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Re: Volvo 850 users, please share...
Posted by Dan-O (more from Dan-O) on Thu, 6 Jan 2011 10:12:07
In Reply to: Volvo 850 users, please share..., Acubra, Thu, 30 Dec 2010 09:35:24
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I had a 1996 850T wagon (this is the T-5). It came from the factory with a tight-handling sport suspension that rode so hard we used to say that this "upgrade" was called the Conestoga package.
So it was tight but it slammed and bammed its way through life. When this car was right, it was fast and fun. It flew, I mean it really *flew*.
It was very often not right.
If I stared at the car long enough and hard enough, the CEL came on. If I scratched my arm while sitting in the passenger's seat -- yup, CEL. If I woke in the morning and yawned before starting the coffee pot -- CEL.
There are several known problems with this model: AC Evap, rear main seal, turbo oil return line, heater core, and a host of sniggling other things that can wear you down. None are cheap to fix.
Given a choice of a 850 and a 9000, esp, a post 1995 non-TCS 9000, I would absolutely take the SAAB.
--Dan
03 9-5 Arc wagon, 91k
1 Volvo; 4 SAABs
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