1999 Volvo V70

Bought this vehicle from a dealer in NJ. It was a no reserve auction, and I got it cheap ($2375 with documentation fees). There were 175k miles on the car, so it seemed a bit much, but from what I have been told they last a lot longer than that. I have always wanted a Volvo and so has my wife, so this was a nice start. I went to pick up the car with little expectation other than a Volvo. I got there and the car looked a lot better than I thought it would. They said it was nice, but the exterior looked flawless. The only flaw being that the gas lid latch was missing, causing the lid to flop when driving. The interior was smoked in, but that was nothing new to us. Upon further inspection there were stickers under the hood stating when the timing belt was changed, how much oil need to be in the engine, and other relevant info. Not what I had come to expect buying a used car. Usually it's all a guessing game, and good luck. This was definitely different. A book was in the glove box with all of the maintenance records, wow. I felt good about this buy immediately. I drove it around to check it out, and everything felt sound. Quite different from any American cars I had owned. It felt like my VW, but almost luxurious. It had a tight feel to the steering and brakes, and was solid all around. Again, not what I was used to. I thought to myself, "Okay, what's really wrong here?" There is no way I found a nice car like this for a steal. The engine purred, and the transmission shifted smooth, yet tight. Weird. The seats were soft leather with a firm, comfortable padding. The carpets needed cleaning, big deal. Again thinking, "There's got to be something wrong." Well I drove it home, which was about 120 miles. Thinking of the horror stories I had read regarding the brakes or transmission failing as soon as it hit the highway. Nothing but smooth comfort. I got it home, and road tested it further. Felt new. It hadn't been babied. The interior told tales of someone who did not care for themselves, let alone a Volvo wagon. Took it through inspection. Found the big problem with the car. Someone had disabled the check engine light. They also popped the bulbs for the fuel light and warning light. They couldn't pass it. Called my mechanic. I was told I would HAVE to take it to a Volvo dealer. They told me, not Union Park (15 minutes away), take it to Stillman in West Chester, PA. So, I called. Not knowing I needed an appointment first, I was told they had an opening next week. "Next week?!", I thought. "I'm not trying to get a colonoscopy, I just need a car fixed." Well, I took it in. I was warned there was a diagnostic fee, about $120 off the bat. Okay. Then I was convinced it was going to be $1000 bucks to get it fixed. Wrong. It was about $200 total. The dealer also told me I have a good car, and that it should last a very long time. I was shocked after hearing stories of the nightmare of maintenance for a Volvo. I then had them check out the rest of the car, and fix everything else plus make an extra key ($130). Total came to $500, and it passed inspection. The car is on the road right now, and is a pleasure to drive. I plan to keep taking it to the same dealer, regular maintenance, and buying another for myself. I feel like I'm living in luxury on a budget. It's nice to enjoy some of the "finer" things every once in awhile. Even though to some it's just a Volvo, but it feels like I went up a couple tax brackets.

Being my second Volvo, the level of quality and craftsmanship was already obvious.
These cars can deliever both more then acceptable performance and incredible longevity to the person willing to take proper care of it.
This particular car came with a full service history and in all honesty it shows. The vehicle drives like it has 2,000 miles on it not 126,000.
Just look at the man with the '66 p1800 driving around with 3,000,000 miles

Bad experience will never buy a car again from e-bay period, the seller was a lier he lied about everything in the car he removed the check engine bulb to hide the damage in the car and e-bay didn't offre me a thing to help me neither in the title or help me with the cost of repair bad bad experience a lesson for me I will cary to others who want to buy a car from e-bay.

Easy Transaction with seller. They met my wife at the El Paso Airport, had a temporary tag as well as a fresh oil change done on the vehicle.
Seller was very specific and accurate with items that did not work on the vehicle.
Would definately purchase from seller again.

This is my 2nd V70R and its absolutely the best car i've ever owned. great vehicles. absolutely beautiful and absolutely a well built vehicle.

Is a very nice person and the condition of the car is very good, I recomend this seller, the car is in good condition , we need it for work and is working perfect

I purchased this vehicle (5) weeks ago and it cannot get through CT state emmisions. I have been unable to register this vehicle

the radio did not work, the door on the passenger side does not lock, the engine overcools on the expressway, and it did not come with floormats. overall, i still would reccommend the dealer, they were nice and reasonably accomodating. used cars are not perfect, but i still think i got a good deal.

I was in the market for a car and I couldn't find anything reasonable in my area so I search on the ebay motors and I wasn't let down I found a great deal.

This dealer purposely left off issues that needed to be addressed and add features that the car didn't have. Initially blamed ebay and after I presented a copy of the listing which showed HE typed the feature list admitted fault. Inside of the care was disgusting, missing knobs, molding was falling off the dashboard and the rear liftgate. Exhaust noise, liftgate hinges needed to replaced - serious safety hazard. What would happen if our 8 year old tried to get in the car and that heavy door fell on him - at a minimum could have lost a finger. They portrayed this car as the best 5,000 that money could buy and after finding all these issues - how could any reasonable person trust anything he had to say. Run don't walk away from this company - Frontier Car Company....