Great video! The HID/Bi-Xenon headlights were an available option for the P2 generation (before they went to the plastic lens) S60, XC70, and S80. Not many people purchased the option, hence you won't see them often. Don't worry about miles, I have 228,000 on my V70R and it runs great!
I didn’t know that! My neighbor has a p2 xc70 with HID headlights, I thought it was retrofitted, didn’t know they weren’t R-specific (I guess they would have 4 R logos if that was the case)
Atleast here in europe you still had the choice between halogen or bi-xenon/hid even with the facelift plastic lens headlights, and for MY07 came an option for adaptive projector bi-xenons called Active Bending Light. The "bi" in "bi-xenon" makes more sense for the european version where we have a separate high beam instead of drl, over here the tilting up of the low beam mearly assists the high beam and not replace it completely. A fun little side note is that the R retained the glass headlights all the way to the end of production despite the move to plastic for the rest of the range with the facelift for MY05
The 04-05 automatics had like 50 less horsepower for some reason, but us men drive manuals so that didn't affect us. Mine was tuned to around 365hp and was fun as hell. Very laggy boost (unless in Advanced mode), but as a daily it was super fun and didn't matter. If you buy one, and are a man who works on your own vehicles, put your set of Torx bits on the top shelf. The only cons I can remember are the poor steering radius, very short gearing, and always worrying about the angle gear. Also if you get the aero kit, hesitate before every speed bump. Otherwise, mostly pros. Those seats were heavenly - so amazingly comfortable. Tap the traction button 5 times and you're sliding around in the snow, forgetting everything else. Above all that, the absolute best thing about these cars that not many people mention was a button to knock down the rear headrests for better visibility. Got an annoying passenger back there? Punch them in the back of the head.
I have a passion red manual s60r with 196k miles and Ive done tons of work on my car trying to keep it in tip top shape and she still runs beautifully, love the car more and more everyday
Hey man! Got an s60r too but quick question... when i open the trunk if i dont grab it from the inside it just opens agressively towards the rear windshield and i dont know if that is normal or i am missing something in the opening mechanism... strust i changed for new ones...
Makes me so excited to get mine back soon. I got rear ended in it and pushed into another car at the beginning of February. Recently drove it up to Virginia this past weekend to drop it off at a shop that specializes in repairing wrecked volvos. Can’t wait to see more videos what you do with yours!
@@TheVolvoOwner Very much an L Toyota driver. These cars are awesome when they're properly maintained and well-kept. Those 285k+ miles haven't been easy at times but it pays off to have the perfect daily driver someone could have.
In my opinion the 2004-2009 Volvo S60 was the ultimate "Everything" car. It was fast when you needed it to be... It was classy when you needed it to be... It was practical when you needed it to be... You can take your S60 to the track, to the dirt and to downtown and it would feel comfortable in every scenario. An absolutely amazing car.
i love how this guy talk w passions about the beast that he bought. altho he might have done a mistake showing wrong turbo in the engine bay. but he def know how to deal w one of the most perfect 2004 car volvo ever made ❤
I've got an s60 2.5T from '05 and been driving it since 2014! Sure the all wheel drive makes tight turns clunky af, but it's amazing on freeways, and when I had a blowout on the freeway that left a tire in two pieces, the car just. . . didn't react. I only knew there was something off by the way the road sounded and still had time to get over six lanes of freeway and onto the shoulder. We've replaced the whole radiator and rebuilt the transmission for more than the car is worth, but the thing's paid for and it's better than risking something new right now.
Great content man! I am thinking about switching engine in my s70 as well, and on the 163 000 miles is much, half of the Volvos here in Sweden has at least 220 000 miles on them. Kee I the good work! Very inspiring
If you have your headlight switch set to auto ("0") the high beams will not stay on. The headlight switch has to be placed in headlight mode for the high beams to stay on. Nice video, great sound.
Just wait till they find out about the P3 - all the good stuff without the expensive problems. Granted, the P2 with the sport kit is one of the best looking sedans out there and was the last manual transmission for Volvo.
The S60 T5 and R flew under the radar as serious performance sedans as they don't really have the "look at me" appeal like Mercedes and Bmw. If you own one you have a more unique car that always shocks passengers and other road users
Willem! Gotta give some real props here. Been a fan of your main channel since back in the days, because I work as freelance videographer and love photography. 2 Years ago I bought my dream Car, a Volvo V70 I AWD from 1998. I had to replace a lot of broken parts since it had 270.000km but I absolutely love my V70. The moment I saw you posting the first Video in this Channel, I couldnt believe it was true. I love your smooth storytelling mixed with great cinematography and editing! Love this new Content and I´m very exited for all the videos to come. Cheers and greets from Germany Dude :)
I just bought an almost fully specced out '07 with 107k miles on it for my daughters first car. She totally scammed me by showing me one that was a biohazard that had been stolen, but there was this one just down the road from our house! No accidents and one owner! I had no idea what it was until I bought it and started watching You Tube videos. My wife still doesn't know what it is. It will be bad if she ever finds out.
