No mileage update tonight. More a pretty interesting size fact. Coming from a wagon to a sedan I have always felt like the interior was small, well because compared to the wagon it was. Quieter for sure, but smaller. Well it turns out the interior space on a 850 sedan is larger than a Mazda3 wagon. ...

Sounds like you want liquid rubber. Or what stuff that is on TV that can seal your boat that you sawed in half... What's it called? I can't remember. But that stuff is thick. Flexseal. That's it.

I'll weigh in on this as well. Wrenching is like Cooking, anyone can do it with enough practice and discipline. You need about $200 in basic tools to get started. You need a fairly comprehensive ratchet set, which you can grab for about $50 at Walmart. You need a special set of tools for this car ca...

I passed on an 850r wagon and bought my first na Volvo instead. I regret it every day. That's my favorite Volvo color too! Great find!

2) This is an interesting observation. Would be interesting to dyno test an 850 with the different ECUs and all other variables constant to see if there is a performance difference. Can you swap a jetronic for a montronic ECU in a '95 850 without tuning/doing anything? So I have been looking into t...

You need new shocks/struts all around. They do go bad over time. My 850 base had ORIGINAL shocks and struts from the factory. They weren't blown and rattling nor leaking but they were definitely tired and worn. New on all 4 corners made all the difference. Is your wagon door rattling, squeeking or b...

Do you have any pics of the interior?

I gotta jump in here, if your '95 has VVIS like mine you'll have to replace the intake manifold with a later manifold. The intake ports are shaped differently. I only add this as you also have a manual transmission, no air pump, and no obd2. But otherwise you should be fine. I've had to do a bunch o...

So add point of habit I always type in a url manually. I've been an online business owner for a long time and advertising is expensive. So I always type it out as opposed to the pay per click link. I learned about FCP from MVS, and quite frankly would never have gone there even once without MVS. But...

Well said, j-dawg. The silver lining of the movement away from car forums is that after all these new players, the best place for repairs is still a car forum. Facebook moves too fast to be a good repository for repair information. I can't remember the last time I saw a FB post from more than a wee...