I bought a $1500 Volvo V70R

[@yeetgor7340]

These early 2000s R volvos are so cool, i love their understated performance. Chill-ass video dude, I love it

[@NegerKim]

There's no later ones, lol...

[@yeetgor7340]

@@NegerKimwhat are you talking about

[@jespurrier]

​@@yeetgor7340I'm sure he's referring to this being the last proper 'R' version of the V70. The MK3 V70's have 'R design' versions and it's just not the same thing. Please correct me if I'm wrong as it would be great if there was a proper MK3 'R' car! Also this car must be newer than around 2005 at least as it has the projector headlights and other little facelifted bits. I prefer the older glass headlights myself.

[@miltonulm5102]

@@jespurrierthere is kinda, v70 gen3 T6 polestar but its not as good

[@NegerKim]

@@miltonulm5102 Still not a R :-)

[@RanenPo]

11:49 man I love Swedish car interiors, both Saab and Volvo of this era really made their center controls look like a something out of an airplane cockpit

[@DakotaStone]

Me drooling over and admiring all the clean nuts and bolts with no rust in sight 🤤🤤🤤 Midwesterners dream of these cars

[@metalfingersfilm]

my exact same thought, haha.

[@wheelemverb]

I definitely take it for granted haha. Pulled the original exhaust off the other day and the exhaust bolts threaded off by hand after I cracked them loose

[@alouisschafer7212]

I live in Germany and my 07 V70 looks the same and the body is completely rust free. Its wet and cold here most of the year 😐 They built these cars right.

[@Truth_Spoken]

I live in northern Michigan and they are just as clean and rust free here. Volvo actually cares about their customers and takes the proper steps (like triple galvanized parts and panels) to keep their cars from rusting. Other cars are rusting less than 5 years old. I only own Volvo’s for that reason.

[@JosephSamsor]

Immediately subbed. Cool Volvo, great filming, actual wrenching, CANYON RUN, and mention of a manual swap. Hard to find a good channel like this these days.

[@wheelemverb]

🤝🤝🤝

[@JosephSamsor]

@@wheelemverbyeah man just make more videos because I’m running out lol

[@rdve]

exactly what i thought, what an amazing video

[@HirokawaBoys]

so inspiring! because of you, i’ve started VOLVO/Film channel with my dad :) Just amazing to see you doing what you love, respect from Japan🇯🇵

[@wuidzeit_simon]

Sooo excited, maybe a little bit too much. But finally a renaissance man with too many of the right kind of project cars here on KZbin. Nice 👍

[@wheelemverb]

Haha thank you 🫶

[@leostudzine]

The V70R is such an awesome machine, I genuinely considered one but the stories of maintenance on them scared me off.. The truest Wolf in Sheep's clothing. I did however recently find my dream (slightly easier to live with Volvo, a 2008 V50 T5 6Spd manual and I am totally in love. It's superb in every way, and I dig the smaller sportwagon format a lot, even if hardcore Swedish metal-heads sniff at them for being largely ford-derived! That along with slowly learning and restoring an '85 BMW E30 keep me busy! Huge props for making such amazing content, and for having such great taste and passion for these machines, amazing channel and can't wait to see where this one takes you, I have no doubt from your enthusiasm it's going to be a peach. Killer work! Alos, hope shooting is going great! Big fan.

[@motorwolfe]

what an amazing find for only $1500!! can't wait to see what the future holds for this project.

[@azo5000]

Great video, it's refreshing to see reviews of everyday vehicles rather than multi-million dollar supercars and hypercars.

[@karavi]

I always enjoy your Volvo videos! I have a V70 classic(2007), and for reference, I'll post a case study of an ATF pressure change that was performed for my V70 earlier this year. I had the following symptoms, "shift shock while driving or decelerating, especially when accelerating from 1st to 2nd gear or decelerating from 2nd to 1st gear." All or nothing, I replaced the ATF pressure exchange using by full automatic cvtf & ATF changer, but the symptoms eventually went away. You may have already done this, but I used the following products. ・Wynn’s automatic transmission flush ・WAKO'S ATF Safety-S ・D1 Chemical SOD-1 Plus

[@NoniATV]

I've been looking for a next car and I always loved the look on these old volvos. Now thanks to you showing this absolute beauty, I have to say that the months that will be put to find such a good looking car (imo) at a good price and low mileage, will be worth. Great video!

