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Opinions on Quality of '93 850? 850 1993

posted by  ScottJ on  Sat Mar 19 15:49 CST 2005
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"Amazed how may good car get shipped to junk yards when they need some fixing and can still run another 100K."

Totally agree with you on that one. Lots of "totalled" cars out there marked with salvage titles that are in great mechnical condition. Back in 2001, my 98 V70 was sitting at an insurance auction with rear quarter panel and bumper cover damage--that's it. Couldn't understand why they had totalled it other than it had 93K and maybe the car had depreciated to the point that the parts/labor were more than 40% or 50% of the value of the car. Didn't make sense, but I offered $4000 and got the car. With a new quarter panel and bumper cover it was good as new. Probably couldn't get more than $5000 for it because of the salvage title, but it's at 123K with no end in sight. Like your 93 blue sedan, there are deals to be had out there if you look.

Good luck.
--
Scott - '98 V70 T5M






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