I'll let someone else chime in about whether the specific shop costs are in line though offhand I think they are. Unless you can DIY some of this work, it is probably time to move on. Here is the lowest hanging DIY fruit: > Pads and rotors is a really easy job. Watch a couple YouTube videos, they do...

Greetings. These are high prices in my opinion. But, they are shop prices. This car has unknown mileage. To spend $4400 on a car that more than likely to need unforeseen repairs is a gamble. These are all suspension / braking/ driveline repairs. If you have read this board for a while, you know the ...

Here is the lowest hanging DIY fruit: > Pads and rotors is a really easy job. Watch a couple YouTube videos, they don't even need to be for this car to be very applicable. Parts cost is about $180 for likely better parts than the shop will give you, that includes bleeding the brakes. Savings = $350...

these cars are only affordable if you do your own work. but dont scrap it, sell it which is a way of passing it on. how ever if the state will give you 1500 then thats hard to pass up. (or replicate by selling)

In NJ, you could buy a pretty decent used car for $4,400. If you can't do at least some of this work yourself and (am I reading this correctly -- the State of Ca. will give you $1500 for the car?), then I'd take the $1500 and use that to help finance the purchase of a replacement vehicle.

I would look at ;]labor rates where you are moving, and also is there a good Volvo independent shop nearby. Most of the repairs listed go from good-worn-Dangerous condiition, if they are just worn , make the big trip and then deal it with it here. If you are down to your last 3mm on brake pads, but ...

So I'll replicate what some others have said. This is a Do It Yourself group here at MVS. I'll be honest if I had to pay someone to work on my Volvo I'd buy new cars it would be cheaper. hahaha. :lol: Volvo 850/S/V70's are also one of the easiest cars to work on that i've ever owned. Hardly ever any...

I concur with everything Callahan said with one exception. I would only buy a pair of spring seats and not the quick struts if mine still had good damping action. With regard to the oil cooler lines; are you going through oil? I've seen them covered with oil and road grime when they get old but not ...

It’s worth $1000most anywhere as a decent runner needing work. Use it to move, then dump

Even a cross country trip is nothing for a Volvo.

Getting another six months after a move is excellent

if you get the car here we'll come fix it but it might take a week of us visiting your cap cod house. I got dibs on the sofa.