[@terrycraig9876]

Sweet deal, how lucky. Have swapped bunch of stuff on my 01 T5. Biggest issue had to just buy new trans. Aside from a ghost electrical drain(old frayed wiring) runs good. I did most of standard upgrades. Keeping it for life as my project baby and I love it.

[@Y0utud3G0D]

Man I want a V70R so bad they look so good. I love the wagons and that 5 cyl sounds lovely.

[@Antti_Iltanen]

What an insane find!! 🤯 Where I live, $1500 will get you a stock, non turbo, older V70 with 400k and similar, or worse, issues to fix. I'd love one of these to work on, currently driving a D5 V70 but have no time, money or place for a project car at the moment 😢 Just subscribed, I like your style and calm demeanor. No shouting, no "LETS GOOOO!", no ridiculous clickbaiting, you're actually showing the issues and work involved with them.. Good job man. 👌

[@jaskajokunen3716]

Here you could get a t5 variant for under 2k with 300-400k km. though its not too big of a issue since non r volvos last pretty long without breaking apart.

[@dz_ca]

I love the part where you pretended to be surprised that the rare car you picked up for $1500 that the guy was about to scrap broke down immediately after picking it up. You don't need to layer on fake emotion to make good content, the video was good enough as it was.

[@petemazzone6559]

My favorite car ever was my 2001 red with tan interior v 70 GREAT VIDEO!

[@ken377lx]

I just picked up one of these too! Mine has many problems and I got it cheap. But I hope I can make it somewhat reliable soon.

[@elduderino1809]

I used to own a 2002 V70 XC (5 cyl turbo) with leather seats that look similar to yours. I ended up in a U-Pull-&-Pay and got all excellent leather seats from another same model for less than $100. It was an excellent car.

[@rebuildbetter]

Your video was so cool you’ve got me shopping Facebook marketplace…..not cool. Great wor and awesome find!

[@SuperWesty177]

That's such a good score, my best friends dad has a Laser Blue V70R generation before this car its a gorgeous car. These Volvos are super super rare in New Zealand if they weren't I'd love one for a daily driver.

[@eriksalas8958]

Just came up on this channel I walked my neighborhood last week and found one sitting in a backyard. No intentions of buying it but this video is definitely motivating would be a great first Volvo coming from a Volkswagen and Mini background

[@Spliteyemoto]

Very cool project! Looking forward to seeing how far this things goes!

[@Scrubworks]

I feel your pain. I bought a 2003 S80 recently, 90000 mile, manual car. It was at a Volvo breakers yard and had sat outside undriven for most of a year (in the UK). They let me do a load of work on it at the yard using spare parts, and then the day I drove it out the yard to a workshop for its safety inspection, one of the front calipers seized on and brought me to a smoky halt. Such a pain in the arse >.

[@endijserglis77]

I have a volvo v70 P2 D5 2007 summun 180hp diesel with auto trans. It started like a charm in -24 celcisus weather. In summer I have kind of a low profile tyre on it and it handles quite well un the roads. TBH I've kind of fell in love with it. The sound of a 5 cylinder is just awesome. Changed the trans fluid and also the timing belt and also the basic maintenance. In the future I would like to tone the windows and maybe a straight pipe. Still thinking about the straight pipe... When I changed the trans fluid, it was absolutely black. Kinda want a awd version, maybe the xc 70, but Im still considering it... Greetings from Europe, Latvia!

[@pumpdumpster]

That Volvo V70R is a beauty. I have had a 745 and a 965, loved them both. The 745 was totally plain, except it had a sunroof. Kids loved to stand on the armrest and look out of the sunroof. The 965 was automatic, leather seats, wood steering wheel and panels, loved it too. My heart still beats for a V70R allwheel, nice to look at, lot of horsepower etc., whats not to like!!!! Look forward to more videos about this car. Thanks for sharing!

