Thinking of Selling, 1998 v70

[hausmeister]

See i think if you own these kinds of cars you have to do most of the work on them yourself or else the cost of repairs is way too high.

Usually I do most of the work myself, but If I could not, I would have already sold my T5R. Repairs are very costly if you have to pay for labor. Also there are always surprises that can cause a repair to take much longer. Parts availability is slowly getting worse.
I sold my s70 mainly for this reason, it was just too much effort for me to keep 2 old cars running.

But it depends I guess, on what car you would get instead. Might be a worse deal to get an early 2000's car that is even more expensive to repair. I'd get something newish and simple, or something that is very common in your area and can be easily repaired.
Depends on your needs of course...

[MrAl]

See i think if you own these kinds of cars you have to do most of the work on them yourself or else the cost of repairs is way too high.

Usually I do most of the work myself, but If I could not, I would have already sold my T5R. Repairs are very costly if you have to pay for labor. Also there are always surprises that can cause a repair to take much longer. Parts availability is slowly getting worse.
I sold my s70 mainly for this reason, it was just too much effort for me to keep 2 old cars running.

But it depends I guess, on what car you would get instead. Might be a worse deal to get an early 2000's car that is even more expensive to repair. I'd get something newish and simple, or something that is very common in your area and can be easily repaired.
Depends on your needs of course...

Hi,

Yeah i am still thinking this over. I saw a Chevy 2012 for sale for something like $5000 i wonder what is wrong with it.

[abscate]

A 2010 Ford or Chevy will be pretty cheap to service and maintain as there are many more independents and chains that can do domestic stuff. However, they lack panache, verve, and élan of Volvos; documented by the lack of
Oxford commas and semicolons in their respective Fora.

[MrAl]

A 2010 Ford or Chevy will be pretty cheap to service and maintain as there are many more independents and chains that can do domestic stuff. However, they lack panache, verve, and élan of Volvos; documented by the lack of
Oxford commas and semicolons in their respective Fora.

Hi,

So what's your point? (ha ha ha)

But, they are a panache in the ass, and verve hard to fix, and are apt to give you m-elan-oma (har har).

I'll kill for a car with cheap parts and even McDonalds can fix. I can't afford all those fancy words

[volvolugnut]

A 2010 Ford or Chevy will be pretty cheap to service and maintain as there are many more independents and chains that can do domestic stuff. However, they lack panache, verve, and élan of Volvos; documented by the lack of
Oxford commas and semicolons in their respective Fora.

Hi,

So what's your point? (ha ha ha)

But, they are a panache in the ass, and verve hard to fix, and are apt to give you m-elan-oma (har har).

I'll kill for a car with cheap parts and even McDonalds can fix. I can't afford all those fancy words

The Fords and Chevys MAY be cheaper to fix, but when they break, MVS won't be much help.

volvolugnutr

[abscate]

But, they are a panache in the ass, and verve hard to fix, and are apt to give you m-elan-oma (har har)

Well done!!

[scot850]

Neil.