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Volvo builds great cars. Not all of them, but most of them. So, what is the next OCD with the RCZ? The steering wheel? :)

The current version of the Volvo S60 with the T5 engine (250 ponnies). It is the version without speed limiter and with the old software. The newer versions are limited at 180 kmh and have that bug-infested Android Auto Operating System. That alone is the reason I would never buy another new Volvo.

It is the same with me and cars. When I buy a used one, I always look for an almost perfect one or I need to start swapping parts to make it almost perfect. This is why I prefer to buy them new. But this is over now as none of the new cars I can afford makes me wanna have it. I'll stick to my...

I'd say it is up to 80% down to the owner/driver how the seats wear off and the rest to the material/maintenance. I always paid attention when getting in and out. Sure, there were days when I forgot/was in hurry/it was raining and I just wanted to jump in/etc. But still, most of the time I took...

When I bought it new back in 2014 I used products from Meguiars. Two, maybe three times a year I cleaned the leather with a leather cleaner and then applied leather conditioner. Few years later I switched to products from the company Colourlock and purchased their 3-steps products for leather...

Yep, original mats without any holes. Just a bit of wear off, like a dent in the mat, where I kept my right heel.

This is how the driver's seat looked like in my R when sold with over 200k km.

I had the same OCD with stepping in and out of my R. You're not alone :) When stepping in, I held to the steering wheel and slid past those side bolsters into the seat. When stepping out, I placed my left hand on the door sill and lifted me over the seat bolsters to step out of the car. The...

Thanks! We enjoyed a sunny Easter with family!

I had Pipercross on mine for a while. The intake sound got a tiny bit louder, hardly to notice. Powerwise I did not spot any difference, also in regards of the turbo picking up the pace. Therefore during a service they swapped it back to normal filter (with my OK) and this how it ended.

Sweet, another R. Send some nudes :P car nudes

Looking into the 156 model as a reliable RCZ choice seems to me a contradiction. That is the most unreliable model of all RCZ out there. Or are you limited to picking the 156 and need the most reliable among these?

Before falling for some horror stories get the basics sorted in the first place. Ignition coils, plugs. If they are OK, then move on to more expensive parts like the fuel pump (can be checked before replacement is required). In Romania you will for sure find a garage which can do a camera check...

12k on a single oil change might be on the limit as yours is pushed to 300 horses. I'd shorten it to 8000 km. As good as Total Quartz oils are the additives degrade quickly on engines like the R engine.

The R seats look horrible after only 77k km. And what the heck happened to the R plate inside? Did the owner hammer it down? Other than that it looks decent. But in my opinion this car was not owned by a true enthusiast.