1999 Volvo S80 2.9 review from North America

I have had a minor fuel leak.

Had it for only a few weeks and it has been exceptional. Reading some other reviews here and understand completely about the reliability issues; however, this fact is already evident in the price. I got my like new S80 for $9500, which is less than I would have paid for a comparable Camry or Accord of the same model year. The way I look at it is, the S80 probably went for about $10000 more than the Camry or Accord that model year, but because of its reliability issues it did not hold its value as well. Yes, I will have more repair bills, but I'll bet it will be less than the $10000 my Volvo cost to buy over the Camry and Accord when they were new. In short, I love my Volvo and I believe it to be a relative bargain over the Camry and Accord. I also hedged my bets a bit. I only bought it when I was sure many of the issues already written on this site about it were already addressed. In other words, most of the headaches were already dealt with by the previous owner. This doesn't eliminate all the problems, but it does better my chances.