I am selling my 1994 Volvo 960. I bought a new car and just don't need this one anymore. It has been a GREAT car and I am sad to see it go but I don't need 2 cars.

It has 279,000 miles and it is a one owner vehicle that the maintenance was kept up on. It would be a good commuter, or a car for a college student or new driver. If you need cheap reliable transportation I think this is a good car for you.

The good -
It's a reliable safe vehicle that has never left me stranded or broken down. It gets 22 mpg and has a really nice sounding stereo and drives really well. Power windows, power seats, leather interior, climate control, air bags, sun roof, anti lock brakes. It will pass inspection and tires are in good shape with lots of usable tread left. It has an aftermarket Sony CD player and has an iPod hook up that charges the iPod and allows control thru the head unit. The car drives really well and the steering is nice and responsive.

The ladies really love this car, I was single when I bought it and ended up with a girlfriend and now wife, probably because of the general awesomeness of this 1994 Swedish Family sedan. If you are a single guy looking for love and reliable safe transportation you can knock two things off your to do list right here.

The bad -
It's a 19 year old car with 19 years of wear and tear. The leather seats show that it has been driven 279,000 miles and there is a little fading and cracking of the leather, which is understandable given the age of the vehicle. Someone backed into me and there is a dent behind the front left wheel. I didn't bother to get it fixed since I knew I would buy another vehicle soon.

It could use a PNP switch and I was quoted about 450 to have this repaired. The car drives fine without the replacement switch, you just have to find the sweet spot that the gear lever has to be in when starting. Once again, this isn't a mandatory repair - just a minor inconvenience when starting the car.

The car also has a small coolant leak somewhere. I didn't bother finding it, I just topped the coolant off every week or so.


Contact me if you are interested.

919-6 two 4-1049.

8/27/2013 12:50:26 PM

I really recommend keeping your beater car. When I graduated and got a good job one of the first things I did (after buying a house) was buy a nice BMW. I then sold my old 91 cavalier for about $1000. After a few months I really regretted it. In the long run I would have gotten a better return keeping the beater than selling it for chump change.

The beater car keeps miles off the new car and keeps its value up. Depending on how nice a car you bought you could easily depreciate it by more than $1000 due to high mileage and general daily driving wear/tear. The beater is paid for. I am sure insurance on it is next to nothing. Park the new car and drive the beater back and fourth to work every day.

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8/27/2013 4:57:26 PM

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"drive the beater back and fourth to work every day"

sure, but what fun is that? why buy a bmw to just to let it sit in the garage for 90% of your driving while you're tooling around in some $1000 car?

8/27/2013 5:00:38 PM

and if you ARE going to commute in a beater and keep a kickass "fun" car, BMW doesn't make anything that is really well suited for that, save arguably an ///M3 if you for some reason do need some practicality in the fun car every now and then. If you're going to keep a dedicated fun car, go ahead and go nuts...Porsche, Corvette, etc.

The entire point of most everything BMW makes is being the ultimate jack-of-all-trades car.

8/27/2013 5:04:42 PM

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" After a few months I really regretted it. In the long run I would have gotten a better return keeping the beater than selling it for chump change. "

This!

My wife and I kept our beater car (it was hers) when I bought her a new car. While I have a couple nice cars, it's more cost effective to use the beater car for longer trips I have to take once and again rather than add miles to my nicer cars. The value of the beater car will hardly be diminished by a few extra thousand miles at time of sale.

8/28/2013 1:51:53 AM

If you all just buy a new car and don't drive it, whats the point of buying a new car? Why not just keep the beater and don't buy a new car?

8/28/2013 6:48:07 AM

I have a 2010 M3 sedan, and put a lot of work into it. My previous car was a Camry hybrid, that I kept and put 70k on since I bought the M3. And the M3 has 65k on it. It's a balance. The value on the M3 has dropped tremendously but it's too fun of a car to leave in the garage. After it became a twin turbo the Camry definitely sat for a couple weeks.

8/28/2013 7:35:47 AM

This is pretty tempting, but I already have an '87 Volvo that drives like a dream. But it would be cool to have two, haha. I know a guy at work that needs a cheap car, i'll let him know about this.

8/28/2013 8:39:31 AM

I kept my beater whip to keep low mileage on my new car, and boy let me tell you it has really worked out! BEATERWHIP4LYFE

8/30/2013 9:18:21 AM

Had a 2011 Tahoe LTZ after the BMW. My priorities have changed I guess. Dumped the BMW and Tahoe and bought a little 04 Frontier. No car payment is amazing. It was like getting a $500/mo raise. I will max out my 401k this year for the first time and that feels pretty good.

9/1/2013 3:25:28 PM

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"If you all just buy a new car and don't drive it, whats the point of buying a new car? Why not just keep the beater and don't buy a new car? "

This is the reason I drive a 1997 Crown Vic. Until it dies, then all bets are off. Our other car was purchased new and is still less than 2 years old, but the plan is to drive it until the wheels fall off (or until it becomes too small to be practical, as it's a small 2-door and we do plan on a child someday).

9/5/2013 3:13:07 PM

^^ Yeah, I'll go so far as to say that most people should be maxing a Roth IRA and a 401k up to the limits of any company matching before they even think about financing a car.

9/5/2013 3:40:39 PM

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"If you all just buy a new car and don't drive it, whats the point of buying a new car? Why not just keep the beater and don't buy a new car?"

I kept my beater. And for the last several years I've put around 8,000 miles a year on the beater and 12,000 miles on the new car. I can assure you that everyone posting to keep the beater drives both cars. Keeping 8,000 miles a year off my new(er) car kept it's resale up much higher than if I hadn't kept my beater. Well more than $1000-2000.

9/10/2013 3:11:29 PM