Hello, I am new here. Iam a big fan of Mercedes (I have a 76 300d and a 91 300e), but am looking for a replacement for my 300e (winter car and occasional summer use.) Recently I have been driving my friend's 98 V70 for her while she is in Germany for a few months and have been impressed with the handling and style of Volvo, not to mention the better gas mileage and response.

To make a short story even shorter, I am hoping to look at two Volvo's tommorow (Saturday) and would like to know if there is anything I should shy away from or jump towards.

The first car is a 04' s40 1.9T with 62,000 miles, they are asking $11,000 and the vin is yvivs27534f072417. A car lot is selling the car and I don't anything about the history, but there may be some receipts of work done.

The second car is a 97' 850 GLT wagon with 96,000 miles and they are asking $6500. The timing belt has been recently replaced and it seems that the seller is the prior owner. The vin is yvilw5645v2317443.

Any input would be appreciated. I feel that they are both good prices for the cars, however which is the best deal, in your opinion?

I will also place this thread in the 850 section.

Thanks, Brian