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While the weather have have some effect, IMHO it have very little to do with the concerns of the 960. I speak from personnal experience and in my case it wasn't pleasant. There are alot of owners of 960's that haven' had the problems mention on this board and that's good. If had had to do it over I would not buy the 960. I purchased a 92 960 and found the car to be expensive to keep up. If the maintenace is done properly and on time the chances are you will not have the major concerns that can trash an engine. If you don't know the history of the car as far as maintenance is concerned then I would have second thoughts about the car. A well maintained car even a 960 can last a long time. Just be prepared to spend some money on keeping the car up and you need someone you can trust and knows what they're doing as this is not the car for a OJT person. In the three years I had my 960 I enjoyed the car on the road. Hopefully mine was an exception as to the problems I encountered. I am not trying to scare you into selling the car. I have been driving Volvo's for 22Years and have been please with all except my 960. For me personnally it may take awhile before I am ready to have another interfence engine. To solve this issue I bought a 940 SE turbo which is essentially a 960 with a 4cylinder turbo. The car didn't cost me any more that estimated cost to refurbish the 960 back to running condition.
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