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Here's my two bits on the car. I owned a 95 960 up until I totaled it recently. :-( BEAUTIFUL car and very nice to drive both around town and on the highway. However, here are some things to check:
1) Get the 960 Pre-Purchase FAQ out of the 700-900 FAQ section. Lots of good stuff.
2) While driving, turn on the AC & Blower full blast to dash vents. Then stomp on the gas and see if the air is re-directed to floor and defrost. That's an expensive fix, but not necessarily a deal breaker.
3) Bring a Torx-25 (or 30?) and pop open the spark plug/distributor cover. Remember that this is a distributorless car, so it's important that the distributor wires are not fried. Mine were. Lots of headache to replace the wiring harness. Each spark plug connects to its individual coil which is fed from the engine wiring harness. These coil connectors lose their insulation and create nightmarish runnign problems.
4) if it was a 95, you could pull the OBD codes yourself (95 and < are OBD-I). If you have an OBD-II scanner, bring it. but don't buy one just to look at this car.
5) Do check to see that the SRS, Check Engine, and other warning lights light up and then go out when you start it. Make sure that none of them are burnt out (i.e. that the car is able to tell you if there's a problem).
6) Pay close attention to the suspension. Most IRS cars use those horrid Nivomat struts in the rear. I'm looking at replacing them in my '89 760T with the IPD kit--$350 plus a weekend's labor.
But, generally, these are great cars and this definitely sounds like a good price given the mileage. In 30k miles, my 960 never stranded me.
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