This may just be the most boring showroom thread you will ever read...
We were looking for an 850/S70 to replace my wife's old and falling apart Infiniti G20. She wanted something similar to the C70, but with more doors and less worry of messing up a rare car in the winter. She almost preferred non turbo base model for the winter for simplicity's sake... Oh, and it had to be white. Well after a fairly long conversation the other day we agreed that condition > color, and we started looking. Yesterday this little gem pops up on the local craigslist. I didn't give it a second look at first because the silver just kind of looked bad in the picture, but it turned out to be quite the good car as well as being well below our budget.
It's a 1997 850 base, and I mean base! n/a, no options besides an automatic transmission. It doesn't even have a sunroof (I thought they all did from 1994+). It has 137k miles and has had the same owner since 30k. Besides a few superficial scuffs on the bumpers, and a few small dings, the body is in pretty good shape. Maintenance seems to have been mostly kept up with.
The Grey Cloth interior is imaculate:
I don't know, but I really like the base model-ness of it. There is no sunroof to whistle, it's quiet, comfy, and just seems to work. It should make a great second/winter car and keep the C70 out of the snow.
Maintenance things that I need to do:
-Due for timing belt service
-PCV system
-Fluids/filters
-A/C clutch adjustment (every now and then shuts off when hot, Freon pressures are fine)
-That's about it...
Once the basic maintenance is taken care of, I'll probably throw some OEM volvo Alloys of some sort on it, maybe a spoiler if I can find one at the junk yard, and a decent radio..
That's it, the most boring showroom thread you will ever read.
And a crappy rolling shot from the way home to finish it off:
