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No kidding! I've been watching them and that's why I decided to start dabbling in the wagons (and sedans too) on the side on ebay.We have a family car dealership, but our inventory is not specialized..but rather mostly domestic and in an area attracting primarily tradesmen and well, good ol boys.. I noticed the money the volvos were bringing for a while now...and how it surged even more with the gas crunch.people are turning to these iconic classics and getting 30 mpg to boot to haul around their brood now instead of the suburbans! I've found the trifecta is: AC,5spd, wagon w 3rd seat. A neighboring dealer picked up the most pristine, babied (as they usually are) 5 spd wgn trade from a toyota dlr for 600.00...turned around and sold it for 5,200. Another gota wgn for 250 did a little routine work, sold it for 3900. I'm having similar luck but not quite to that extent. Anything over 8000 is unbelievable.I gotta check it out.people baby these cars, and the volvo buyer, knowing their reputation, care not about unknown miles, thrice broken odometers, and screwy titles.In the business...I've never really seen anything quite like it.even the honda fanatics are less attached to their cars, and tend to neglect routine maint.more often than the volvo owner. I haven't even tried to convert anyone though..you're either fully a volvo person or you think "why do people want these slow, boxy station wagons. One fellow enthusiast said she knew she'd finally acheived something wonderful when her teenage kids hide their faces as she drives them to school in her beloved 88 240 wgn w 3ook miles. Cute!
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