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If that 850 is an automatic, SELL IT NOW. If it's a 5-spd, its the one to keep. The 93-only (Mark I?) version of the automatic is JUNK. Unless it's had the trans replaced for a later model (94-98), then he's driving a very expensive time bomb. Trans replacement is 10 hrs labor, MINIMUM.
The 960 is a very high quality car- I think the 850 is too. Overall both have turned out to be excellent, and I'll bet they both drive nicely still at the 200000 mile + mark. The 960 is a bit more unusual, so when you go to ask for parts for it, most places will say "you've got a WHAT?" but still, neither one of them should need more service or give less life than the other. The only exception, is if that 850 is an automatic. That trans is horrible, horrible, horrible and has cost a lot of people a LOT more than they bargained for.
On the negative side, they're both very well-equipped complex cars with expensive potential repairs to stuff like A/C and accessories. They have a lot of moving parts! Keeping everything working in their old age will cost some money, no doubt, for either one. I'd expect projected repair costs for either car to be the same.
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Rob Bareiss, New London CT ::: 86 244DL, 87 244DL, 88 744GLE, 91 244: 808K total
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