Buying a 10+ year old car what could go wrong?

[babybear]

where?

We get a lot of those here -2nd homeowners that use the vehicles infrequently. can keep my peepers open for people interested
Bought my volvo xc70 58k miles for i cant quite recall like $8500.

[mcski]

We get a lot of those here -2nd homeowners that use the vehicles infrequently. can keep my peepers open for people interested
Bought my volvo xc70 58k miles for i cant quite recall like $8500.

Good to know. Combo deal w hd3

[BmillsSkier]

We get a lot of those here -2nd homeowners that use the vehicles infrequently. can keep my peepers open for people interested
Bought my volvo xc70 58k miles for i cant quite recall like $8500.

Didn't you also get it off of Tommy Moe?

Statistically what you have there is an outlier.

[mcski]

I think it was Thommy Moe

[babybear]

Yes it was the moe's old car!
so yea i guess not 2nd homeowners but see those low mileage vehicles relatively frequently.
Posted one recently but will keep you guys posted when i see other good ones too

[babybear]

Yes thom moos

[Dantheman]

I had to post this awesomeness somewhere and this thread seems sufficiently appropriate.

[BmillsSkier]

Is that Benny's Forrester?

No wonder the brakes were a bitch.

[stfu&gbtw]

^ That car needs brakes? Looks like you'd go through a set of skid plates first...

[bodywhomper]

Upgrade the Suzuki

Is that still there? I feel like seeing it there last summer.

Stfu, you had an sx4? What was wrong with it?

The 4Runner must be fun.

[mcski]

As of last week it was still there.

[stfu&gbtw]

Is that still there? I feel like seeing it there last summer.

Stfu, you had an sx4? What was wrong with it?

The 4Runner must be fun.

The 4runner is okay... Living on a dirt road that I grade once a year, the magic of 4-wheeling isn't apparent to me. Even today, we only ended up driving up that road because waze and maps seemed to think there was a parking area up there. Got on a long stretch with nowhere to turn around so, as the saying goes, when in doubt go higher. But while I don't have a lot of recreational interest in it, it's great to know that we have reliable transportation to go anywhere in the neighborhood... The road below the road I live on is never maintained, and the 4runner will handle it easily, even in the snow.

Besides having gotten caught in last week's hail storm, the SX4 is ok - just a little tired... It only has a little over 100k miles and it's held up pretty well with no major mechanical failures... Just have the normal maintenance stuff due. But the hail damage is extensive. I've actually never seen anything like it. The a-pillar and windshield roofline are both so mangled that I'm not sure I can even replace the shattered windshield without straightening them out. Overall, the roof, hood, all four doors, both mirrors, and the hatch are all beat to shit from the storm... But mechanically, the car's in decent shape. Still, there's no way insurance will want to fix it. The car is only worth $5k... I will see what the buyout is and might consider keeping it if it's cheap enough. Brakes, tires, and real axle seals are fresh... The J20B has a timing chain, and whatever caused the lifter failures in the J20A was resolved in the new design. But all the other maintenance is due in the next 5-25k. Wouldn't mind keeping it as a backup, but that car's days as a daily driver are over... Given that, and recognizing that I bought the wrong Tahoe, I figure this is just killing two birds with one stone.

[Bobby Stainless]

Trail 4Runners are nice, not sure there is a need to go to a TRD Pro.

[stfu&gbtw]

They had a CPO TRD Pro at the dealer... Cool looking, but they were asking $50k... Never even considered it... Would spend $50k on a Tahoe or Land Cruiser first.

[detrusor]

Shit BB, you see another xc70 like that let me know and I'll drive up the same day!

[mcski]

Fact. Im kinda done w Volvo after our last xc70 but a deal like that would suck me back in for certain

[Meathelmet]

Correct me if I'm wrong but they're worth more now than when new. The 110s are ridiculous in that regard .

The amount of older (25yrs+) Defenders that get shipped to US from UK is apparently raising quickly. Even here in N Europe you can see a very rare phenomena of prices raising steadily. Bought mine (2004) for about 17k€ and now similar ones without any kind of renovations run for 20-25k€.

But goddam...180k km seem to be such a tipping point with bearings, engine and other moving parts.. Bought mine 9 months ago and have redone the rear (bushings, shocks), engine (fuel regulator, headgasket), other (throttle pedal, wheel bearings, sensors) etc.
Now the car is in the shop because front wheel bearing decided to go down the shitter, taking something in the front diff with it. Managed to limp back 500km by removing the front drive shaft.

#win

Clutch, tranny and gearbox seem to be in relatively ok shape but my guess is that in the next 30k I have to recondition them as well.
And, prolly have to tear down the dash to fix the windshield wipers and a couple of other mysterious rattles.

But, before that I will build the rear compartment to proper overlander specs with bed, gear stash and 240v electricity (solar+battery).
First things first.

Awesome car though.

[TAFKALVS]

Ok. Got the itch for a FJ80 land cruiser. Selling that CJ5 I posted a few pages back.

They all seem expensive for what they are - is that a real thing or do they actually sell for cheaper? (280k miles with body damage for $5000 seems really expensive to me but maybe I don't know something.)

Ideal world I think I want a factory triple locked and hopefully a small lift. Have some 37s I'd like to stuff under it. Advice from the Cruiser crowd?

[Ted Striker]

Fact. Im kinda done w Volvo after our last xc70

Why? I'm kinda thinking of replacing the lesbaru with an xc70.

[mcski]

Too many very costly repairs. It's a nice drive and versatile car, but get very costly in their old age. Fuel pump, awd going awol, miscellaneous timing replacements, and electronic gremlins. The first few years were great tho

[liv2ski]

On a Volvo, buy the last year of a model (ex: 2004 -2007 on the R) as the first 2 years, they are working out the kinks. The awd system used by Volvo is not the most robust IMO. I had to replace the Angle and Collar Gears at about 110k miles for almost $3k. Many guys on Swedespeed are just welding it all together rather than replacing all the striped out gears now. Other than that, the repairs haven't been real excessive IMO, but I do spend a bunch on preventative maintenance and general upkeep.

[Ted Striker]

Just out of curiosity, what year did you have?

[liv2ski]

Just out of curiosity, what year did you have?

Mine is a 2006 V70R. I have a unicorn with a Sonic Blue exterior, Atacama interior and the 6 speed manual. Hence my inability to sell it and buy a newer wagon. I like the 2016 xc70, but the auto trans is really a buzz kill for me.

[BmillsSkier]

Fwiw, (and I posted about it somewhere here at length) the angle gear issue is a thing of the past. I took every issue I could find on swedespeed and here and grilled a dealership service tech on them when my wife was buying her new '15 XC70. He assured me that they remedied that years before our model year. (But this is the 10y/o thread so I understand it coming up)

We've put a ton of miles on that thing so far and it's been the easiest car we've owned in years. (Coming off a string of 4 very bad X5s) Oil and tires is all we've done.

[Ted Striker]

the first 2 years, they are working out the kinks.

Dontcha just love paying a premium to be a beta-tester!

Thanks for the input. I'm considering a P3 third gen. Post first facelift for sure, possibly post second.