brickers:

okay, so I'm currently looking to get a new car, and I'm figuring I'll stick with a brick if I can find what I want. Having great respect for the assorted minds I've found here, I figured I'd post to the bboard and see if I can get a consensus on the year and model I should go with.

We currently have a 1985 745t along with a couple other cars. I like the 700 series in terms of reliability, but am open to picking up almost any volvo model so long as it meets the following criteria:

1) manual transmission

2) good acceleration

3) wagon

4) maximum cost of $10k

I took a look at kellybluebook.com, but was unable to find ANY manual volvos listed for a price check... I'm hoping volvo didn't stop putting manual transmissions in after the 700 series, but I know how hard it is to find even a 700 that's manual (my 1985 745t is).

Does anyone have an idea what model I should look into getting? Also, if you indicate a make can you also indicate a best year for that model and other assorted information? Having experience with the 700s I could probably come up with parameters to givern buying one (no early 5-speeds, stay away from the v8, research turbo mileage, etc.), but I wouldn't have a clue about the rules governing the various years of other models.

Any and all responses welcome. Thanks in advance for the help.

-rt