Handbrake needed to be overhauled at 104000 miles, including new rotors and pads.
Knocking on front Sway bar which needed replacing.
The T5 goes like a rocket and has plenty of scope for improvement if you want to modify the engine and ECU. Only slightly let down in its road holding and cornering do to its size, does need to be lowered if you want a truly sporty feel, as in the T5-R versions.
Tends to eat front tyres, a pair of Pirelli P-zeros only lasted me about 12,000 miles, but that depends on driving style.
The brakes match the performance of the car extremely well.
The cabin is more than comfortable for long distance, high speed motorway driving.
Very reliable, but costly if you go through a Volvo dealer.
I want to buy one of those s70 t5 cars, but I would like to know about the fuel consumption (and not the stuff I read from their site),just to make it clear I know it will be high couse I have a Safrane 3.0 v6 (13-15l/100km city drive) ATM, just want to know if volvo is something I can afford to drive. thnx a lot.
I am not the writer of this review, however I did own one of these and have written a review of it which is entitled "An expensive disappointment" and is in the 1999 grouping. You may want to read it before you buy!!
To answer your question, I thought the fuel economy wasn't too bad at all given the size and power of the car, although I have mostly owned fairly high performance cars, so I am used to higher fuel consumption than people who drive the mainstream models would be used to.
But if you want the power, you gotta pay the price!!!
I typically got mpg in the mid to high 20s from a mixture of town and motorway driving with good use of the performance (but not constantly flooring it - then you would really see it drink).
The best I did with it was holiday driving from the South of England to Scotland, I averaged 32 mpg over the trip (1,800 miles).
Hope this helps.
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