[@sammy8796]

my dad had one of these, and i loved driving it around and riding it, was super sad when he decided to sell it. glad to see some videos of it being modified and driven because theyre great cars (when they arent broken lmao).

[@sammy8796]

side note, gotta keep the pegasus wheels imo, theyre classic and super cool. made out of magnesium.

[@genecarlsonii3115]

I really like your Volvo videos. I've watched them all twice. Please keep up the great content. 150K are low miles. I'm about to swap the Aisin 55/51SN on my 06 XC70 (have a V70 and an XC90 too)...but keep looking for a local M66 manual. I subscribed to your primary channel as well.

[@wheelemverb]

Thank you 🥹

[@tjrosemond3232]

glad you got this for the "channel" excited to see how it turns out!

[@samzheng7880]

As someone who lives in the rust belt country, can’t say I’m not surprised to see every bolt just comes loose without a fight.

[@MultiFindus]

haha nice find! Dutch road police drove these. My dad got pulled over by one for talking on the phone while driving. the 5 cyl sound is the best imo.

[@098cpt]

wow, diggin in the manual swap. That was my dream car for so long ! Now own a audi Avant B7 6mt and a BMW E91 N54 6mt. If I ever find a deal like your, Ill definitely jump in that kind of project, to got the big 3 elite wagon jerk squad.

[@Evan-cy7bh]

love the content man! you make some of the best quality p2 content around. Would be sick if you made some more tutorial/how to videos on maintenence and mods

[@wheelemverb]

There are plenty of projects to tackle on this thing that I will share on the channel :)

[@Evan-cy7bh]

@@wheelemverb cant wait

[@larsfrolich7151]

Very Nice Filming , interesting Projekt Keep up the Good work 👍

[@iadubber]

I've always wanted one of these! Nice pick up!

[@r.weaver3769]

A nice score, lots of good content to come, a really nice cruiser in the end, Sweet

[@btrdangerdan2010]

I frickin love those straight spoke wheels on the car 😍

[@dj_paultuk7052]

If changing the gearbox oil, most importantly on the Aisin Warner gearboxes is to clear all Adaptions so the box can re-learn with the new oil.

[@DeoAbarquez]

Let's gooooo what a deal! I recently picked up a 2007 Forester XT for $2500AUD which is a very similar figure to your new (to you) V70R! Valve cover gaskets are a bit leaky like most Subies so that'll be done in the near future - something I'm yet to try on a subie - but other than that it's running mint for the near 330,000kms on the car. Excited to see the journey with your amazing purchase

[@ChapuzasconRober]

Lucky you!!!!!!!!!! Only the Pegasus worth the half at least! Yesterday I found your channel and today I see this video. I envy you a lot!

[@jjfgh12]

yea boy! another video! keep em coming

[@maltefardig9340]

My mirror was also like that. I just pressed it really hard and that fixed the problem.

[@1KMOMENTS]

Oweee , you came up on this one ! Love the v70R’s

[@paulnielsen8528]

And it has a trailer hitch! Nice little bonus.

[@sebastienlemay6120]

Great car. My dream car actually (with the manual of course). Bring it back to its old glory, keep it all original, it's a timeless car.

[@daerhyk]

Loved this video. Any tips on getting a start to learn about cars? Watching the assembly was inspiring

[@Glimmzz]

Killer deal. just the two front calipers are like 1000 dollars in the EU👍👍

[@kieranmorley2833]

Another true banger as usual; lucky you on the find!!

[@reeeereeee]

unfathomably jealous, can't wait to see where this goes!

[@--fishiiki-]

my god that sound is just godly

[@salomehh]

Love this channel and the style you make these videos. Also being a volvo fan helps. Keep the content up man!

[@petrifiedoak]

My dad has a 2007 v70 d5, for my first car i plan on getting a v70 classic normal/r or my dream car, the 850 t5-r

[@jeremysomeone]

Nice snag sir. You certainly lucked out. Keep the videos coming!

[@whokinson5314]

yep. my exact car. and an s60r before it. the tow truck prt was funny. they do have issues......but fix them and...............

