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Mine is a factory manual (M59) with the limited slip diff - it's why I flew to Aberdeen to buy the car, as they are thin on the ground. I've not seen another (manual) for sale for a while now.
Dammit-
A rare beasty indeed, you see loads of manual conversions but not many 850's still kicking.
Like the fact its red, if I had one it would have to be red or that dark metallic green colour. Mine is just regular #426 silver, i.e. the colour of every other volvo, easy to blend in when driving into live blast furnaces and power stations*
*not supposed to be there.
BrickMan
Yeay more bricks!
850R? But manual makes me think T5 unless you have a very rare R manual?
I've been into them for donkies, started as just cheap way to get turbo RWD (740 2.3 B230FT conversion + welded diff + drain pipe exhaust + injectors + booooooost = rolly poly fun). Last few years had a V70 2.5 tdi (audi 5 pot lump) and been working on that as a daily driver thats comfy, quick enough (185bhp/275lb.ft?) but still return no less than 48mpg, long motorways and trips on the continent = mid 50's. Can also swallow 5 bikes in the boot and 5 folk + kit in the car.
Biggest issue is where I live (glasgow) we have a former warzone instead of tarmac, so goes through tyres, suspension (bilsteins lasted about 4 months before being blown) and rims :(