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sell the 850 700 1990

posted by  someone claiming to be Al on  Wed Feb 19 10:13 CST 2003 [RELATED]

Sell the 850. First of all the 740 is just getting broken in. Most of us have learned over the years a 700 is a lot cheaper to keep up. As far as the head liner goes $140 from IPD and a few hours labor. I don't care how well Volvo says their tranaxles hold up. My dealer has at least 6 in stock at all times.
I never remember him ever keeping more than one AW71 in stock. And said before 850's are a nightmare to work on. I asked a few years ago about what the techs thought about them and got the answer. Well none of us own one. Also one thing they did say is the 850 starts getting expensive to maintain after 90K. I was told I should look at the S and V70's if I was interested in that model. They do rave about 2001 and 2002 V70 and Cross Country. Buy the way my 87 745T has 279,000 miles on it and I have no interest in getting rid of it. I will have my 300K badge by Christmas.






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