Thank every one of you for responding to my post.

Two days after I wrote this, he posted the same car on the same site at about 9:30 PM, but instead of asking 1000 US he dropped it to $500. I messaged him saying I would come see it the next day, cash in hand and that was fine with him. An hour ...

So I found a 1998 V70 online. The guy said there's a new thermostat, new head gasket, new heater core, new battery, new tires, new brakes. He had the heads resurfaced and a compression test showed no leaks, had it scanned and no codes showed up.
That's all fine, but he said it needed coils and ...