# To sell or not: 2000 Volvo X70

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/to-sell-or-not-2000-volvo-x70/76550>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [January 6, 2013, 5:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/to-sell-or-not-2000-volvo-x70/76550 "2013-01-06T05:09:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![ashland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@ashland](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ashland)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 5:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/to-sell-or-not-2000-volvo-x70/76550/1 "2013-01-06T05:09:01Z")

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I have loved this car for 12 years, 155,000 miles. However, I recently had to have the transmission rebuilt (in Canada) and now I have a possible turbo leak. I’d like to get some time/value out of the transmission job and avoid the turbo repair. When is it time to give up and sell?

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**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 5:30am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/to-sell-or-not-2000-volvo-x70/76550/2 "2013-01-06T05:30:56Z")

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Turbo problems? I think it is time.

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**Author:** ![UncleTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9a140/32.png) [@UncleTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/UncleTurbo)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 5:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/to-sell-or-not-2000-volvo-x70/76550/3 "2013-01-06T05:38:15Z")

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Sorry, but you should have cut your losses 3-4 years ago. If you keep it to get your money’s worth out of the transmission be prepared for more issues than a problem turbo. The problem with these Volvo’s is the paint, seats, and comfort of the cars lulls owners into keeping them, and then the next multi-thousand dollar repair comes along.

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**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 5:59am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/to-sell-or-not-2000-volvo-x70/76550/4 "2013-01-06T05:59:09Z")

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The time arrived quite a while back.

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**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 3:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/to-sell-or-not-2000-volvo-x70/76550/5 "2013-01-07T03:31:46Z")

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Keeping it any longer would be sending good money after bad! An old Volvo is like a bad marriage; get out of it as soon as you can!

Canadian winters are not kind to cars, even “sturdy” Volvos.