Preparing to sell my 95 yellow T5R: 92K orig mi, all original, everything works minus drivers incline button & seat warmers, perfect mech condition, new Kumho tires, recently had wheels polished/repainted, exterior 2/5, interior 2/5 (if 1/5 is showrm cond). Paid 8,250 impulsively to a dealer 3 yrs ago, it received about 1.5 K in repairs plus the work on wheels and new tires. Now I'm selling it as part of my plans to get out of debt. Being so rare I'd appreciate any and all opinions as to what I should plan to get for it - have prospective buyers, they're just waiting on me.

 

Ok so this car has at least 150,000 miles left to the right owner. New cars don't last that long, plus there is the rarity issue. I would start at $7,000 and not go lower than $5,500. For $7,000 these days, you can't find much that would have the complete package of the yellow 850. You probably won't get $7,000 though lol, it's just a fair starting price that's in your favor. Imagine though if your buyers read this! This is a highly rated Volvo forum, a veritable congregation of guys who dream about yellow 850s. It comes up on the first page for any google search. Anyway you should be fine. I think don't take any less than 55 and anything over 7 is asking too much. Hope this helps.

 

Get whatever you can for it! There's an old saying in Sales, whatever the traffic will bear...

Do some comp shopping in your area; are there any cars like yours within 100 miles? 500 miles?

How popular are volvos in your area? Probably have a harder time getting top dollar in midwest over east or west coast. I've seen cars similar to this go for north of $10K in my area. Just saying...

 

Two of those cars have been totaled in the past 6 months. I spoke to a guy a few minutes ago that just lost his to an accident. Sad to say there are about 4 for sale right now. If it's truely 4 of 5 condition, 5 being new, you are probably looking at about $6,500. It will depend on service records and location. The thing that's a little tough is the distance most people will have to travel to get it. You may want to purchase an independant car inspection from a company called Lemon Protectors or something to share with people but if you have buyers linned up you may not need that.

 

Oh ya let's not forget the dang drivers seat doesn't recline. I hope the buyer is you size and sits the way you do lol. Thats not a tough fix but if that's broken, being so basic, it would lead me to think more stuff might be neglected.

 

I'd say it's worth about $1500...where's the car located at and I will take it off your hands!

Seriuosly it's only worth what someone wants to pay for it and its a bad market for car sales or at least what you would like to get for it. At the end of the day, low mileage or not it's still a 16 year old car and will need some work to get it back up too new condition.

 

I would say your volvo is worth at least 2 grand by the very least granted you did say the interior and exterior was 2 out of 5 its hard to find them in pristine condition anymore and i will agree with turbo matt the car is only worth what someone is willing to pay but T5Rs are well sought after by volvo enthusiasts and beginner euro sport buyers. I paid 2300 for mine about 4 years ago and it was in the same condition with a broken odometer.

Good Luck though

 

Looks like the guy is already long gone. Not sure why we bother to reply with concern to new 1st timers.

 

Because it's a car forum and we all like to give our opinion's and listen to us talk! Also a strange part of us wants to stir up a "hornets nest" and see how many people we can get fired-up!

 

Thanks for the sincere responses. I'm just now posting b/c you've helped me realize I'm much better off just keeping it and enjoying it. So sorry Turbo Matt you may as well take that 1500 and get a beater Taurus or something.

 

Is the car a sedan or wagon.

 

Ha, Ha I have a V70R so I really don't need another one. I am actually looking at selling the one I have and getting another one I found, It''s a Red 1996 850R Wagon with a 5-speed trannie swap and some other engine goodies. Only problem it's in Washington State (I'm in GA.)

 

Good choice!!

Turbo Matt in a Taurus; HA!!

 

I love it when guys get on here and read our comments and decide to keep their cars. 850's are pretty old now and they are not really collector items so they are not worth much. A yellow T5R with 92K would be lucky to get $5,000, but there is no way you can get another car that good and reliable for that kind of money. That is a big part of why I drive Volo's, because you get so much for your money. Especially used ones.

 

I am glad you decided to keep it!!!

 

Not a bad choice if you get the new Tauruses and they do have twin turbo's ...but I don't have $45K to drop on one. Maybe if the dealer is generous or just plain stupid I could get $40K on my 98 V70 R as a trade-in...well maybe 13 plus years ago and 170,000 less miles. We can dream can't we

If I could get mine to do this I would just keep it:
YouTube - Volvo v70r launch test KMS.mp4 oh Yea baby!!

Check this 850R for sale pretty cool. Anyone know about this one:
1996 Volvo 850r 5sp turbo wagon

 

LOL on the V70R Vid!!!!!
To bad it is not AWD anymore due to those stunts! LOL

 

I was reading somewhere that Volvos are 2nd after Mercedes for life-span -- 19.8 years for Volvos. Obviously this statistic is based on RWD Volvos. 850s are the transition into the modern bubble cars, where Volvo tries to become bottom feeder in the luxury segment (BMW, Mercedes). It's a good place to be -- look at Lexus/Audi.

I would speculate that 850s will average 18-years lifespan. That means that in the next 2-3 years there will be plenty of 850s junked. My 850, which I am retiring shortly is a perfect example.

Some enthusiasts will keep them way-over 18 years, but for most it is reaching its end.

 

Nah!! They just become classic's like the 240, 740. They are still faster then most of the entry level car's. Look at the 1987-1993 Fox body Mustangs. There were a bunch of them made and easy to work on and the parts are cheap. They can also be made to be Hella fast too...I have one a 1993 Mustang Coupe/Notchback. Makes about 540WHP runs 10.70's with some slicks at about 128mph. It had Twin turbo's and ran some 10.30's at 138mph but got rid of them and went with an S-trim Supercharger.

 

I agree with you -- enthusiasts will keep them running, and especially Rs will still be very sought after. Not many 15-16 year-old cars out there right now demand 5k or more like R.