Hi,

just moved to the US 2 weeks ago - and the first trip from the Chicago airport was a trip to some tata-neighbourhood looking at the
Volvo I was going to buy 2 days later (found it on craigslist).

Its 95% what I wanted!
245 - yay
Wagon - yay
manual - YAY!

its an 89 with 233k miles! (pretty much 1 family owned)
Outer shape is ok... has a few barely visible rust-spots, the paint has a few blind spots on the roof and chips in the front but is fine otherwise.
Interieur is fine - except for the drivers seat.
Technically its in pretty good conditon - was neglected a bit in the past 2.5yrs - but only a few miles were put on it in that time.
The well situated prev. owners bought ~1500$ parts at IPD (Bilsteins, strut braces etc etc...) and kept it running!

This is pretty much my first own car, I really depend on - cars I had in Germany were dorm cars or just fr fun beaters - I did not do anything on them!! (they just were not worth it) and the public transport there makes a car almost obsolete in some areas!
In short: Im a newbie to maintenance and repairs - expect a few dumb questions ,
but I am willing to learn and I LOVE my Volvo already too much to become lazy and uninterested!

Greetings to all here!

PS: If you need something EU parts or something from German Ebay etc.. I am willing to help

 

Welcome to the forums and to the USA. Glad you are likeing your new car. post some pics. This is the place to ask questions. most of the things you need to know you can search for but, when your stuck thats why we are here.

 

Welcome

 

pics pics pics... lets see...
we went to the park the other day...

http://h8h.org/jan/Liv/Park2/DSC00255_resize.JPG
http://h8h.org/jan/Liv/Park2/DSC00254_resize.JPG

cleaned & waxed it, worked on the door sealings yesterday... looks a bit shinier now

 

Wilkommen,


JPN