Thinking about buying a '99 V70 XC is this a good model?

#1 (**permalink**) 09-19-2007, 07:01 PM

My wife found this for sale at a dealer for about 10,999 with 66k
miles. I was just wondering if it's a good year for Volvo. I've read
conflicting accounts on KBB and Edmunds about this model and year.

#2 (**permalink**) 09-20-2007, 12:05 AM

Joe <joe5345@gmail.com> wrote:

> My wife found this for sale at a dealer for about 10,999 with 66k
> miles. I was just wondering if it's a good year for Volvo. I've read
> conflicting accounts on KBB and Edmunds about this model and year.

This was one of the very best years for the FWD model. The '99 XC AWD
model had more than its share of problems. The '98 XC AWD was a much
better year. However, I have an '01 which is even worse then the '99
and have had no problems. It has been a very solid car for me. I plan
on keeping it to at least 180,000 miles, perhaps longer. So the term
'bad year' is relative.
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Cheers, Steve Henning in Reading, PA, USA
Owned '67,'68,'71,'74,'79,'81,'87,'93,'95 & '01 Volvos.
The '67,'74,'79,'87,'95 and '01 through European Delivery.
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#3 (**permalink**) 09-20-2007, 12:33 PM

I believe the car I'm buying is AWD, I guess I should stay away. Too
bad, my wife really liked that model.

#4 (**permalink**) 09-20-2007, 01:59 PM

Joe wrote:
> I believe the car I'm buying is AWD, I guess I should stay away. Too
> bad, my wife really liked that model.
>
Mate

Live a little and buy it if you like it - it may turn out to be the best
damn car you've ever had!!! Wouldn't that be terrible. If it is a dud,
sell it!! (Bet it's not though...) Stats should be used as a guide but
not the rule!!!

Good luck!

#5 (**permalink**) 09-20-2007, 08:51 PM

On Sep 19, 9:02 pm, Joe <joe5...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I believe the car I'm buying is AWD, I guess I should stay away. Too
> bad, my wife really liked that model.

Consider that the car is now 8 years old and that any early problems
will have been resolved by now. I would check the price on Edmunds,
have the car evaluated, check the CarFax and if it looks ok go for
it.

#6 (**permalink**) 09-23-2007, 01:57 AM

It has the Haldex AWD system. Run as fast as you can from that deal.
Unless you want to replace all four tires everytime one gets a bit
"lower" than the others.

Jordan.

On Sep 20, 3:33 pm, Roadie <hjs...@cs.com> wrote:
> On Sep 19, 9:02 pm, Joe <joe5...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I believe the car I'm buying is AWD, I guess I should stay away. Too
> > bad, my wife really liked that model.
>
> Consider that the car is now 8 years old and that any early problems
> will have been resolved by now. I would check the price on Edmunds,
> have the car evaluated, check the CarFax and if it looks ok go for
> it.