huh. So many questions. I guess instead of commenting the obvious such as:

$40k is halfway decent price for this thing, considering what you’re getting. If the bus motor is clean and in decent shape it’ll make a nice reliable RV for someone. The 6v- and 8v-series motors aren’t quite as solid as the series 50 and the quite literally indestructible series 60, but they’re common and aren’t…

I always like to tell people how bland and boring Highlanders are, but then you drive one and feel the interior build quality and...darn it, they are very good.

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Unpopular opinion: this looks a bit like a Mustang?

Crazy to see how far Volvo’s interiors have come in the past 13 years!

So for what it’s worth, 70,000 pounds is a gross exaggeration of the actual weight of this vehicle. Unless that bus is also carrying several pallets of cinderblocks, there’s just no way.

For the lazy!

1st gear is bound to spark up some debate.

For what it’s worth, this happened with my Whirlpool fridge recently and it seemed to be the filter. For some reason the water still worked OK, but no ice. Replaced the filter (mine is at the bottom of the front?) and everything is working again.

Just curious, any headbolt issues? 

So, will a suspension of some sort come from this childish, stupid, and unnecessary hit?

I can’t help but think this is another one of those vehicles that “looks like it skipped leg day.”

So, these are indeed designed to last easily 100k-150k miles +. AMG does some pretty rigorous bench testing with these engines and transmissions and really puts them through hell. I once took a tour of their Affalterbach factory and witnesses the process myself (though what I saw on the bench at the time was their…

Wow, $56,000.

Thanks! Great write up.

I have a neighbor with one of these RT/10s with twin turbos and a built motor/trans, sending a (claimed) 1300 to the wheels. I never see him drive it, and I imagine that’s because he’s scared of it. Regardless, he made a good point to me at one time: “I bought a cheap Viper, built it, and now probably have one of the…

You’re a bit testy over this subject, aren’t you?

Here in VA, all passengers can have open containers so long as the operator of the vehicle has consumed exactly none.

This is just natural selection in its most contemporary form.