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1997 850 R Time to sell, price help?

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1997 - 2000 S70, S70 AWD
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Re: 1997 850 R Time to sell, price help?

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Geeser wrote:
HAAA! Maybe I just contributed something to the forum!! :) WEEE!
LOL, good job.
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Don't knock the tow hitch. I have an uncle that's installed one on every car he's ever owned, and never owned a trailer that I'm aware of. His purpose was to foil less-than-skilled parallel parkers. Pitch it that way, and it's a selling point.
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That back tailgate can be marketed as an auto-rejuvenating protective nanotechnology oxide layer
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Post by joe_pinehill »

Ask 3K, settle for something between 2 and 3K. There's always a market for a $2000 car for teens.
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3500 firm in Ithaca, 350 in Geneva, unless your near HWS..then 3349.75
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joe_pinehill wrote:There's always a market for a $2000 car for teens.
You bet there is, for some reason they keep smashing 'em up. :lol:
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Post by abscate »

You can sell the motor to MattyMoo - he needs one for his compressor...a nice white block should pump up that tank in a jiffy..
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I agree about going to Ithaca Foreign Car Service (Volvonly.com). They're great. I bought my '97 855 there about ten years ago from Dave Brumsted and I would do it again in a NY minute.
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Post by ChiNorm »

One year ago, I sold a 96 854T5 in Chicago for $4k. Granted, it was extremely well maintained and very fast. A car like that is worth what the market will pay, particularly in today's very strange used car market.

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Post by SpinT5R »

First post and with a shameless dig-up...

Still own this R of sold it? I had a white R...and sold it, my mistake. Now considdering to find a new one and place it in storage (just like the 850 T-5R and GLT).
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