Take a look under the hood of the car. This should provide a clear answer to the question of how hard an 850 is to work on. Our RWD bricks have all kinds of space around the engine, which makes them relatively easy to work on. Also, with RWD cars, we don't have to deal with the FWD transaxle which is crammed in there much more tightly. But that doesn't make it impossible to work on. I've been doing more and more work on our 850 and I'm getting less apprehensive about it. It's just a matter of getting used to close confines and all of the electrical systems. A knock sensor replacement, which would take me a few minutes on the 740, took me an entire weekend on the 850 because I had to remove scads of other parts just to get at it. (Though, in all fairness, the knock sensor defect only applies to 94 Turbo cars. The 95 shouldn't be affected.) If the records look good, the car doesn't have any immediate problems, you don't mind getting more involved in servicing/repairs, and you generally like the car, then you may very well enjoy owning an 850. Just understand that you are dealing with something totally different from a 240.

Tim
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Tim Smith '85 745GLE M46 w/87k. Also in the family: 94 854T w/120K.