Just got back from a 10 day, 6 state, 3500 mile road trip. Saw several Volvo's, but most were newer S60's and XC90s. I only saw 2 850s, one 240, and NO S70's. So where are all the older (and in my opinion better) Volvo's hiding.

Oh yeah, in Yellowstone, the vehicle of choice seems to be a Chevy Traverse of all things. They were crawling all over the place.....Yuk.

Glenn

 

Man, the mid '90's Volvo's are becoming extinct. The young and risk takers are killing them by the dozen. Breaking timing belts, driving around with rads leaking (loosing battle), and many are simply afraid to take an old car with over 150,000 miles anywhere. I really wish I could round the rest of them up, tune them up and put them in the hands of trained adventures.

 

Yeah, mid-nineties automobiles are just not around much in the US.
I personally believe that it has to do with the relatively high maintenance and repair costs associated with these vehicles.
For those who are taking their car to the garage, t-belt change and other routine maintenance is approaching 1k; money that would almost buy a new pair of aluminum heads for say a 5.0 Mustang for axample-

Just a thought...and you're right- mid nineties to 98 WERE the BEST.

 

Cash for clunkers may have killed off a lot of them.

 

Sure would like to see more of them on the road. They are GREAT cars for a trip, at least the one we have is <grin>

 

Maybe they are all coming here, lol. I live in a little town on the SC/NC border and there are quite a few 850s rolling around, sedans & station wagons (NA and Turbo alike). I would have never thought it being that this is a place where pickup trucks and minivans rule the road! I have had offers for mine as well, which I thought was strange.

 

I do see a lot of them in the Charlotte area as well. We have a few running around here but I don't see to many on the road while traveling.

 

I have 10 of them.

 

I wish I had the $$ and space to hoard them too!!

Psaboic: apparently you didn't come through Portland OR; they're crawling all over here (on the east side anyway).

 

I just saw a youtube video of someone crushing a Toyota Previa (we call them a Tarago here) because it needed engine work. The jelly bean shaped Tarago still gets prices of around $15,000 here....even with higher k's

A well looked after 850 here still gets around $9000......

VOLVO 8 50 SE 4D SEDAN - Strathpine - QLD - $ 8,990

 

That's because people respect good cars there. Here, EVERYTHING is disposable.

 

I see tons of 850s in NYC. Maybe since I am in a lot of low income areas and ppl can't afford new cars. There are a lot of them here though and quite a few in my immediate area too.

 

Major cities with more than 1 million people have most of them.

 

if you ever go to mount pleasant, sc just outside charleston, you will see quite a few of them, and in pretty good shape mind you. This is a ritzy area as well.

 

colorado has a **** ton of them

sorta funny, but only seen one t5 s70 so far

 

So from what I am hearing most of the 850's are in the midwest or East, or in the cities. Maybe that is why I didn't see many on the open road!!

 

Between the pair I have, we've racked up about 16k miles since March of this year. Just great, comfy cars to drive.

 

I'll agree to that! The 3500 mile trip we took in ours was very comfortable

 

I live in Orange County, Southern California and there are ALOT of old Volvo's around here. I cannot go out on a drive without seeing at least one 240 or at least a 740/60, I often see 850s but more frequently see s70's. Almost everyone I see is a GLT or a N/A though, and I've only ever found one other 850 around here that had a spoiler.

 

Sounds like we can ship them over and make some coin