1996 Volvo 960 Wagon - Lafayette, LA

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This sale is for a 1996 Volvo 960 Wagon

170,000 Miles

This is the last in the line of the traditional rear wheel drive Volvos going back half a century. This went on for two more years and then Volvo went to an all front wheel or all wheel drive system.

The exterior color is silver and the interior is a matching silver leather with full power seats and windows and all other options (except heated seats).

Engine is the 2.9 litre straight 6 (only in volvo's lineup for a very short time), mated to a rear wheel drive automatic transmission.

Stereo has radio as well as CD and Cassette - all are working - I replaced the original head unit with a 100% working one.

So you have massive cargo capacity as well as room for a family plus towing ability if needed, but it drives like a BMW 5 series wagon or Mercedes.

I have owned the car for over two years having purchased it from a dealer in Baton Rouge - previous to me it was owned in Mississippi - the car was purchased with a clean Carfax certification.

Items repaired or replaced during my ownership include:

New battery in the last few months.
Repaired interior drivers door handle.
Repaired front fog lamps/new relay.
Replaced front bottom spoiler.
Repaired driver side power seat with new control cable.
Replaced engine cooling fan and associated relays.
Replaced Front tie rod ends.
Replaced leaky fuel injector seals/ repaired leaking fuel rail
Replaced coolant/heater hose

Items replaced before my ownership include:

Replaced timing belt and all associated accessories at 141,060 miles
Air conditioner compressor has been replaced recently

Items that are still not functional or need attention:

The air conditioning system has a leak in one of it's hoses - I can assure you that the compressor and condenser are working fine - what will happen is that if you fill up the system with freon it will escape fairly quickly. The system was assessed by the guys at Mike's Import Auto Repair and the quote for repair was not more than $200. I would have done this repair myself but I don't have the tools needed to do this properly.

At the time I brought the car in to him he actually remarked on how good of a condition it was in, he had a hard time finding faults with it.

The gas gauge reads incorrectly - this repair is simply too much trouble in my opinion - I just reset the odometer every time and when it gets to 350 miles that means time for a fillup.

Occasionally when starting the starter or solenoid makes a racket. Well this has been happening the entire time I owned it and I have never been stranded - so I have not looked further into this.

There is a small dent in the front passenger fender that could easily be popped out - again not something that I can do myself.

The headlamp washers - while these are a novelty they do not work well enough to repair - I have disconnected them but left the wipers in place.

It has some paint fading and issues from being out in the sun but I think it actually spent most of it's life garaged as the seats are all in great condition.

Other than the specific items I have covered above - everything on this darn thing still works as intended! Quite exceptional on a car of this age.

Reason for selling is that I have purchased another car to take it's place - I will surely miss it but it's time to let go .

Price is negotiable and hard to assess as this is a unique car in this region.

Kelly Blue Book says it should be just over $3000.

I am looking at offers in the range of $3300 to start with - please let me know if you are seriously interested and I am sure we can come to a good value.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

Thanks!





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