Thanks Rabin. Appreciate the offer of chatting on the phone. If I have a bunch of questions, I might take you up on that. I had thought of the ground clearance thing being better on the early car, and its kinda a bonus. Good to know the price isn't too out of line.
Finally heard back from the seller, and checked the Carproof. Here's the lowdown.
-1 owner car. Purchased in late November 2013 by current owner, but not driven much. -selling because they bought the 2006 Ocean Race XC70 -$6,500 insurance claim in 2006. Owner texted original owner and found out it was a front left collision with a parked car. If the airbags went off, that could account for the huge cost. But still kinda scary. -was inspected at Valentine prior to purchase -after purchase guy had full 96k service done, water pump, timing belt, front brakes done. Spent about $2,600. -according to inspection, needs engine mounts, battery wiring, turbo drain seals leaking, upper spring seats, A/C compressor discharge hose, RF sway bar link. Mechanic told him this stuff could all wait, so he didn't get it done. Quote was for the rest was around $2,200. -transmission was acting up, so Valentine did a bunch of work including software and fluid flush. Didn't solve it so he got the valve body replaced by Transmission Alt Canada to the amount of $2,422.96. -previous owner was asking 6k when he sold it. Current owner is asking 9k, having spent over 5k in service in the last month. -has new winters on new steel rims, as well as fairly new summers on stock R rims.
I have a few concerns, but even if I got it for 8k and had to spend another 2 to get it up to spec, that's not too bad. I hope the A/C works. I might upgrade some of the suspension stuff to HD stuff while I'm at it. Good to know the valve body was replaced. But seriously, having just spent 6k on the car, and another 5k on service, this dude is in deep. He said he was planning on keeping it for a long time and that's why he had it all done, with the intention of getting the rest of the stuff done in a little while.
Still seriously considering this. With the amount of info I have, and the amount of work that's been done, it seems fairly low risk.
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