We found a 2008 V50 T5 AWD at a car lot. They gave me the carfax an a few things make me go --- hm?
First is that the car was driven in the Philadelphia area and knowing I95 commute traffic the engine could have a lot more hours on it than the 113,266 on the odometer. I've always cars should have have an hour meter like boats.
The cargo carpet is worn a bit and it makes me think I am looking at a car that a sales person was using.
Then I see that on Sept 2009 the car needed new rear brake pads and had been driven 30,939 miles. It was first sold and titled May 2008 and driven 1,933 a month. How much time was it sitting in traffic without accruing miles?
June 2011 with 58,878 miles on the car it is noted Front wheel bearing(s)/hub(s) replaced. Another hm?
August 2012 with 71,324 miles the AC system was serviced
Also the carpet was replaced/repaired - Front carpet replaced.
July 2016 with 112,691 the AC system was flushed and refrigerant charged.
The times that I have known of a needed AC system flush has been after some failure of the compressor, etc. No compressor exchange is noted.
The climate control vent flaps didn't seem to work as well as expected. Changing to the floor was hit or miss. This could just be a need of a computer update??
The PCV hose feels soft not hard and to me that is good. No mention of a PCV job.
Not sure if the car has two ignition keys. If not we would need another one for my wife $$$$.
The car is sitting 6,000 miles from a required timing belt. It is missing the cargo cover, the floor mats, etc. It is needing body work to the hood because it has several big dents as though something fell on the hood. hm?????
It ran fine, a lot of pep, down the road straight, etc. Looks like the previous owner was doing @ 9,000 miles between oil changes.
They have it listed for $10,995. My gut tells me that the real price should be somewhere in the $9,000 range.
Plus after considering the possibility of where and how it was driven --- I'm starting to get gun shy about it. Any ideas?
