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Thanks alot for the info. So this car isn't any more nickle & dime than my BMW ;-). Its nice to know that if the timing belt goes in this it doesn't mean a whole new top end for the engine. LIke you guys said I will do a test drive, without the owner in it. But I won't go so hard that I'll have to buy the car from being my abusive self on cars. ANd I'll take it to my dads place and put it on jack stands (too cheap to pay to get it on a lift) and inspect the under side.
Do you recomend going to synthetic? I run amsoil 10w-30 in the BMW and i go 5K filter changes & 10K oil changes. What about servicing the transmission. I doubt its been serviced at all, or since the first owner sold it. If I service it (I mean take it to a shop and have the flush the torque converter as well) weill it ruin it? I know bimmers have that problem if it hasn't been serviced don't service it.
Assuming nothing has been done, what kind of shopping spree do I need to do? and where is the best place to get parts? I know theeurodepot.com doesn't stock volvo's in the junk yard :-(
RWD isn't that bad. I drive route 2 in vermont all winter with a RWD car and never went off the road, in fact I was pissed that awd subarus were going slower than me ... like 25 when they can safely do 35 or 40. ... but anyways thats just the rules of that road ... if your in a hurry nobody goes the minimum speed limit.
Also with my BMW being the eta model I still get 31 mpg on the interstate and still have balls enough to pass on a 2 lane highway if I need to.
Anything else I might have forgotten or thatyou guys might have forgotten?
btw it has a small bit of rust but I'm used to it, my car has it too. This is only a temp. car for my wife & baby, 2 or 3 years max and she only drives about 10K miles / year.
~bigmoose
TIA
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