Sounds great to me!<BR>I'll be out in a couple of months for school, i'm in portland, OR rignt now for my summer sanity-break. But when in boulder i hang out with the Rocky Mtn. VCOA and the local bmw car group, so you'd be welcome to both and i'd be happy to meet up with ya and chat about cars.<P><BR>The problem with the manual tranny swap is that you have to find a manual car ecu and tranny chip. They are kind of mated together do determine where the auto tranny shifts and how it's performing. SO you'd have to find an M50 transmission (i think right number for the "R") the ecu and the tcu. <BR>It would be a tough install, but i'm sure if you call some volvo dealers in canada, they may be able to source some junkyards/new units for you to think about buying. I am STILL looking in canada for a manual, and to this day, should i find one, it will be mine (giving condition, miles etc..)<P>