Hello. I recently posted a message looking for Volvo shops and did get some responses from that (Thank you to those who took the time to help out).
I want to repost a part of that message, as I think it was a bit lost under my title of "searching for volvo shop in San Jose, CA".

So anyhow....................

I have an 85 240 dl wagon that is in good condition other than it is having issues with the air compressor and probably needs a new one (which is why I wrote about recs for volvo shops). I paid $1200 for the car, drove it for a month and then started having the compressor problems, haven't had money to fix it, so it has sat in my driveway for a couple of months. There is also a noise comming from the front drives side wheel area when making sharp left turns, sort of a clunk noise, so I am assuming that there was an accident at some point and something is bent up there, which should also be fixed. Other than those two issues, the car is pretty nice. The body is clean as the interior is and when I was driving it, it drove very very nicely before the problems started.

My delima is that I am trying to figure out whether or not it is worth fixing what appears to be a very pricey repair (s). The intention is for this to be our only family car, but we only have about $1000 to spend on repairs at this time. Wondering if I should bother fixing it or should try to sell as is and put that money plus the $1000 I have for repairs on it into another 240. ON the other hand, another car will probably have some issues to deal with too.

Since I am new to owning a Volvo I thought I would post a message and see what experienced owners thoughts were on this. Is above $1000 typical for a new compressor at a garage? Is it worth it given that the car has nearly 150k miles on it already?

I suppose only I can make that decision, but thought I'd ask anyways as everyone has been so helpful the other times I have posted!

Thanks much in advance for your time.

Michael