maiku Posted December 19, 2005 Report Share Posted December 19, 2005 maybe look for cars that haven't been in accidents?:blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socal Posted December 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2005 I'll keep that in mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivanfbi Posted December 20, 2005 Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 i still would take the S70, i don't care if car was in accident Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBoy8 Posted December 20, 2005 Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 i still would take the S70, i don't care if car was in accidentThats coming from a guy who totalled his car and hit a cop ... . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socal Posted December 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 Well, I've decided to pass on em. Whata shame, the T-5 SE was such a nice looking car. Suede inserts and V70R bumper, looked awsome. Oh well, the search goes on. Thanks to those of you who contributed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mogatu'r Posted December 20, 2005 Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 Well, I've decided to pass on em. Whata shame, the T-5 SE was such a nice looking car. Suede inserts and V70R bumper, looked awsome. Oh well, the search goes on. Thanks to those of you who contributed.That's The way you shop for a car :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trunks850R Posted December 20, 2005 Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 you mean you can get a s70 with suede inserts?????hell if theres a s70 T5 se out there for less than 6 grand, in good shape, id buy it. wheres it at?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socal Posted December 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 Its in Thousand Oaks Ca. It was clearly somewhere where they use salt on the roads though. Corrosion all throughout the engine bay and exhaust, and on the sunroof. Not to mention the unreported accident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maiku Posted December 20, 2005 Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 it's all the rage in canadaT5 SE are pretty commoni still like the V70R door panels better, but wouldn't mind T5 SE panels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socal Posted January 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 Well I'm back at it. I found a 1998 S70 T-5 with aprrox. 60k miles. The owner says he has the service records for the vehicle. Looks to have chromed Titans or Pegs on it put on by a previous owner. Looks really clean from what I can tell from the photos. Asking price is rather high at $11k. I honestly can't see paying much more than 9500 unless the thing is an absolute gem. We shall see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droot Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 good luck, I was looking at 98 t-5 last year before I got my car and the guy wanted 12k it had 45k miles on it and got him down to 10500 but I passed it up. I bet you could get this car for $9900 if it's a good car at least make him the offer and work your way around that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodrigo Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 keep us updated...a good way to tell a car has been in a collision, is looking at the gaps between the panels...fenders to doors, hood even on both sides and top is flush with the top of fenders, etc. Electrical splicing in the headlights/foglamos, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socal Posted January 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 A question for the '98 S/V70 owners: do your headlights have a liquid bubble level thing on top of the headlight housing? The first '98 S70 T-5 SE I looked at (which had been in the unreported wreck and had a rebuilt front end) had brand new Hella headlight units and they had the bubble level on on top. However, my base '99 S70 does not have the bubble level on the headlights. The '98 S70 I just looked at today had Hella headlight units with bubble levels on top.One other thing, this S70 was first registered in March of '97. Anyone heard of any issues with the early S70 models? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droot Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 My 95 850 turbo has leveling bubble for the headlights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socal Posted January 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 Back from hiatus -After finally getting the S70 (the one I looked at about 2 weeks ago) into the shop this morning, they said it looked pretty good. The only thing they said it needed was an AC service (fluid replacement) and there was a leak from the oil pump seal.My primary question is, how difficult/expensive is replacing this seal? The service tech quoted me about 5 hours labor to replace the seal. Hopefully I can get some quick responses, as I want to try to get back to the seller by this evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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