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Car Forum / Volvo Cars / November 2006

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Cargo Space length Volvo V70/960/850

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Bart - 26 Oct 2006 07:19 GMT
Hi,
I am thinking of getting a  Volvo V70/960/850. I want to put my
mattress in the cargo space with the rear seats down.
Is there anyone, who could give me information on the length of the
cargo space of one of these cars? I only found information on cubic
feet, but no length.
I searched the web with a bunch of queries, but no success.

Please help,
Thanks a lot in advance!
Bart
Graham W - 26 Oct 2006 08:04 GMT
> Hi,
> I am thinking of getting a  Volvo V70/960/850. I want to put my
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> Thanks a lot in advance!
> Bart

My 940 (should be about the same as a 960) manual states:

Cargo space length:
Seat up 106cm
Seat down 182cm

HTH

Graham W
Ron(UK) - 26 Oct 2006 10:17 GMT
>> Hi,
>> I am thinking of getting a  Volvo V70/960/850. I want to put my
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>
> Graham W

I`m 5`7", my wife 5`6" and we can easily sleep lying full length in the
back of our 945

Ron(UK)
Richard Cole - 26 Oct 2006 19:12 GMT
>Hi,
>I am thinking of getting a  Volvo V70/960/850. I want to put my
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>feet, but no length.
>I searched the web with a bunch of queries, but no success.
Bart

I've carried a single divan bed and mattress in the back of my V70 and have
in the past also carried a (dismantled) double bed and double mattress,
with the mattress bowed up in the centre of the car.

A UK single divan is approx 82" long (the mattress on it's own is a bit
shorter) and I took the rear seat squabs out and pushed the front seats as
far forward as I could and still able to drive.

Richard
Web pages: http://www.caravanningnow.co.uk/ for caravanning,
http://www.rcole.org/ for my personal web site and
http://www.homeindorset.co.uk because I love the email address.
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Bart - 26 Oct 2006 19:51 GMT
Thanks a lot for the really helpful information! Now I know, I can get
such a car. Thanks again to all your replies.
Bart
Stephen Henning - 26 Oct 2006 22:24 GMT
I wrote:
> It finally would not crank even after waiting 2 hours and after a 45
> mile trip to the garage on a roll-back truck.  Hopefully the dealer will
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> owner supplied suggestions.  It is the main problem with this dealership
> and the one I went to previously.  Are they all like this?

The roll-back truck operator used a good battery to check to make sure
it was not a bad battery before he hauled it to the dealer.  The
dealer's solution, a new battery.  It is working normally now.  I hope
that is the only problem.  It was the original battery so it was over 5
years old.  I don't mind replacing the batter, I just hope the problem
doesn't come back.  Maybe the battery was randomly developing a high
resistance under a heavy load.  The relays never chattered, so I never
though it would be the battery.  When it did crank, it cranked very well.

To give an idea of how bad the service writer is, he wrote down, cranks
slow, won't start.  That was not the problem.  It would either crank
normally or not at all, but never slow.  It always started quickly when
it cranked.  Fortunately I had written the details down and put them
where the tech would find them before he worked on the car.  That is the
only way I can get around these stupid service writers.
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Cheers, Steve Henning in Reading, PA, USA
   Owned '67,'68,'71,'74,'79,'81,'87,'93,'95 & '01 Volvos.
   The '67,'74,'79,'87,'95 and '01 through European Delivery.
 http://home.earthlink.net/~rotarians/volvo.html

rhodyman - 04 Nov 2006 05:25 GMT
I wrote:
> > It finally would not crank even after waiting 2 hours and after a 45
> > mile trip to the garage on a roll-back truck.  The idea of the starter
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> The dealer's solution, a new battery.  It is working normally now.  I hope
> that is the only problem.

A week later and it failed again.  Another trip on a roll-back truck.
This time the dealer had a different tech look at it and he found a
loose connection on the starter.  The tech is taking the car home for
the weekend with diagnostic probes in place to see if the problem comes
back.  I have a lot more confidence in this fix.

Cheers, Steve Henning in Reading, PA, USA
    Owned '67,'68,'71,'74,'79,'81,'87,'93,'95 & '01 Volvos.
    The '67,'74,'79,'87,'95 and '01 through European Delivery.
    http://home.earthlink.net/~rotarians/volvo.html
rhodyman - 08 Nov 2006 21:48 GMT
I wrote:
> > > It finally would not crank even after waiting 2 hours and after a 45
> > > mile trip to the garage on a roll-back truck.  The idea of the starter
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> the weekend with diagnostic probes in place to see if the problem comes
> back.  I have a lot more confidence in this fix.

We got the car back Tuesday and all is fine.  Guess what, no charge
this time and they washed the car.  For some reason they aren't calling
us to see if we were satisfied with the service like they usually do.
I wonder why.

Cheers, Steve Henning in Reading, PA, USA
     Owned '67,'68,'71,'74,'79,'81,'87,'93,'95 & '01 Volvos.
     The '67,'74,'79,'87,'95 and '01 through European Delivery.
     http://home.earthlink.net/~rotarians/volvo.html
 
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