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Volvo S60 (2004)
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Price: US $1,500.00

Description:

I bought this car in the summer of 2013. I have since put less than 10k miles on it, as it was never intended to be my daily driver.
It was lowered when I purchased it. It had a hacked-together performance exhaust installed and I had to scramble to get exhaust on it that would satisfy the Maryland state inspection and emissions testing requirements, which is why it has the exhaust of a V70R.
I have since installed stock springs, which ride much nicer than the Eibach springs it was equipped with originally, not to mention the springs actually fit on the car.
Like an idiot I tried to drive it in the snow with summer tires on it just to see how the AWD worked. Of course going forward was no problem but turning even at a jogging pace was too much and I under-steered it directly into a curb. The impact was enough to bend the control arm mounting bracket on the sub-frame and so I ended up going through insurance to have it fixed.
When the tow truck arrived to move the car to the mechanic, the wench broke on the truck. This dropped the car which I witnessed rolling backwards down the alley and into a fence and a power pole staying line, which sliced the trunk lid in half and scraped the bejesus out of the rear bumper. This incident is the reason the rear bumper is in contact with, and being melted by, the exhaust tips. The body shop that did the work used a bumper from an S60 that was not an R model and thus had no flare for the exhaust tips. This is also the reason there is a spoiler on the back.
At any rate, they replaced the trunk lid, and rear bumper.
To fix the damage the curb did, they replaced the sub-frame, and on the front right side; the control arm, the strut, the wheel, the wheel hub, and wheel bearing.
The steering rack began to fail shortly after that. I believe it was related, but enough time had passed that the shop wouldn't replace it. I have since replaced it with a 'refurbished' steering rack myself. However the alignment was slightly off after replacing it, and it has begun leaking steering fluid. You will need to replace the steering rack to make this drive-able. Or install a larger power steering fluid reservoir...
At some point shortly after purchasing the car, shifting into second gear started taking longer and longer. Now you really have to take your time shifting into second or you will grind gears. It most likely needs a gear oil change, or just a new transmission. I don't know enough about the inner workings of a transmission to say.
The front tires are balding on the inner side, most likely from the negative camber induced by the lowering kit that I removed. They are summer tires and do not work well in snow (see above). The rims on it now are Pegasus replica's from ipdusa.com. They are in pretty good condition, I don't think there's any curbing on any of them.
The interior lights were changed by the previous owner to LED's, which remain illuminated when off due to a small amount of trickle current fed through them. I have found this to be a minor annoyance when driving at night but not enough to actually remove the kit or add a resistor.
The sound system is a fairly new KENWOOD DDX419 system. It has amazing sound, but it is not wired into the controls on the steering wheel. It does have a convenient touch screen interface though and performs well streaming blue tooth from a smart phone. It provides hands-free calling, which would be nice but the microphone picks up too much noise to actually use. May be an easy fix for a stereo install shop, I have no idea. Also if you turn the stereo off, the speakers pick up interference from the ignition coils and it makes an annoying whining noise.
The previous owner installed solid polyurethane engine and transmission mounts. This makes idling a tad rough, but not as bad as my old Honda. On the plus side, I haven't had to replace any of them, and doubt they will ever need replaced.
Also, the 4C strut response rate control wires were ripped out of the front two struts when I bought the car. No idea why. The previous owner installed a pair of resistors across the leads to prevent the computer from detecting the open circuit, which has actually worked perfectly. The front right strut is brand new after hitting the curb so replacing the left one and wiring them back in is all you'd have to do to get that fixed.
The front under-engine splash guards are all removed. Makes oil-changes easier but aerodynamics and cooling may be affected. Never had a problem with either though. The plastic cover for the air box is also missing. I tried to replace it but the dealer wanted about 300 bucks for it and I sort of lost interest after that.
You will probably want to buy a set of front brake pads. The pads on it now are Hawk HP-Plus pads and squeak as loud as I've ever heard. They stop that heavy car like you wouldn't believe though. Might just be I didn't use enough of that grease stuff when I put them on but I haven't had time to experiment.
The rear passenger side door lock doesn't quite open when you hit the unlock button on the remote. A minor annoyance more than anything, probably just needs WD40 or something.
Now, I think that is all the negative stuff... Lets talk about what's not broken.
The engine runs great. I just replaced the radiator and accompanying hoses not 2k miles ago. It has a brand new battery, new wiper blades.
It handles and rides very nice now that the spring rates actually match the shocks. Steering feels solid despite the leaking steering rack. The drivers seat was actually replaced with a brand new seat a few months before I bought the car so the leather is very nice and the heated seat works wonderfully. The sound system is loud as anything and very convenient to use, I stream music over bluetooth from an android phone and the interface lets you skip and play/pause from the touchscreen in the dash. There's also an ipod cable routed into the glove box.
It's a very comfortable car to cruise around in. I really wish I had the time and space to fix all of it's problems. I think the S60 is one of the best looking sedans ever made and this is a particularly beautiful specimen. Just needs a few grand worth of work and I'm moving overseas in a few months and can't spare the time.

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