echristodo Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 Meet my 1996 850 NA non-glt. I bought her for $500 with a crumpled RF fender, busted tie rod and bent control arm and went to work. I had the fender and the door replaced and painted, the entire RF suspension replaced (mostly with stuff from wrecking yards, except the goods that you just have to buy new), and the rocker panel replaced and painted. There were some other odds and ends like mud flaps and an alignment, but that was most of it. It cost me about $600-700 in parts and $550 in labor for the body shop guys I had do it at the dealership. Total was about $1700 +/- including the car, (I havn't added up the reciepts yet). The previous owners bought her new at our dealership, and had every single service and repair done with us, on time. According to dealersocket the total is just over $11k that they have spent on her over the years, and I have all the records to prove it! Funny though, I am asking top doller for it on craigslist but people aren't biting much cause it has cloth You would think that people would care more about having a car that is mechanically perfect than one with 11 year old cracked leather?Edit: at present the fleet consists of two cars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmsee Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 Wow nice and clean car? How many miles?I would like to have cloth for sure then old scratched up leather.Good luck with sale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(n)A-GAME Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 cloth FTL. so many volvos have leather there is no reason to settle if you are a buyer. plus no sunroof Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NGB Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 Easy enough to swap in some leathers.Very clean though, nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt b Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 Check your PM's. I'll give you $650 for it.Looks good, a little armor all on the plastics would go a long way too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmsee Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 Check your PM's. dry.gif I'll give you $650 for it.Looks good, a little armor all on the plastics would go a long way too.Check your PM's. dry.gif I'll give you $650 for it.Looks good, a little armor all on the plastics would go a long way too.He probably wants $ 3650 :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow95 Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 cloth FTL. so many volvos have leather there is no reason to settle if you are a buyer. plus no sunroofAs crappy as the volvo leather gets no matter how you take care of it, I dont know that fabric would be that bad. It looks very good in that car. Nice find.Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmelviØØ7 Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 Fleet......needs.......more.........cars............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volvoson Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 Can I take it to work? Dead battery FTL. Looks like it's time to get a new one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tightmopedman9 Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 I have cloth, I wanted leather when I bought the car, but the cloth interior isn't so bad. It looks a bit classier than the GLT's though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leurven Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 Damn she is mint! Haven't seen a perfect front bumper on an NA in a long time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alboguy Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 very clean damn thats the first volvo i see with cloth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echristodo Posted July 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 He probably wants $ 3650 This is seattle! Every cougar, well heeled or not, wants a volvo to throw her cubs into $5k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
550 Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 I hate the leather honestly :-\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NW T5R Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 5k? dam... good luck on that especially with a carfax check.I bought my T5R for 4300. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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