I think you've partly answered your own question, your Toyota may be reliable now, but inevitably components will fail over time (as you say, the next 5 to 7 years, by which time it'll be 14 year old car) and, although and 'old volvo' will be even older, they are built like tanks with simple olod fashioned engineering that is easy to repair and maintain.
The other major contributing factor is that you clearly enjoy maintaining the volvo - do not underestimate how much extra effort will be required to maintain a car you dont enjoy working on. Ive been there and I would not go back. I run a 24 year old 240 GLT as my 22k/year daily driver for precisely that reason.
Perfect example: The core plug on the back of the head that covers where the distributor would be on a 7xx/9xx popped off once, and I drove to the workshop, found a spare and had it fixed in half an hour, and then drove away grinning from ear to ear about how easy and enjoyable a 240 is to own
Go for it!
Steve
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Wafty - gold 1972 164 Automatic
Whooshy - graphite grey 1989 240 GLT Turbo
2003 titanium grey V70R auto
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Originally Posted by john h
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