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My '93 940t has been well maintained all it's life and with around 138,000 mils it's just getting broken in. The 960 is a nice car, but it is maintnence pit. if you're putting on a lot of miles , you'll be changing timing belts every time you turn around, nd the 960 is an interferance engine ( if the timing belt breks, your engine becomes a very large paper-weight , usually $4000+ around here for a used engine ) the 940 is a non interferance engine, so if the t-belt goes, tow it in, put on a new belt and go.
The ignition setup on the 960 is a bit of a nightmare for the uninitiated ( factory manual is a must for that thing) more goodies on the 960= more things to go wrong in the middle of nowhere. Most of the things on a 940 could be easily handled by a dirtwater town mechanic ( especially if you point him to this website) without having to be towed hundreads of miles to someone who will touch the 960. There's only a handful of shops in this state that will touch a 960.
$7-8k should get you a pristine low milage , never been in a wreck, 940 with service records. I paid about $4700 for my '93 last year and that thing was pampered by the previous owner.
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-------Robert, '93 940t, '90 240 wagon, '84 240 diesel (she's sick) , '80 245 diesel
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