hello, I want to become the owner of a volvo s60 p2, but in my area there are very few s60s for sale.
I chose a volvo s60 2.4 petrol from 2003 with 345,769 km. But before I buy it, I would like some opinions, if it's worth it or better yet, I'll wait until other s60s appear on the market.

The car has a warning light on the dashboard that goes out after a few minutes, the owner says that after many km it must be cleaned at a volvo car service, the car needs an oil and filter change.
The timing belt was changed 18,000 km ago.
And it needs cleaning inside.
What do you think, is it worth it at the price of 1750 euros?

 

There are two lights on the car - a "service reminder" light which will pop up at something like 7500 miles to tell you time for service (small service is an oil change/inspection etc). You can reset this on most early 2000s models by pressing in the odometer reset button the turning the key to position 2 and wait a few seconds. Google for the exact sequence. The other light is the "check engine" light (different models may present a possible reason/warning message). This requires an OBD2 scanner to view/clear the trouble codes. Never buy a car with either of these lights on without checking further. If yours is a service reminder, see if you can find what the next service requires. At a minimum the seller should change the oil and reset the light for you. If its a check engine, you should have a proper inspection done with a scan of the codes to determine if its pointing to a costly repair. As to 1750 Euros, this is a high mileage (345km) car and it will need repairs. If you can't do the work yourself or if you don't have the funds or expect it to be a daily driver where shop time/costs will be inconvenient for you, I'd say pass and look for something newer with lower miles. If all you need is something for local driving (say to get to school in place of taking a bus), then this may be viable if the inspection doesn't turn up any hidden issues.

 

repairs are not such a big problem, but the purpose of the car would be long distances, about 2000 km on the road.

 

345000 km is about 215000 miles. Everyone has a comfort level about the mileage on the cars they drive. Mine used to be about 180000 miles. (it's a lot less now that newer cars are so complicated) Once a car got that old - it was sold. So what is your comfort level? You don't mention the transmission type but automatics do wear out. And the problems in an auto trans may be erratic or not show up after after you drive the car 45 minutes or so.

The service light can be easily reset your self - it means it's been xxx km since the button was pushed last to reset it.

A 20 year old car for $1750 (exchange rates are about even these days) here in the US would be a disposable car. Something big breaks (transmission/pcv/axles/ac compressor/heaterfan motor/resister etc) - it's time for a different car.