These Volvo videos make me nostalgic. Although my ‘82 240 wagon never quite made sounds like that. Great channel! It makes me wonder if a lot of photographers are also gear-heads, or if you’re going to find a totally new and different audience over time over here? Cheers, and keep it on the black part!
I've always wanted a Volvo ever since I worked at a Volvo dealership as a teenager. Now I'm broke mainly because of film costs & I own a vintage BMW 😂 - I live in SoCal as well, let's go for a mountain run & shooting film. Looking forward to see the future car updates. Cheers
Down there you can see the big turbo… - that’s an alternator bro. Turbo is on the back, between the engine and the firewall. Besides that I really like your video!
I had several iterations of the Audi 5 Cylinder engine as my first cars, which Volvo adopted. I loved the sound of the 5-Cyl engines and the addicting exhaust note and torque curve. I miss my driving my Audi Coupes and my UrS4, but as you stated there is a lot of maintenance with 100K+. I don't miss those costs.
They did not adopt it. It it based on volvos own whiteblock inline 6. The diesel D5 up to year 2002 om the other hand is a pure VAG engine until Volvo made it s own D5 based on the T5
That sound! I’m glad I happened to see your new channel listed on your photo channel(which I’ve followed since your subs were in the high teens). I hope this leads to some car commissions (in 1988, after many years as a consumer marketing mgr, I took a chance and landed my dream job with Nissan’s soon-to-be-launched Infiniti Division. It was an amazing experience. I hope something equally good happens for you.)
not a volvo but I have a 2002 saab 9-5 aero that I recently put stage 3 on, it has a quarter million miles, but it has left me stranded once kind of when I was getting ready to leave for work and it wouldn't start because the security electronic module decided that the car will not be allowed to start anymore. After replacing it it worked again
Welcome to the club! I have over 160k miles on my 2007 S60R I picked up in 2013 as a college graduation present. IT's SO GOOD. And I love the 6 spd manual. I usually role sport myself. The car was defeinitely adhead of it's time and I did Uber in it for a while in 2021 till 2022 and people kept thinking it was a 2013 car and were shocked when I said it was from 2007. YOu can tell it isn't brand new but it also doesn't look old. As a reliability note, I drove from Sandford Florida (Near Orlando) to Atlanta, GA (500 miles about) on a Broken turbo that culd not produce boost due to a blown bypass-valve cased by rusted charge pipes that could not hold pressure, which eventually the caro overcompensated too much and just blew out the control valve and cracked the turbo in half. I had to floor it to go 63mph, but it got me there just fine . The computer systems all failed during a flood Iwas in in Flordia and I had water up to the mirrors but it still drove just fine (I have a water resistant cover on my custom airbox or it would have probably drowned, but Iv'e seen stock volvoes drive thoruhg water over the hood so...) If you get Active Chassis computer failures, just have the dealership or yourself reset the computer, it should fix it. I have to do that once every 4 years roughly, the last time I actually wound up not driving the car for a month and when I got back in and was going to go get it fixed/reset the issue was gone. Car had 4 previous owners and they did not take good care of it. I've replaced almost everything in the car at this point besides the AWD system, the left rear strut, and the axles, and the engine and transmission. But one of the first owners was in PA and the car had a lot of rust damage when I Got it. Florida did not help with the rust. I also had to replace 2 of the struts due to my own driver error, and one more from a pothole that ripped the front bumped under my car. so that isn't the car's fault. I've never been in a situation where I could not drive the car out of an issue either (the pothole I did not though because my wheels tires were busted, but the car still drove. It may have some quirks and weird issues, but it will Always get you there. I'm glad you are getting to enjoy your own! It's great to hear what my car sounds like from outside from time to time! Great recording!
great vid! I have the same in california...04 Black sapphire, Gobi, M66 S60R at 166k. beat up paint but mechanically well maintained... im on the fence about getting a 1200$ paint job in TJ. i also kinda like it looking unsuspecting but performing well hah. About to tune for a k24 hybrid stage 3 build soon...such a unique car. appreciate the R content...not enough of it out there. keep it up! I got a cloned ECM for smog to swap in for smog every 2 years...will also replace maf, downpipe, turbo inlet, injectors etc. if you ever go down that road and are trying to figure out how to beat smog every 2 years lmk!
Its the firing order of the 5 cylinder engines that make it sound like that, same firing order/sound as a V10 just not as much volume and depth. Miss the sound of my old 2.5T
I got a 2006 s60 t5 m66. It got totaled. But engine and trany are A1. I want to swap it into another car but I dont want a s60r or something heavy like that. Do you have any idea what would be best?
You know Willem it would be nice to meet you f2f sometime. I'm orange county not too far away from where you live in the LA Metro area. I own 4 cars. 1989 Nissan Sentra (project car), 1998 Honda Accord (daily), 2000 Volvo S70 SE (project), and my new toy 2023 Toyota GR86. I own over 100 cameras.
@@wheelemverb Damn, any idea what needs to be done on that? I’m gonna be keeping mine for a while but sometimes the whole car jolts and I haven’t been able to get a clear answer on whats going on.
