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#1 blu92in99

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Posted 20 October 2009 - 04:11 PM

Thinking about selling off the 850 and moving onto a newer V70 T5, or even a vintage ride like a 145, 122, 544, etc. Anyway, the brief list of 'mods' are in my sig, the full list is in my 'garage', found here:

http://volvospeed.co...&do=view&id=705

pbase - http://www.pbase.com...n99/1995_855_t5

The car currently has ~180k on it, less than 1k on the head gasket and most of the stage 0 stuff & mods were done within the past 15k miles. Has a clean Cali title, clean CarFax. The car is fast, sounds good, and averages 20mpg city/30mpg highway, even with my lead foot. A/C blows cold. The PO claimed to have had the trans rebuilt roughly 40k miles before I bought it from them. Just waxed it 2 weeks ago so the paint looks good. It could use an alignment, judging by the outer shoulder wear on the front tires. I had it done after I lowered the car an it looks like they did a shitty job, again judging by the tire wear patterns. Other than that, if I can think of anything detrimental I'll post it up. I'll post up better pics of anything on/about the car for those who are serisouly interested, otherwise the pics on my pbase account will have to do for now.

EDIT// Yes, it does have the 3rd row seat, as well as the built-in child booster seat/armrest in the 2nd row seats. It also has an aftermarket CD changer installed, though I can't remember if it's 10 or 12 CDs.

$5000/OBO - trades considered (no non-running project cars, I have enough of those)

Car is located in Elk Grove, Cali (just south of Sacramento).
-Justin
'83 242Ti - FOR SALE!
'71 142E - mostly stock, new DD.

#2 blu92in99

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Posted 20 October 2009 - 04:19 PM

Oh, and just to add to this - I just purchased a set of RSI rods to use. Depending on sale price, these could be negotiated into the deal, as well as a '98 T5 shortblock with ~140k on it (was running when car was parted).
-Justin
'83 242Ti - FOR SALE!
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Posted 20 October 2009 - 04:26 PM

I Liked the "Nothing too fancy, just my daily driver. It's got a couple "performance" mods, some suspension, and some cosmetic mods too."
Looking at your mod list, this is somewhat an undestatement.... :)
Good luck on the sale!
2001 V70 2.4T...... IPD end links, QBM strut bar conversion & Lower Transmission mount
17" Enkei RS6 / Koni FSD / Eibach Sport Springs / XC90 spring seats / Elevate Sway Front & IPD Rear
EST SS Sport Cat back Exhaust / EST CAI w/Fujita Filter / Autotech Tune
European headlight assemblies & 5000K 55W SharpHID / HAT Imagine Series I61-2 (x5) / IMIV LE

#4 Getspooled

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Posted 20 October 2009 - 06:22 PM

You've done a good job on your car, someone will definitely benefit from that and have a very fun car to drive!
Good luck with the sale, should go fast.
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#5 blu92in99

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Posted 21 October 2009 - 12:27 AM

View PostHarleyvh, on 20 October 2009 - 04:26 PM, said:

I Liked the "Nothing too fancy, just my daily driver. It's got a couple "performance" mods, some suspension, and some cosmetic mods too."
Looking at your mod list, this is somewhat an undestatement.... :)
Good luck on the sale!
Well, compared to some of the wild builds that I've seen, mine is more of the 'cookie cutter' type 850 with a lot of the same mods as everybody else, hence the understatement tone. ;)


One of the guys from TB has rights to first refusal at this point. Looks like it might sell quick afterall. :blink: Won't know for certain until the weekend after next though.
-Justin
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'71 142E - mostly stock, new DD.

#6 blu92in99

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Posted 22 October 2009 - 05:32 AM

SOLD.

Mods, please close the thread?
-Justin
'83 242Ti - FOR SALE!
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