wondering if I paid too much for my car.
It's a 97 Volvo 850 T5-R
I paid 10,800

It has 106,00
It's in excellent condition.
What do you think?

JJ

Hey man im looking into buying one myself and i have been finding them around the 6-8 thousand range, awesome condition and low miles would prob. pull in the high $7000 or low $8000 so unless there was alot invested in your Volvo(mods/replacements) then you overpayed a thousand or two. Good luck with your new car and have fun breaking in that turbo... if you havent already ;) .
Joe

Hi Joe,

I have to say that this 97 850R is so powerful! I really enjoy driving it, sport mode is awesome. Good Luck finding one.

This car belonged to a Volvo Technician. He detailed it, replaced the engine timing belt, tensioner pulley, idler pulley, changed and flushed all the fluids, replace the fuel filter, air filter, and spark plugs, tires, front and rear brake pads, front end alignment, and front upper strut mounts.

I thought I paid too much for it to, but oh well.

JJ

He did do abit of work on your car. If he had replaced the evaporator and ABS modulator along with all of that it would be worth around $10,000 since an Evaporator installed is around $1300. I must agree that the sport mode is very fun but the onlyu thing i can really compare it to is driveing the Jaguar(moms) and Expedition(dads) since i dont have acsess to many cars. The Volvo you have is a relible car that should last you a couple hundred thousand miles longer. Watch out for the cops if you have the red 1 and if you have a black one then i hope you smoke your buddys that pull up and challenge you( People will do this... This car has SLEEPER written all over it. I love to see the look on peoples faces when you pull ahead of a Boxer.)

Yeah, it's the hot red color with tinted windows. I know I have to watch out for the cops with this one.

Thanks for writing back.

JJ

When you guys are done chasing sportsters and running away from cops :haha:, please find some time and update / create your profiles in the Garage, ya?

Thanks!
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Done.

Dont think it was expensive, in malaysia your R version costs about $20,000 i paid about $18,000 for my t5 wagon 1997 model. In malaysia the goverment tax on imported cars are very high. :crying:

Wow!

Thanks, that makes me feel better. Cars in California seem to be a be more expensive too, but not that expensive.

Best

JJ

Sounds like a deal ampangbear :thumbsup: ... If i can ever find a car :(