It has been 2 weeks and 1080 miles since I got my new to me 2004 s60 2.5t and I felt like sharing my opinion of the car on this forum. My most recent cars have been BMW's (a 3 series e46 that my daughter totaled very recently and a X5 which I sold 6 months ago) and Honda Accord 2005 2.4l (which I still have).
The white S60 had 61k on it when I bought it and drives and looks like brand new. The Carfax showed that it had been services and maintained at Volvo since new. It came with the premium package (leather seats, etc...) and whatever package brings the 17inches wheels and geartronic tranny.

1) LOOK: I find this car very nice looking inside and outside. I actually much prefer the look if the S60 than the one of the S80. The 2001/2009 S60 has a sporty, almost feline look (particularly with the 17inches wheels) that the S80 lacks in my opinion. The S80 of the same years looks outdated to me while the S60 is still very up to date. The inside and leather seats feel like high quality material and is pretty luxurious.

2) DRIVING IMPRESSION: Very smooth ride, very comfortable (significantly more comfortable than my bimmers) and while it is not a BMW in term of performance and driving impression I was pleasantly surprised by its strong acceleration and torque engine. I do enjoy driving my S60 like I did my bimmers while the Honda, as nice and reliable and well thought as it can be, is just a mode of transportation to me.


3) Now the few CONs and things that I have noticed: Awful turning radius. Probably the worse of all the cars I have had including the BMW X5 which was not great. Not much space for the passengers in the back.
The tires must be rubbing inside the fender as I hear a rubbing noise when turning hard left when maneuvering on a parking spot. I have a little/slight clunk noise that seams to come from the left front side from time to time when engaging first gear and starting moving or when get to a stop. This is most noticeable when using the manual mode of the geartronic. I would suspect a mount or a loose bolt. I really do not think this is tranny related as the tranny is very smooth but I could be wrong.


BOTTOM LINE: I like my S60. Very nice car overall.
I already replaced the stock radio with a pioneer 710BT GPS/Radio unit. Great sound with the stock speakers

 

The turning radius is really bad so live w/ it. The rubbing sound u hear also happend to my 03. I remedied the prob by installing a rubber bumper on the stopper behind the hub. Yours might have worn out so either u buy a new one or do the remedy I did. I had to drill a hole on the center of the flat bar (that is bolted to the hub by 2 10 mm bolts) and bolted a small rubber bumper. No more rubbing

 

Thanks for the tip. I will check that out.