Drop this person as a friend. Well maybe not, just don't listen. At least three items are age senstive. The three that I would be worried about are the radiator(plastic side tanks genrally go around 8 to 10 years), coolant reservoir nipple, and the heater control valve. Any one of these can go unexpectly due to age and ruin the engine unless you see the problem right away; speaking from experience.

The other items have been well covered in the previous posts.

91 940SE sedan and wagon

You friend may be a nice guy, but it is evident that he doesn't know jack sh*t about cars. Several of the items on your list do simply NOT fail due to age, e.g. piston rings and valves. These are wear items that should provide a minimum of 200,000 miles of service in a well maintained engine. Likewise, your transmission should carry you well past 100,000 miles.

I can see replacing the bushings *if* the rubber is hard or deterorated, but there is never a need to replace the arms UNLESS they are damaged, which is not likely to happen under normal driving conditions.. Now, if you get a wild hair up your butt and decide to go off-roading in the 940 and end up cracking the trailing arm on a rock, then you might be in the market for a new arm.

You say in another post that your friend rebuilt the engine in his 760 at 100K "just because" ? I wouldn't be too eager to take car advice from this person in the future.

valves and rings at 64,000?
unfrickenbeliveable

If you change the oil regularly in your car it would not be unusual for it to reach over 200,000 miles before you would need to think about valves or rings.

The plastic radiator tanks have a tendency to get brittle where the top hose connects, but chances are it is probably good for a while yet as well. They are not extremely expensive to replace and it is considered a good preventative measure to replace them. Overheating the engine due to a radiator failure can be a very expensive repair.

Certainly the AT fluid should be changed. It is inexpensive and I do it every 20-25,000 miles. Become familiar with the FAQ's at this site and learn how to do it yourself in about 30 minutes by simply attaching a hose to the upper fitting on the radiator where the AT cooling line is attached. The transmissions in these cars is rock solid and repair/failure is not common (especially if you change the fluid on a regular basis).

The cone bushings don't last long on these cars and a good set of polyurethane ones might be a good idea.

Shocks and strut inserts wear out and should be replaced when they fail to do. their job.

I hope this friend is not also your mechanic.

Randy

WHY did he tell you to do these things? What symptoms? Sounds very, very fishy to me.