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Which wagon to buy?!? 850 1994

posted by  someone claiming to be Trevor on  Fri Feb 25 06:47 CST 2005 [RELATED]

Hello! I'm a BMW guy new to Volvos but looking at two wagons for my new life as a Dad.

1. 1994 850 Turbo - 270,000 kms always dealer maintained and very clean (hwy miles)

2. 1988 740 Turbo - 222,000 kms and very well maintained and clean

Both are black on black leather and automatic transmission.

Any basic advice here? The '94 will cost me about $2k more. I like performance but I have my '74 bimmer for a fun car still...

Thanks a lot - looking forward to being part of another great auto community!

Trevor








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    Which wagon to buy?!? 850 1994

    posted by  KlausC on  Sun Feb 27 15:26 CST 2005
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    You sound Canadian. If you have lots of snow, save for a V70 awd. Of course and 855T5 would be a lot more fun.

    Klaus
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    98 V70Rawd(101Kmi), 95 854T(85K mi), 75 164E(173K mi)








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    Which wagon to buy?!? 850 1994

    posted by  someone claiming to be Trevor on  Sat Feb 26 04:23 CST 2005 [RELATED]

    Thanks people - test driving this weekend. :)








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    Which wagon to buy?!? 850 1994

    posted by  james_a_sousa on  Fri Feb 25 12:55 CST 2005
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    We just sold our '88 745 GLE (235,000 miles) because it was starting to have problems with corrosion WITHIN its wiring. Otherwise it was a sturdy and reliable brick for the 8 years and 120,000 miles that we drove it.

    i suggest that you go with the 850, knowing that it has some odd parts (like 4 lug wheels) particular to that year only. Otherwise I think that you would be served well by moving up a few years in the RWD arena.
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    '96 855R, 95 855, '95 854, 90 744TI 377,000 miles on 7 bricks








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      Which wagon to buy?!? 850 1994

      posted by  someone claiming to be Paul on  Fri Feb 25 14:50 CST 2005 [RELATED]

      I have had both ,my 760 nickeled and dimed me ,but when I sold it at 240,000
      miles tranny and engine still worked fine ( a little leaky) ,but ran fine .

      My 850's are more fun to drive ,less petty stuff goes wrong ,but count on
      tranny ,A/C and emission issues .

      Don't test drive a turbo .
      You won't go back to a non turbo .
      Good Luck







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