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phils94850
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Bought a Platinum edition today

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Ill be the 3rd owner, 161k miles, it was mainly garage kept. It has the gold package as well. It needs a few things, wheel bearing, abs module repair, and pcv done, just drove it back 100 mi. home and did fine. 8)
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1996 Platinum Edition

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Post by kahl »

Wow, that is beautiful....good buy! What year is it?

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Drool

Cost?
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1998 V70, no dash lights on

1997 850 T5 [gone] w/ MSD ignition coil, Hallman manual boost controller, injectors, R bumper, OMP strut brace

2004 V70 R [gone]

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kahl wrote:Wow, that is beautiful....good buy! What year is it?
All platinums are 1996.
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1998 V70, no dash lights on

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Yep.. its a 96
1996 Platinum Edition

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Pretty :)
99 S70 T5, The Red Devil
Ported 19T and R manifold, 3" DP with Magnaflow race cat, 2.5" cat back, Precision FMIC, Rigs intake pipe, H&Rs, Bilsteins, 302's with Akebonos, Jewels, HIDs, egg crate grille, transmission cooler.

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Congrats.

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Thanks everyone
1996 Platinum Edition

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Post by theWIFES_S70 »

Drool is right! More pictures, please! :)
Retired:
1998 Volvo S70, N/A, 5-speed, 187K
2007 Volvo S40, 2.4i, 5-speed, 121K
2015 Volvo S60, T5, 85K

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Post by dorvin »

Looks great. May I ask what you payed for it?

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