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advice for new owner 850 1996

posted by  someone claiming to be Tad Crohn on  Wed Apr 11 04:54 CST 2001 [RELATED]

I just bought a '96 850 non-turbo wagon with 37000 miles on it from a dealer. I can't get service records on it. I took it to a mechanic before I bought it and he said it was in OK shape. The air was working when I test drove it - who knows if I will need to replace the evaporator, I'm keeping my fingers crossed. The first (I'm sure of many)questions are the following:

1. Is it worth buying an extended warranty and if so, what kind? A dealer is talking about one by Western Diversified (1500$ for 36 months or 36000 miles). He says it's as good or better than the Volvo kind. Parenthetically, I am not handy with cars and have what I think is an honest local mechanic who works on my other car but I doubt he would take an extended warranty for payment.

2. What kinds of things should I do to maintain this car? Should I just follow the maintenance schedule in the manual? I've heard it's better to change the oil every 2K and use synthetic, etc. What else can I do to try and reduce the expenses of running this car?

Thanks for any advice which I have always found helpful from this board.

Tad Crohn







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    Re: advice for new owner S70 199

    posted by  someone claiming to be Ian on  Wed Apr 11 06:36 CST 2001 [RELATED]

    Keep the oil fresh and stay on top of problems. I've put almost 110,000 miles on my s70 in just over three years with no major problems. Synthetic vs. non-synth as far as I can tell really doesnt matter. I've run both with no problems from either. The car doesn't burn any oil and has the compression/power/mileage/etc. of a brand new s70. Just don't let the problems build up and you wont have too much to worry about






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