Volvo XC70 1998Change

Car has Been well used for the past five years. With the roof rack it will haul plywood, cabinets you name it. Inside, a quick wipe and vacume and the car still looks and feels great. We are the third owners, 2nd family for sure, with three kids,+saint bernard +camping gear this car will do it all.... and very comfortably at 120kms all day long. I can not think of a single North American made vehicle that could pull this off and still look and work as good at 265,000kms. AWD with Nokian WrG2 tires; brilliant in the snow; absolutely stable and confident driving manners. It is a real love hate relationship, the PCV and timing belt have to be changed religiously and often; $$$ you will get constant vacum leaks; which once you buy your own OBDII computer for $50 you can diagnose yourself and get to chase down. GREAT! Thirsty on gas. However, things like 265kms and still the origional exhaust, engine that spins like a top, great factory sound systems, width to put 3 child car seats/booster seats in the middle bench, st bernard +stroller in back. Pretty good value in all.. anything new would cost well over $35,000 to achieve this and I am not convinced they would still worrk as well after 14yrs of family use and abuse.