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1995 Volvo 850 just purchased

Help, Advice and DIY Tutorials on Volvo's P80 platform cars -- Volvo's 1990s "bread and butter" cars -- powered by the ubiquitous and durable Volvo inline 5-cylinder engine.

1992 - 1997 850, including 850 R, 850 T-5R, 850 T-5, 850 GLT
1997 - 2000 S70, S70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70, V70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70-XC
1997 - 2004 C70

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York850
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Re: 1995 Volvo 850 just purchased

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Sveedy wrote: 14 May 2022, 17:11 Beautiful car !!
A little treatment on the bumpers etc, and take it to your next car show. :)
Thanks, I totally agree, the rear bumper in particular needs sorting. I have a product to try that worked on an old XC70 I had, so hoping that will work :D

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matthew1 wrote: 14 May 2022, 13:55 My God. That 850 is simply awesome. I don't have words....
Thank you :D

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Your 850 would get $10k US here. Maybe more. I know cars in UK aren't as price inflated as here, so take this with a grain of salt. I see UK Volvos on Facebook Marketplace that are soooo inexpensive and nice.
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2004 V70 R [gone]

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matthew1 wrote: 14 May 2022, 17:25 Your 850 would get $10k US here. Maybe more. I know cars in UK aren't as price inflated as here, so take this with a grain of salt. I see UK Volvos on Facebook Marketplace that are soooo inexpensive and nice.
Wow that's interesting to hear! The standard non-turbo models haven't really appreciated in the UK - well not by a huge amount. A T5 or R model is a different matter of course :D

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Ooops, N/A... the turbo wheels threw me off. Probably a $6k car here in the US.
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matthew1 wrote: 14 May 2022, 22:09 Ooops, N/A... the turbo wheels threw me off. Probably a $6k car here in the US.
No worries, still, the cars seem to be worth a fair bit more over in the US!

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That's a lovely car and you've done well to freshen it up. Interesting color, stick shift, sweet wheels. Good stuff.
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FireFox31 wrote: 17 May 2022, 22:16 That's a lovely car and you've done well to freshen it up. Interesting color, stick shift, sweet wheels. Good stuff.
Thank you

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Thats my favorite interior. I may be all hot and bothered.
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magna224 wrote: 18 May 2022, 02:56 Thats my favorite interior. I may be all hot and bothered.
Glad you like it! I'm a fan of the velour too, wears really well :)

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