FREEDOM! One of things I love the most about the 1959 PV544 that my father and I rebuilt over 25 years ago and I still own is that it’s the last year you could buy a *Volvo* without seat-belts. The safety feature was “padded dashboard”, LOL.

Can’t get it with a manual transmission, or I’d already own one.

I own and drive a Volvo without seat belts. Think about that.

Go look for one. I’ll wait. The CTS-V 6 speed wagons are still fetching near $50K, even with 60 or 70K miles on them.

If you are going to buy an e60 (and I have one and have thoroughly enjoyed it), make sure you get good maintenance records and find one with the M-Sport package and active suspension. My 2008 550i M-Sport (manual transmission) doesn’t take to cheap mods like a 535i would (JB4, Berger, etc), but the N/A v8 is still…