I bought an '85 DL about a year and a half ago- it broke down after a few months and my mechanic, (a crazy volvo- lover who lives about 30 minutes away) looked at it, and decided that he would need to tow the car out to his house (AKA his shop). It turns out, that my mechanic had moved to a tiny little town three and-a-half HOURS away. After assessing the car, he told me it would be 1500 bucks to repair it, the same price I had payed for the car a few months earlier. My car has been sitting in his lot for the past 11 months or something. (its basically out in a field with his other 100 or so volvos- so he was always very friendly about me leaving it up there) I had been planning to sell the car to him for 100 bucks (sadly, because I'm still a bit in debt for that car) but not until I drove up there to take my stereo out. I got the stereo out a couple weeks ago- and decided while I was up there (with some support of the brickboard) to try to fix it and sell it- which brings me to question one: how much will I be able to sell this car for? the body is in good shape- a bit of rust around the rear wheel wells, but otherwise its a classy looking car- and once I fix it is should be very mechanically sound- but is it only worth 500 bucks? - on to question two. When I was visiting my car, it became apparent that my mechanic REALLY wanted to keep my car- and kept telling me to send him the title. when I suggested fixing it myself, he became very unfriendly, and seemed irritated. Of course, he doesn't want to tow my car the three and-a- half hours back to town. He told me most people do a free one way tow or something. but I kind of feel shafted because I didn't even know he was taking it so far, and he never gave me an estimate before he took it up there.- should I just go out there and pick it up my self/ or try to argue it out with him? thanks for your help.
ALSO- is there anyone in the Anchorage, AK area who might help me out with questions when I'm fixing my volvo?