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/// There is more than one reason to buy used Volvo. I began to buy used Volvos about 26 years ago, 73 144. I bought used 200's for my children when they began to drive. They complained about having to drive an old "family ride," translate, four door sedan. In two major wrecks we sustained no injuries.
My son rolled an 81. He flipped it into the air and it landed on the passenger roof line. We pulled it out of the ditch with a tractor, put the high voltage wire back in the coil, changed the left rear flat tire, and drove it home. I spent about $400 getting the roof pulled back in line and replacing the rear window. (I didn't repair the body dents, every panel is bent or warped. I made him drive it in that condition since he caused the flat and the roll over. "It had been driving 'funny' for a few days," he said.) While we were at the body shop I noticed a "cheap Japanese car." It had been towed in. The roof was flattened to the passenger compartment. I asked and was told there had been injuries.
You asked the wrong mechanic. The key is in the selection of the used car. If you can avoid big bills to begin with and spread the upgrades over several months or years, you are ahead as a cash flow matter. That new car takes a $3000 hit as you drive it off the lot.
When you add it all up you still have a cheap Japanese car. Cars are expendable, people aren't. Good luck.
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