As far as H&I...let the buyer beware. They will not let you take a car to your own mechanic to have it checked out.
There is a lot on North Fairfax in West Hollywood (sorry, the name escapes me now, IIRC they are located between Melrose and Santa Monica) that has an excellent record for selling clean cars at fair-market prices.
As a previous poster recommended, check the recycler, they always have lots of Volvos listed.
And as for the shop next door to H&I (They used to be called Bill Boyd Automotive, don't know what they are now), I would never let them touch one of my cars again.
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don '89 740ti, '81 240t,
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