the club,


JPN

 

Welcome aboard.

 

Welcome fellow 850 owner.