Cargo Space length Volvo V70/960/850

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Bart

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

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

HTH

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

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

HTH

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

Ron(UK)
 
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.
Click to expand...
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.
 
Thanks a lot for the really helpful information! Now I know, I can get
such a car. Thanks again to all your replies.
Bart
 
I said:
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
have an easy time if it continues to not start. The idea of the starter
solenoid and antenna ring on the immobilizer were at the top of my list
of suggestions, but the service writers are not very much interested in
owner supplied suggestions. It is the main problem with this dealership
and the one I went to previously. Are they all like this?
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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.
 
I said:
The dealer's solution, a new battery. It is working normally now. I hope
that is the only problem.
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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
 
I said:
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.
Click to expand...

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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