Better than a Volvo V70.....

Advantages: Looks, Call Clarity, Coolness
Disadvantages: Aerial, additional bits...

...Not being a follower of fashion I seem to be at the front of it now, pushing the boundary forward, that?s how it is since I bought a nice shiny new Motorola V70 last week and the number of people I?ve heard saying ?oohhh? since is unbelievable and the better half hasn?t complained either. I bought my phone via Cyren-Communications.co.uk which is on a previous Op if you fancy a look. The Motorola V70 was released in the UK on the Orange network in April this year, yes only a few months back? True it only cost me £10 on a £25 per month mobile tariff with Orange, but I would shop around as I?m sure the prices fluctuate as much as the reliability of the Scottish weather. If you really want to you could pay around £100 in the shops for the phone without looking around. Or buy it for £420 without any contract. With my V70 I...

Johnsie 29.08.2002 · Read review
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Volvo V70 D5 - Very well built, spacious, safe, packed with toys.

Advantages: Build quality, safety features, Comfort, Spacious, Rapid fold-down seats, luxury at good price
Disadvantages: Manourverability, large turning circle

...The V70 D5 is a very spacious car indeed. You can fit a family of five in the car with ease, still leaving a massive boot space for the biggest of suitcases and childrens artilery. With a flick of a button the rear seats are folded away rapidly to leave a perfectly flat luggage area large enough to fit a double matress. It is even possible to carry 3meter long items such as copper pipe and still close the rear tailgate. The choice of diesel is no loss on the petrol versions, the performance being near equal with 185Bhp output, and fuel economy delivering over 50mpg on stretches of dual carriageway or motorways. Put the accellerator to the floor and you will cruise past most other cars with ease making overtaking manouvers safe. The D5 engine does sound noisey when cold, but after a few minutes this dies away and settles down to...

craigadj 26.05.2009 (27.05.2009) · Read review
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1999 Volvo V70

Advantages: Swift, Well Made, Indestructable
Disadvantages: depreciation, service costs

...The Volvo V70 estate was brought into the market by Volvo to replace its ageing 850 range. The 1997-2000 V70's boast several exterior improvements over the 850 including reshaped front and side lights, and body coloured bumpers and door handles. We bought our 1999 V70 for about £13,000, though expect to pay up to 5 grand more if you decide to buy through a dealer or specialist. The car is a 2.5L Turbo Diesel, and was our first diesel car. We were surprised at the acceleration of the car, and even though it sounds like a van when your in traffic, it has a nice 'howl' when you put the pedal to the metal. Official Volvo stats record the V70 TD getting to 60 in around 8.5 seconds. The car does a little under 40mpg on the motorway, and a little under 35mph when accelerating heavily in towns or in traffic. There is also a lack...

LimpBizkitUK 17.10.2002 · Read review
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Review of Volvo V70 2.5D

V70 D5 SE, my 6th. Volvo.

Advantages: Comfortable,easy to drive, economical on long runs, spacious.
Disadvantages: Dealer service cost high, turning lock not as good as 240,700 &800 series

...I bought a 3 yr. old V70 D5 SE to replace my petrol engined 850 SE 2.5 10v. which was 12 yrs.old.Impressions as follows: comfort greatly improved, turning circle not as good-but can be lived with.Acceleration from start off is not quite the same,but once you are rolling it is superbly torquey, making overtaking easy.After 3 years of trying to make the 850 more economical I could get an average of 31.5 mpg. on a 1,300 m. trip to & around Scotland.This D5 163 hp V70 is currently averaging 54mpg for similar driving!! - enough said. Performance is more than adequate- if I wanted a sports car I would have got one ! Servicing is less frequent than with the 850, and so far I can only say it does everything I want very well-- would I go back to the petrol powered 850,.....NEVER!!..........................Ivan H....

glenvine 20.04.2008 · Read review
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V70 D5, nice in theory but ....

Advantages: Good looking, comfortable front seats
Disadvantages: Bad build quality, too mnay recurrent faults, D5 engine not as good as reputation suggest

...I originally posted this review under the Volvo V70 2.5D by mistake. I have updated the report too. The car is a 2004 (2005 MY) Volvo V70 D5 S. The D5 is a 2.4 litre "common rail" diesel and the S spec has cloth seats, climate control, fuel computer, and a single CD / FM Radio (which at least has LW for the cricket). Mine has a very light interior (they call it Oak) and the dashboard causes a lot of stray reflections on the windscreen - not good for night driving. The V70 is a nice looking car but it does not have the robust build and quality of finish that have been associated with Volvo in the past. It is also not the supreme load carrier that Volvos once were - you get a much bigger load space with a Mondeo. My V70 has proved to be a very disappointing car with numerous days (24 in 6 months) spent off of the road and too many...

