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volovo 960 the best car to buy 900

posted by  The Zoo Keeper on  Sun Jul 17 06:00 CST 2005
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My parents own a 1995 960, my mom LOVES the car, but they both dislike the maintence it requires.

Only the first year or so had pourous blocks, by '94(?) they were all ok.

Volvo has put WAY too many electical systems in these cars, and even the stealerships are not particularly good at troubleshooting them.

The 960s ALL use the "Nivomat" rear shocks, and they are both very expensive, and prone to failure (leaking). The 940SEs do as well. I would steer clear of these for this reason alone. But, if I found a REALLY nice 945SE (if it exists) for the right price, I would buy it.

In my opinion, the mid '90s Volvos are the WORST car for electronics, they are not reliable in this way (much like a Jaguar). So the FEWER options the cheaper it will be to keep nice and fully functional.

They are VERY nice cars, that is for sure.
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JohnG 1989 245 MT @ 225,000






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