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[Martin_1962]

average life of a "modern"autobox is anywhere between 60,000 to 100,000 after that you are on borrowed time

Mine has done 115,000 so far

[feeutfo]

my old 2.5 had 145k on it and felt as good as new
So def not modern. :-)

[r1]

bet you wish you never bought it  now?

[V6drift]

ive just left the volvo T5 scene and it was quite an experience.
my 850 had a rr proven 270bhp through the front wheels and was mental.
very reliable cars but they are well known to have "weak" boxes.
probably not "weak" just the silly power they have to deal with IMHO 

[crazyjoetavola]

Junked my last XC70 T5 as the 5 speed box was abysmal - a practical car - but too involved and expensive to run.

Dealer solution to interior light micro switch fault? – change the entire door lock assembly.  Sadly this trait was representative of the dealer mentality.

Was the last in a long line of Volvos from the Amazon 123GT to the 760 GLE.

[ngrainqey]

bet you wish you never bought it  now?

i do and i dont lol
it easily remaps to 250bhp and for example timing belt is every 90/110k rather than 40k
and it's alot better built than even a facelift omega, still like omegas but just silly little things wrong with them, they do have a nice tank hatch door shutting noise though haha!
might get a 3.0 still just to chop the backbox off of so it sounds like a tank too

[Del Boy]

bet you wish you never bought it  now?

i do and i dont lol
it easily remaps to 250bhp and for example timing belt is every 90/110k rather than 40k
and it's alot better built than even a facelift omega, still like omegas but just silly little things wrong with them, they do have a nice tank hatch door shutting noise though haha!
might get a 3.0 still just to chop the backbox off of so it sounds like a tank too

Don't wany my BM do you 

[ngrainqey]

ive just left the volvo T5 scene and it was quite an experience.
my 850 had a rr proven 270bhp through the front wheels and was mental.
very reliable cars but they are well known to have "weak" boxes.
probably not "weak" just the silly power they have to deal with IMHO 

they arnt really weak gearboxes, the M56 like in mine arent known for not being able to handle the power as the T5's with 250bhp and 350 i think nm of torque use an M56 on the 5 speed and the D5 with 163bhp and 380nm i think has an M56 gearbox, apparently they dont like ramming the gears really fast though like racing shifts lol!

[ngrainqey]

bet you wish you never bought it  now?

i do and i dont lol
it easily remaps to 250bhp and for example timing belt is every 90/110k rather than 40k
and it's alot better built than even a facelift omega, still like omegas but just silly little things wrong with them, they do have a nice tank hatch door shutting noise though haha!
might get a 3.0 still just to chop the backbox off of so it sounds like a tank too

Don't wany my BM do you 

sod off lol
i fancy an S70 depending what happens with my S60 (it's gone in for s replacement gearbox-second hand)

[Del Boy]

bet you wish you never bought it  now?

i do and i dont lol
it easily remaps to 250bhp and for example timing belt is every 90/110k rather than 40k
and it's alot better built than even a facelift omega, still like omegas but just silly little things wrong with them, they do have a nice tank hatch door shutting noise though haha!
might get a 3.0 still just to chop the backbox off of so it sounds like a tank too

Don't wany my BM do you 

sod off lol
i fancy an S70 depending what happens with my S60 (it's gone in for s replacement gearbox-second hand)

I had that shpe but the V70 get a T 5 goes like stink hardly any slower than the new one but, be prepared for a silly amount of front tyres 3 brand new sets I think in less than a year maybe I was lead footed 

[ngrainqey]

omg tell me about it..my S60's bad enough coming off roundabouts with tc on in the dry lol!

[Del Boy]

omg tell me about it..my S60's bad enough coming off roundabouts with tc on in the dry lol!

That is a problem with them they're WWD, mrs still wouldn't mind one though  :-/

[ngrainqey]

lol i wouldnt mind a V70R
apparently the V70R's only available in gaytronic lol!

(just have to get mine remapped)
T5's power delivery's a bit pants anyway, the 2.5lpt S60 is as fast to 60 as the T5 with 40 more bhp lol!

[Del Boy]

lol i wouldnt mind a V70R
apparently the V70R's only available in gaytronic lol!

(just have to get mine remapped)
T5's power delivery's a bit pants anyway, the 2.5lpt S60 is as fast to 60 as the T5 with 40 more bhp lol!

Yeah but then the 2.5 begins to go backwards.

[ngrainqey]

lol yeah but thats because of the 40bhp difference in peak power, not alot of difference in peak torque.

if i had mine remapped it'd piss on a T5 because i'd get the wider power band and then i'd have slightly more peak power