A 'substantial amount of rust' is not good. I live in the mountain of NY and neither of my 850 have any rust to speak of. Basically, it is hard to find a rusty Volvo - look around, maybe you'll find an early '80s with a little.

At least do carfax.com to check history, well worth the little it costs. Flood damage good bet in this case. They are totaled by insurance companies, sold at auction and end up on dealer lots after minor repairs. I almost bought a car the was a stolen in Texas and recovered in NY. Although flood damage does not always show on Carfax. Where flood damage shows is many wierd electric problems down the road.

Avoid this car, if too good to be ture... it is!

From someone who has owned a rusted car. Stay away from it with a ten foot pole. It will be nothing but a headache down the road. Rust is like cancer of the metal. It doesn't stop.

Do a title search before you buy. That car may have been underwater (it happens)and shipped across country for sale. A title search is cheap and you find out about the car before you buy.

where u at? $8999 sounds real low...a fairly good condition 69k 95 850 turbo should run about $13k...don't worry about brake rotors, they should be fine. as for the undercarriage...do u live where it snows in the winter? if so, then it may be hard to find one that isn't rusted a little...u should also take it for a drive and check out the suspension, a/c unit (could be very expensive to replace, 1k+ sometimes), and tranny.....the engine and turbo and stuff should be fine (provided they didn't have a manual boost controller). if it's the exhaust u'r seeing that's rusted, just simply replace it with either an aftermarket unit (pay for it urself), or get the used car dealer to get u a new one (they should foot the bill)....oh, and on a last note, make sure it doesn't rattle...it gets tiring after a while...

The rotors will develop a thin visible coating of rust all over them after normal use (overnight), which dissapates when the brakes are applied.