New used volvo, good buy?

miker27
Thu, 27 Sep 2007 19:15:38 +0000
Maintenance/Repairs

hey, my father recently brought our 94 volvo 850 to the shop, it needs, or ought to have, 1200$ of maintenance. This is the primary kid car(i am one of 3 boys, the other two are off at college). A fair amount of money has been put into this car, but it still has low miles and is in great shape. So i suggested that he just give up on this volvo and buy another one, even for less than the repair. So i began researching used volvos in the under 1200$ category. I was pleased to find a 88 volvo 760 on craigslist, It’s located just a few minutes from home and cost just 300$. The catch is that “IT LEAKS POWER STEERING FLUID, AND IT NEEDS AN EMERGENCY BRAKE CABLE BEFORE YOU CAN GET A STICKER.” Is it worth persuing this car. regardless of what happens to the 850. This summer all 3 kids will be driving, and right now we only have the 1, broken, volvo 850 for a kid car. What do you think?

here is the craigslist add http://bos…69844.html

thanks

-Mike

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