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Buy or not? S90-V90

They are pretty decent cars. I currently drive a '93 960 with 185,000 on it. I see the multi link rear suspension bushings going out from time to time, gear position sensors (did one of those today in fact), lower control arm bushings in the front end blow out from time to time, intake manifold gaskets leak, transmission itself is pretty much bullet proof ( I have not only never done one I have never seen one done at all), I have heard people talk trash on the engines in the first couple of year models but I personally have never had any real problems with them, typical plastic radiator b.s. that you will need to change out eventually, ground point on the driver's side engine mount has been know to develope resistance and cause some driveability problems, catalytic converters have been known to crack right in the front where the pipe goes into the cat itself, they have good acceleration and they handle the road nicely. Mind you I work on this stuff day in and day out so I see just about everything that goes wrong with them, that definitely does not mean that all of this stuff will go wrong with every one of them. In fact on my higher mileage one I think I have done the control arm bushings and it is currently in need of the multi lind rear suspension bushings and is otherwise in really good shape. I would not hesitate to buy one if the price and condition were right.






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New Buy or not? [S90-V90]
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