The vendor of at present’s Good Value or No Cube Volvo cryptically claims to not wish to promote the automobile however is “prepared to maneuver on.” Let’s see if this seemingly tidy AWD wagon’s worth is one thing we would transfer on.
A uncommon six-speed stick may have been the saving grace of the 2011 BMW 128i convertible we checked out yesterday, with the vendor claiming it to be the one handbook on supply in all of California. Nonetheless, that obscure factoid and the automobile’s $12,000 asking worth couldn’t discover overwhelming favor within the voting, ultimately falling in a slender however indeniable 53 p.c No Cube loss.
Hey, when you’re an aficionado of old-school music, let me ask: In what style would you fit the ’70s New York scene band Blondie? Are they New Wave? Punk? Possibly Disco? It’s not all that simple, proper?
Right this moment’s 2004 Volvo XC70 faces an analogous style or categorization query. At first look, it appears powerful, with its jacked-up experience peak, offering over eight inches of floor clearance, substantial plastic fender flares and bumpers, and ‘Cross Nation’ badging. It’s not, nonetheless, prepared for the Rubicon. The XC70 isn’t a complete poseur, although, because it does have AWD, however that’s extra for on-road safety than off-road shenanigans. This form of automobile is mostly known as a crossover, a handily amorphous time period that can also used to explain the method of ridding your home of ghosts.
No matter what you name it or the way you classify it, this XC70 has apparently been fashionable sufficient to have been effectively cared for and to have achieved a outstanding 207,000 miles over its 20 years of existence.
Carrying Ocean Blue Pearl paint and its manufacturing facility alloys, the outside is in fairly good nick for that age and people miles. Volvos of this period are likely to all have scuffed bumpers for some motive, however right here, the XC70’s grey plastic finish caps show helpful in shrugging off such car parking zone miscalculations. The one noticeable points listed below are a dent within the left rear door and a few fading of the paint on the grille within the nostril.
Based on the vendor, who can’t appear to search out the caps-lock key, the automobile has been well-kept, and the inside backs that declare up considerably. There may be some put on, as there all the time is, within the leather-based on the entrance seats and a few apparent indicators of use on a number of the switchgear, however it’s in any other case laudably clear and intact.
The advert additional notes that the automobile is mechanically sound and has lately handed its state smog check. Energy comes from a 207 horsepower 2.5-liter inline 5 respiration by a light-pressure turbo and dealing with a five-speed automated and Haldex-based AWD system. It comes with working A/C, brand-spanking-new Goodyear tires, and carries a clear title.
The vendor claims that whereas CarFax tried to goad them into a better worth, they’re keen to disregard that and half with the automobile for $2,999.
What’s your tackle this XC70 on the $2,999 worth? Does that appear truthful regardless of the automobile’s miles and potential style confusion? Or does this Volvo have too many miles beneath its belt to speculate even that paltry quantity?
You determine!
San Francisco Bay Space, California, Craigslist, or go right here if the advert disappears.
H/T to Ted Leahe for the hookup!
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