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By "MIL" do you mean mileage? The car has not been used much in the past two years because the man's wife died, and she was the principle user of the car. He does use the car, but has two others. I am trying to find out about how and why he thinks it is an Oxygen sensor that is the reason the check engine light is on. I have an appointment at a dealer where he took it for the last few services, they will give me the codes (on Tuesday, only six days away) but I will be forced into a decision right away because they do the State inspection ($100 rip off) but I would rather the dealer do the inspection than another unknown place because I know the dealer is going to be very picky and give me everything that looks wrong with it. So I will be spending about $350 already just for all the inspections ($125 just to scan it). So before Tuesday, I really need to know where I will draw the line and walk away.
Timing belt and water pump were done at 111,000 (now at 119,000).
I am the kind of person who gets a car and keeps it until it really won't go any more, like my 240 with 250,500 miles that now needs new seals. So I want to really love the car. I love the way it looks, it seems comfortable, and as to the gas mileage issue: other people with a light foot get better than the 18/22 gas mileage. I don't plan to floor it to use the turbo either. So I am expecting much higher gas mileage. (I would get nearly 30 mph highway with my beloved 240).
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1999 Volvo V70XC - run away from this thing, don't look back [XC][1999]