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xjflexer
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Year and Model: '96 850 R Wagon
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Three Yellows down

Post by xjflexer »

I was doing a vehicle insurance auto search on www.iaai.com and discovered there are THREE '95 T5-R sedans that have been considered total loss recently. One Yellow is completely burnt up, one wrecked pretty hard in the left front. The other...I don't know why it was junked.

There was also one '96 Platinum Edition wagon (pearl white) as well as another black 850R sedan that was listed. Keep in mind, this was a nationwide search I performed.

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Did they give any information on what the settlement was for the yellows or the Plat. I am paying a serious up-charge through State Farm on my Platinum Edition but I fear that if something actually happened to it they would try to treat it as any other "High mileage" Volvo 850. The Platinum Editions and the yellow R's are special and the payout on a claim should be commensurate.

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Post by JRL »

They don't post that, just bid prices
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pkc303
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Post by pkc303 »

The yellow ones just went up in price.
1995 Volvo 850 T-5R Yellow
1997 Volvo 850R (sold)
2003 Volvo V70 2.4T, K&N air filter, (sold)
1996 Volvo 940 (sold)
1992 Volvo 740 Turbo (sold)
1990 Volvo 240 Wagon (sold)
1987 Volvo 240 Wagon (sold)
1982 Volvo DL (sold)

Gasman81
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Year and Model: 1995 850 Turbo Wagon
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Post by Gasman81 »

Hi Guys, I live in Phoenix, Az and I remember seeing a craigslist ad for a yellow T5R being parted out here a month or so ago. I just looked it up again and it said from November 8th 2010

The car was recently totaled from a tire in the road. Email me with questions and offers. Has everything still under the hood


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I had no idea they were so rare, I probably would have contacted the guy about it. Anyways, thought I would chime in

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