VolvoWoes 28.11.2005 (03.12.2005) · Read review
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Tecknet v70, smooth,funky music machine

Advantages: great sound, nice look,easy to use, great price
Disadvantages: none i can find yet

...and bought me a very funky looking mp3/4 player. It?s about 5 inches in length, 2cms depth and roughly 2inches wide so you can probably tell it?s very slim line an small, ideal for tucking away discreetly anywhere. Mine is white in colour but it does also come in black (hubby also has one for fathers day will explain more after!). The name of it is TeckNet V70 1.8" Screen 1G MP4/MP3 Player With 1.8" LCD Screen and Build in FM, we purchased both of them one white and one black with an extra set of earphones from www.amazon.co.uk for the amazing price of £52.95 this included the shipping of £11.97 so I think that this is remarkably cheap for what we received. The order came through within 3 days of payment so I can recommend the delivery times of Amazon. I have regularly used them and have always found them to be very quick in delivery. One word...

cleanfreakmama 12.06.2007 (14.06.2007) · Read review
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Review of TeckNet V70

V70e GOOD THINGS DO COME IN SMALL PAKAGING

Advantages: Stylish makes even losers look like winners.
Disadvantages: Doesn't have a built in radio.

...A phones a phone right, WRONG.it's not just a life line it's a status symbol and says a lot about the type of person you are.It suits me to a T cos I'm slim good looking and user friendly. I have recently purchased my V70e outright for 369.99 GBP from the Carphone Warehouse.It is available on pay monthly tariffs for a lot less but I preferred to just buy it. One of the first things that attracted me to it was the fact that it is the best looking piece of kit i've seen for quite a while.It has a sleek chrome body and a distinctive round screen which you can see even when the keypad is not visible,so like the samsung A300 you only need answer the calls you want to. It has all the main features you'd expect from Motorola as well as some new one's.The fact that it has the capacity to hold up to 590 names and numbers is a god send...

ROBCOLLINS144 18.09.2002 (19.09.2002) · Read review
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Review of Motorola V70

V70 D5 SE - expensive to run but comfy seats

Advantages: load capacity, seats, stereo
Disadvantages: expensive servicing and runnimg costs

...This review is for the car with SE specification trim which adds full leather seats, upgraded stereo and possibly a few more bits. I bought this as a 3 yr old car to replace my volvo T4 which was getting a bit old. I'd always liked the look of this model and decided to go for a diesel as economy should be better without too great a loss in performance. If you want comy and supportive seats then you need look no further than this, the seats are truly superb. I guess that's one of the reasons so many police forces have these cars on traffic. The upgrade dolby pro logic stereo is good if you sit in the front but for rear seat passengers sound is truly appalling, far too much bass and voice is difficult to pick out. As for performance, it is a bit sluggish pulling away but mid range, say 40 to 70 mph it just flies. It makes...

mandarin 11.07.2007 · Read review
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Review of Volvo V70 D5

The Longshaw Estate, Derbyshire

Advantages: Peaceful, tranquil, Free
Disadvantages: Steep Paths that get messy during bad weather

...The Peak District National Park is in my opinion one of the most picturesque places in the whole of England. Ok, I may be a little bit bias since it happens to be on my doorstep but there are so many different places to visit that you could go there every weekend of your life and never go to the same place twice. The Longshaw Estate is the sort of place that is perfect for the Peak District novice since it is very easily accesible yet it has all of the same beautiful scenery on offer as the more remote parts of the Park. Longshaw Lodge, built in 1827 is the central focal point of the vast Longshaw Estate that originally covered an area of 11,533 acres of land in the Peak District National Park in Derbyshire. It is located just ten miles to the South West of Sheffield and lies very close to the South Yorkshire border...

micksheff 15.03.2007 · Read review
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Review of National Trust Logshaw Estate, Derbyshire

Amazing family estate car

Advantages: cheap to tax, insure & fuel, comfy, loads of boot space
Disadvantages: annoying indicators, nowhere to put my spare coins

...(100) and it is a 5 door estate in a dark metallic grey/blue which Vauxhall call 'Metro Blue' We had a lot of criteria to fill, so here are some figures to start with which helped swing the decision for us: The CO2 emissions are about 135g/km, making the road tax £120 per year. It is a group 6 insurance, making the insurance costs nice and low. It has a 5 star NCAP rating (which is fairly standard nowadays, but nice to know anyway) The tyres on our club model are 205 55 R 16 so for a budget tyre expect to pay around £50 each, for a medium to high range tyre between £65 and £70 is average, my personal fave a Yokohama S306 is about £63 each fitted, so in my books reasonably cheap. The published combined fuel consumption is about 56MPG and in my experience so far,I would say that is about right. Looks - The Astra comes in...

bneleh 27.11.2009 · Read review
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