I have a sky blue 242 with 90,000 miles (yes really) that it's finally come time to say goodbye to. The body is in mostly good condition, with a few rust spots. It's an automatic transmission and has manual windows & doors. It spent most of its life in New Jersey and now resides in North Carolina.

KBB doesn't seem to provide values for old cars like this any more. Could you all give me a rough idea of what range I should expect to get for it, depending on its condition? I'm not really sure where to start. If it's helpful I published a log I've been keeping of the maintenance I've done since I received the car in 2006:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0Au_X1GNqDK3VcEgycG5sOU81djdkclNSZ3lrZzVqWXc&output=html

On a related note, if anyone's interested in purchasing the vehicle (its low mileage and decent body condition would make it a great fixer-upper for a 240 fan...), let me know and I'll take some pictures to post online.

Thanks!
Tobias

don't forget to include the iPhone/SIRI factor when setting a price

see my earlier post watch the iPhone ad

http://www.brickboard.com/RWD/volvo/1518572/220/240/260/280/ladies_gentlemen_slightly_ignored_post_reconsidered.html

I thought you were crazy at first, but then I watched the ad. Who knows where the market will go...

This says nothing about where the it'll be in a year or two, but I did a little research and came up with the following:

Some similar low-mileage cars on ebay - the range seems to be anywhere from $1500 - $5000.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1984-Volvo-240-/160738045049?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item256cbbec79#ht_22009wt_1167
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1988-Volvo-240-Sedan-ONLY-75-538-Original-Miles-Local-Trade-5675A2-/330688397236?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item4cfe907fb4#ht_13055wt_1167
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Volvo-240-/270917972995?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item3f13f83403#ht_819wt_1167

I'll be curious to see what some of these sell for. These all have lower miles and seem to be in a more sellable condition (fewer things wrong with them, and some of the more expensive ones I believe cater more to folks looking for a "classic vintage" vehicle than a daily driver). The ones I found with more than 90k miles or that stated they didn't run were going for a good deal less.

I also finally found this page, which states that the "Low retail value" or "daily driver" cost for a 1983 2 door sedan is $1425. The upper value is $3175.

http://www.nadaguides.com/Classic-Cars/1983/Volvo/DL/2-Door-Sedan/Values

The fact that my car is in good working order and has low mileage means someone probably could fix it up and sell it for $3000-5000 today if they wanted to. I could sink $1000 for rust repairs and a full paint, and probably $500 on other misc. repairs, and probably sell it for that (or more in the future).

Curious to hear what others think.

DC area retail

http://www.oskuie.com/sales.htm

DC area retail

http://www.oskuie.com/sales.htm