Turbo or GLE?

Hernan · Post by **Hernan** » 14 Jul 2005, 06:24

Hi, I'm new at this forum. I want to buy an 850. I have looked at many cars. Two of them looks good but I can't decide which to buy.

The first one is a 97' STD sedan (GLE) with 60K miles, no soonroff, no alloy wheels, 10 valve motor, manual tranny, 4 airbags. Very good condition.

The other one is an 95' 850 turbo with 38000 miles, first owner. Very good condition too.

The 97 looks newer, perhaps the color black/black helps on this perception.

I like very much the sportyness of the turbo model but I'm a bit scared about the risks of the turbo motor and the auto tranny.

Help!! and THANKS!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 14 Jul 2005, 08:55

My guess is that NO WAY does the '95 850 only have 38k miles on it. The odometer may have broken (well known defect that has a repair documented in another thread here) with 138,000 miles on it. Be careful. I'd go for the newer model personally, well actually, I'm going back to Japanese but if I was going Volvo again...

White850Turbo · Post by **White850Turbo** » 15 Jul 2005, 06:05

I take it you're not in the North American market, hence the GLE model, and such low mileage on the cars. The turbo model will have higher maintenance costs associated with it due to higher fuel consumption, vacuum line replacement, and a couple other things, but really nothing major. As long as you keep up with maintenance, including flushing the tranny fluid every 30k miles or so and changing the motor oil and filter regularly.

Hernan · Post by **Hernan** » 15 Jul 2005, 07:02

Thanks for your responses. I'm not in the US, I live in Argentina. Volvos are a small market here but you can see many of them everyday.

The low milage on the 95' is rare but possible. I will take it to the mechanic for inspection and if it all right I will bought this car.

As far as I know you can't modify the milage at the computer, so checking it with the scanner is enough to be sure.

I'm not afraid about the manteniance of turbo cars, I own one and have others in the past. The problem with turbos are not the turbos itselfs but the problems associated with higher torque as transmition, brakes, suspention, etc. The 850 looks as a very well constructed car so I guess this will not be a problem.

Thanks