connorb850 Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 Got pics of this real wood dash I keep hearing about?SIt looks the same as the real wood in your 960 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmelviØØ7 Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 Anyways. The S80 trans if it goes out will cost much more to replace. Standard procedure is to drop the whole engine and trans assembly. That equals a lot more labor hours. Just something to think about. And just for the record, the S80 isn't that great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbomoose Posted May 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 They may not have the greatest reputation. But Darn... they sure are wonderful when they're working well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest_SteveO_* Posted May 26, 2006 Report Share Posted May 26, 2006 So after searching for a nice S80 T6 I have found one. After reading a few threads about the T6's transmission failing, Im getting worried. Im thinking of the thousands of cars Volvo made... I wonder out of all of those cars, how many have failed. Are we talking about almost guaranteed failure like the ETM?! At least the ETM issue is now covered by Volvo for 200K miles. The S80 I have found is a 2001 with a build date of 01/01. It has 94K. The tranny fluid looks and smells fine. Im sure it has been changed. The car drives perfectly under all conditions.I think what most people miss with the 4t65e is that is ultimately is still a GM tranny. I've heard a lot of talk of failure but almost no one every qualifies the statement with "X failed in the trans". My T6 had been shuddering going into second. Upon further investigation we decided to replace the Pressure Control and Torque Convertor lockup solenoids. That and a new filter/fluid and it works wonderful again. I have heard of problems with the valve body wearing out around certain pistons, but there are fixes for that in the GM community. At this point I can't confirm the GM and Volvo bodies to be the same, but my suspicion is that they are or are interchangable.As for the cars reliability, the front end is finicky as $&#$%. But most failures I have had are related to gimpy plastic fastners or previous damage. Oh and watch out for CV shafts. $510 from the dealer and no one I could find could rebuild one. PS I'm Steve. I haven't posted but once or twice and it's been a while. I always hate it when new people show up and start acting like an expert. Just wanted to show some courtesy to everyone here.Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maximase86 Posted May 26, 2006 Report Share Posted May 26, 2006 It looks the same as the real wood in your 960I hate to break it to you, but that's plastic buddy. S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connorb850 Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 I hate to break it to you, but that's plastic buddy. Well if the 960 trim is anything like the 850 (which I am pretty sure it is), then it is real wood covered in a varnish type clearcoat. Volvo even has a process in VADIS to repair the cracks in the trim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96PlatinumEdition850 Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 I'm at a LAN right now and my friend here has an 01 S80. Sitting in the seats MAY be comfortable but driving the car wouldn't be very comfortable when your transmission dies, throttle goes out, sunroof falls in on you -- all of those previous stated problems have happened to my friend here at the LAN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbomoose Posted May 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 I hate to break it to you, but that's plastic buddy. SThat may be so in your 9 series... Ive never taken the time to look at their interior. Ido know for a fact the wood in the 850s is genuine wood with a clear finish. They do splinter, and in rare cases the clear varnish does peel to expose the real wood if not cared for properly. Or of course if someone drills a hole to mount a holder of some type. Go to a salvage yard and check out the wood in an 850 yourself. And a *friendly* little bit of advice... if you dont know something for a fact, then dont post your opinion as a fact. I will give you points however, the wood trim in the S70's I've seen and my mothers S40 LSE is plastic wood effect. Looks completely different. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maximase86 Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 That may be so in your 9 series... Ive never taken the time to look at their interior. Ido know for a fact the wood in the 850s is genuine wood with a clear finish. They do splinter, and in rare cases the clear varnish does peel to expose the real wood if not cared for properly. Or of course if someone drills a hole to mount a holder of some type. Go to a salvage yard and check out the wood in an 850 yourself. And a *friendly* little bit of advice... if you dont know something for a fact, then dont post your opinion as a fact. I will give you points however, the wood trim in the S70's I've seen and my mothers S40 LSE is plastic wood effect. Looks completely different. That advice is all fine and great....but when did I say that 850's trim was plastic? If you look at my reply, connor said my trim was real wood. I've removed my trim before and it clearly plastic. So how would this be consider opinion...and how did it turn into me saying that 850 wood trim is plastic? So a little *friendly* advice for you.....maybe you should read the post completely before replying. Thanks! All this just to see pics of the actual wood trim. S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshV70 Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebor Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 I can verify that the wood in my S70 and in my previous 960 was fake plastic stuff. Easy to tell because the heat makes it buckle and form vertical lines every few centimeters.I still don't believe 850s had real wood, since SS featured a story about Volvo introducing real wood for the first time ever a few months ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arjev50t5 Posted June 9, 2006 Report Share Posted June 9, 2006 I used to have an extremely troublesome 2000 s80 t6 that even stalled on the freeway, almost causing me to get rear-ended. http://www.autosafety.org/article.php?scid=185&did=1184 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V70-AAAHHHRRR Posted June 10, 2006 Report Share Posted June 10, 2006 I still don't believe 850s had real wood, since SS featured a story about Volvo introducing real wood for the first time ever a few months ago.Hmm. My '90 780 Turbo has real wood. Original stock material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyWriter Posted June 10, 2006 Report Share Posted June 10, 2006 'comfy' is the new pegs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atbspinner Posted June 10, 2006 Report Share Posted June 10, 2006 I understand that comfort is relative but so far your whole argument has been it's reliablity or it's cost. Not once have you said why, or in your case why not, it's comfortable. I'm waiting....I'll throw this out there. The driver's leg room sucks on a S80. The center console gets all in the way. My S70 is much better in that dept. Of course I'm 6'4" and notice that kind of thing more than most people.So comfort is relative to many things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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