[@JB-pd4gu]

The gearbox i would just change a few litres of flyid at a time every 1000 miles rather than complete flush. Also with the rear view mirror you will need to resolder the pcb board from the current one to the new unit as it is classed as the UEM and is coded to your car. Good luck

[@Enginesetc]

Nice video mate, love a Volvo, subscribed!

[@fredrickscott6977]

What a find 👍👍. I've been looking at some low mileage 2004v70 r Japanese imports price 10k plus for a mint condition .I think you've done very well Health to drive 👌

[@jasonanderson948]

Hey man just wanted to say I love the videos and I look forward to the next one

[@bobsykes]

Gatta say, that looks like the perfect car for you!

[@jaimininorath5760]

keen to see you build this! subbed

[@3milio0o95]

I don't know how the car market looks in the US but to me that comes from Volvo land, scrapping a R-model sounds kinda insane. Over here in Europe people can actually travel to Sweden from other countries to export rare Volvo's. An old 240 Turbo for example can cost more now then when it was new. Old T5R/850R are also very rare & expensive now days & these later R models will probably also be very sought after in the future. So $1500 for an R, it sounds like a steal.

[@jacksonowens3111]

Love these videos man definitely subscribing

[@thomassvedin8701]

Everyone seems to remove the upper bolts and loose the camber adjutment when they change axles. I always remove the nut at the bottom and and for the steering. To get it out of the way I put a ratchet strap between the control arms and it stays out of the way. Removing the brake caliper is sometimes needed but it is only a couple of minutes of work

[@thomassvedin8701]

If the PCV system is really clogged i suggest you also drop the oil pan. The return from the PCV box goes through a cast channel in the block that continues down into the oil pan. It can get really clogged but is easy to clean after ol pan removal. Do a clove test on idle and with the engine under load before and after PCV cleanup. Test under load is easy on automatic cars as a friend can push both break and accelerator while in drive for a short moment. Remember to lean in from the side and not stand in the front

[@straightfifty4202]

hey man, stumbled onto tis by accident... lol its like youve been stalking me and documenting all of my experiences! i was just hoping you could point me in the right direction for the strut cross bar mounts..... i cant seem to get a listing anywhere! i found the powerflex ya had though aha

[@tracts]

bro im so excited for the future videos on this car you have no idea

[@beangz2981]

You sound like the younger version of Tyler Hoover, keep making these vids 😁

[@giedriuspetruskevicius8620]

The Volvo R it it limited edition of this model, and I have it one of this . From America to Europe. Yes. and I have TDI 850 with preumimium sound system ledher and wod saloon

[@Handle423]

I cannot wait for the rest of the videos about this car 😁

[@michaelbrown2456]

I’m totally jealous, even with the issues.WOW.🤠

[@TheVolvoOwner]

Great video! What a lucky find. Thanks for saving it!

[@kylemontano228]

hi ian!

[@TheVolvoOwner]

@@kylemontano228hi kyle!

[@chiefzillla]

I got a auto honda im trying to manual swap, and this thing is way better condintion to make a project itll be cool to see this thing get pieced together

[@strubbleler]

my dad recently traded his old V70 in for a Electric Volvo SUV, but the v70 was mighty good! it had an Eco Boost ! great car and fast too! i think it had about 370.000 on the odometer!

[@DrAppleCrispies]

I dont know if you familiar with IPD+ but they make the best oem replacement parts for any of these volvos.

[@bigr0075]

Congratulations young man, you're developing a healthy hobby that'll pay and is paying dividends. Shops are outrageous and you're keeping $1,000's

[@M4RTY]

Amazing! Recently got myself a silver V70R 06 Auto, also some issues mainly hard down shifts when oil gets warm. Flush didn't help so valve body might be next or a swap. Looking forward to following you on your journey with this beauty. Hopefully I'll get to do some of the same modifications as you 👍 Great video, looking forward to the next one, keep up the great work! 🔥👊

[@zagolina]

It is Valve body 100%, common issue.

