SWMBO, must be obeyed.

**imatt** · 3rd May 2011, 07:07 PM

I would have to agree with you that there is no point having your wife driving a D2 daily if it is only on bitumen, it then just becomes like the fair majority of other 4wds out there that have heaps of accessories but never leave sealed roads. You have your 90 for play so you might as well keep her happy (as said, happy wife, happy life), Saabs are good value second hand and well specced, but they do lose value quick. I have driven foresters and have not liked the lack of space in back seat, I struggle to fit my feet under the front seats. Volvo are the epitome of estates, ok people will say they are boring, but they are comfortable, well specced and safe, they were designed to do a job and do it well, if you look for a V70R you will get AWD and turbo. The only downside to volvos is usually they are high mileage, but from what I have read the 2.5lt engines are bullet proof.
Cheers Matt

Sully · 3rd May 2011, 08:22 PM

Thanks for the input. I'm glad that you can see the sense in getting rid of it. I do have the defer for play, so the D2 is just a bit of a luxury.

The Volvo's are certainly attractive, but when it comes to initial value for money at purchase time, the Saab is looking very attractive. With only 76,000 odd k's, a 3 year 175k dealer warranty, full history and 12 months servicing included.... It's worth paying attention. I'm aware of the depreciation of the marque, but it would be held onto for a long time, making any particular gains in resale vale kind of moot.

As far as Foresters go, the missus doesn't like them. She thinks they are ugly and boring. Bless.

**imatt** · 3rd May 2011, 08:37 PM

Take the saab 9-5 for a spin and then check out the vovlo V70, I looked at a saab 9-5 estate last year (good price) but wasn't overly blown away when I looked at it, but I never drove it, I just wasn't happy with the overall condition (aprrox 80,000ks). Side by side I reckon the V70 looks better.
Cheers Matt

Sully · 3rd May 2011, 10:42 PM

Yep. Will be doing exactly this on the weekend!

**clubagreenie** · 4th May 2011, 10:09 AM

V70's will fit a toyo 1JZ and that means a whole new world of toys, 1000HP shopping cart?

Sully · 4th May 2011, 12:14 PM

Hahaha! Can you imagine?

The Saab can take a TD04HL-15T too, either one would be veryquick, if you're into that kind of thing.
Not for me though.

**ramblingboy42** · 4th May 2011, 05:08 PM

I'm just a little puzzled about your having to work on your D2 "every weekend" Sully. In 220ks my D2 has only had what I call normal maintenance requirements vis...starter motor solenoid, alternator failure, fuel pump and fuel regulator. Most cars I've owned have had similar maintenance requirements as their mileage mounted up. I get my D2 td5 fully serviced every 10ks costs around $350 each service and I have absolutely no problems anywhere......I've just got back from a 5k trip on some of australias worst roads and grumbles grumbling happily away......no issues....nil.

Discobaker · 4th May 2011, 05:18 PM

Sully is a perfectionist, it wouldn't be the first time he's been accused of looking for trouble rather than waiting till something actually went wrong

lmao!

**RRV80** · 4th May 2011, 06:49 PM

Our disco is currently for sale at the moment for the same reasons, as it gets more k's it cost more money, by the time we go around australia in april it will have toomany ks and Be worth nothing, on the other hand the pathfinders were looking at have the same features, are 5 years newer and have 150,000km less and cheaper rego for a 4 cyl, i love my land rovers, but after 8 ive had enough for a while

**imatt** · 4th May 2011, 07:18 PM

It all comes down to using a vehicle for what it is designed for, sometimes we buy something we either believe is good value or believe we will need but end up not using it for what it was designed for. LR's in general are great off road, some have great on road manners too, but why drive a constant 4wd with solid diffs if it rarely leaves the black top. My disco spends at least 50% of its time off road but would be lucky to clock up more than 100kms in a week, its great cruising the highway and flexing it up off road but if I was to drive it daily I would choose something else.
Cheers Matt

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