Yeah, I'd hate to bin it, thankfully I've got enough space under my bed to where its not an issue. Hopefully some youngin' who inherits grandma's 850 peeks their head in, one of these days

Just remembering the nightmare I had to go through to get those moon roof plastic clips out.. probably had to ...

Still available!

Cleaned out my 'mechanics closet' and have some leftover scraps from my late 850 (RIP, champ kept me safe up to the very end)
I figure someone here might get some value out of this stuff, at least more than me

I'm going to sell it as a lot; $40 for the two actual value items of the jack and radio ...

Sigh.. Someone was quicker on the draw and it was bought out from under me

Back to the craigslist hunt! If I keep eating these swedish fish every day perhaps another volvo will come my way. Can only hope.

Transmissions on the P80 cars are solid and will code problems deeper than poor shifting. Take a look at the fluid on the dipstick for guidance.


Yeah, planning on being the weirdo to do the glove test and the full erikv 9 yards on this pre inspection. I can live with buying an automatic, but ...

Good to hear from you again!

Not sure what that could be leaving that residue unless someone has tried to torch the car?

There is a fuel tank vent near the fuel filler, but I would not expect to see that residue unless it was someone with oily hands?

Neil.


Too bad the photos are low quality ...

Local listing for a 98 S70 at a reasonable price ($2k) - what sort of "gotcha!"s should I be looking out for? Is there anything specific to an automatic transmission?
One of the photos looks like smoke(?) stains coming out of the gas fill port. What on earth could THAT be from?
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I like ...

CA is an at fault state, and the offending party's insurance is the one working with me
~$4k valuation from similar makes/models in the area (not bad! Turns out CCC doesn't run off KBB/craigslist!), but.. insurance adjuster claimed $3.5k preexisting damage.. making the ACV.. much lower 8)

$150 to ...

Dreading the ACV determination from the Insurance adjuster. Apparently they determine the valuation based on same make/model in the area.. Craiglist is only showing $500-1000 "as is" mystery box mechanic's specials.. Can't even find an 850 Manual transmission listed to reference searching nationwide ...

On a cruise to have my windshield leak I've spent the past month troubleshooting [https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=104070] quoted by a local glass guy.. and some old fart decides to forgo the ol 'look both ways' for a 'speed one way' and rams into me in the middle of town ...