[@M4RTY]

@@zagolina Cheers mate, yeah that’s what I’ve been able to figure out through forums. I’ll change the valve body next this spring ☺️ Hopefully it’ll run smoother 🤙✌🏼

[@zagolina]

Could be just the solenoids or the complete unit, if it is starting to get slipery could also be the torque converter depending on the diagnostic.@@M4RTY

[@M4RTY]

Cool, there are no diagnostic codes related to TCM in Vida. I've also experienced neutral flares on the 2-3 shift, so combined with the hard downshifts while the oil is warm when I floor it I'm feeling it SHOULD be the valve body. I'll try to remember to update with result after the swap 😅🤞 @@zagolina

[@petter5721]

Volvo for life 👍🏻

[@reportedkid5612]

Cant wait to see whats in the future for this V70R, hopefull a manual swap in the works.

[@levs1333]

holy shit i would give my liver for a car like this. Congrats!!!

[@LifeWorthLivin]

You got the best deal ever for v70R🎉🎉🎉

[@truckn]

I didn't catch if you mentioned the year. I'm currently looking at a 2006 V70R with just under 150,000 KM's (93205 miles) The following has been done recently, is it worth $15K Canadian = $10,909 US funds? Four Wheel Alignment New Timing Belt New Water Pump New Idler New Serpentine Belt New Brembo Front Brake Rotors New Brembo Front Brake Pads New Brembo Rear Brake Rotors New Brembo Rear Brake Pads Service All Four Brake Calipers Brake Fluid Flush New Fuel Filter New Cabin Air Filter New Engine Air Filter Fresh Synthetic Oil Change and Oil Filter New Front Wiper Blades New Rear Wiper Blade New Both Lower Control Arms New Front Strut Assembly New Front Strut Upper Bushings New Front Strut Upper Spring Seats

[@emrei]

Great car! Hopefully you will not ignore fixing the headlight wipers.

[@Boostedrre]

Paid 800$ for my s60r 6 speed a month ago. over 7k in work at the dealer past 3 years all it needed was a fuel pump control module. Things a ripper

[@Sergey-qu2pb]

Deal of a life time! 😳😁🔥❤️🙏

[@dolmio_sauce]

Its such a nice shape. Great find

[@Filip-fj3ll]

Love the vids!

[@Musicman1001]

Im only a few videos in and loving the vibe. What's your background to get to being this level of capable?

[@WhereverHugo]

Looking forward to see more!

[@ElRayDelRio]

Sav der wagens! ❤

[@shallenfoto]

Don’t give up on these Volvos, they need you lol sweet R mayne

[@aidanperra9847]

I miss my v70r, 04 m66 I bought for 5k almost 2 years ago. Had an absurd amount of miles but plenty left to give

[@brunoduarte-r3s]

i really likes your video. I am thinking about buying a volvo . Like maybe a s60 or a v70 t5 or t6 if i'am lucky an r. Keep the good work.

[@austinbatis2832]

love the vids man, thank u

[@xantor_]

Love your videos! But one off topic question: What do you use to film your videos with?

[@drunksaru]

I recently got into Volvos. Kind of a interesting history. And looks like you might be local to me. Ever participate in local cars and coffee meets? Would love to meet up

[@pizzahut6537]

Where was this mountain run filmed? Im from cali too and wanna take a ride out there its beautiful

[@zagolina]

Oh Man, these Aisin gearboxes... I had a Volvo S60, loved that car, only sold because of that gearbox...

[@theharbingerofconflation]

That white smoke is something, did you have a look at the head gasket?

[@LineTwist]

Wow wish I could find a deal like that 😢. Congratulations

[@vapor64x]

Got you beat bud i bought an 06 V70 R for 1400$ in Albuquerque, NM. Cheers 🎉

[@wheelemverb]

wow thats great. What was wrong with it?

[@vapor64x]

@@wheelemverb shifted hard sometimes, tf80 needed a valve body but it wasn't that bad. Had halogen headlights, bit of clear coat peeling, salvage title, rear 4c were pretty blown

[@WinstonsGarage]

Thats crazy how well it drives. In the first clip I thought for sure it thew a rod haha

[@erickorff1919]

What an absolute steal!