The vendor of at this time’s Good Value or No Cube Volvo cryptically claims to not wish to promote the automotive however is “prepared to maneuver on.” Let’s see if this seemingly tidy AWD wagon’s value is one thing we’d transfer on.
A uncommon six-speed stick might 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 automotive’s $12,000 asking value couldn’t discover overwhelming favor within the voting, finally falling in a slender however indeniable 53 p.c No Cube loss.
Hey, in the event 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 straightforward, proper?
At the moment’s 2004 Volvo XC70 faces an analogous style or categorization query. At first look, it appears to be like powerful, with its jacked-up trip top, 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 car is mostly referred to 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 well-liked sufficient to have been properly cared for and to have carried out a outstanding 207,000 miles over its 20 years of existence.
Sporting Ocean Blue Pearl paint and its manufacturing unit 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.
In response to the vendor, who can’t appear to seek out the caps-lock key, the automotive 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 few of the switchgear, however it’s in any other case laudably clear and intact.
The advert additional notes that the automotive is mechanically sound and has lately handed its state smog check. Energy comes from a 207 horsepower 2.5-liter inline 5 respiration via a light-pressure turbo and dealing with a five-speed computerized 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 value, they’re prepared to disregard that and half with the automotive for $2,999.
What’s your tackle this XC70 on the $2,999 value? Does that appear truthful regardless of the automotive’s miles and attainable style confusion? Or does this Volvo have too many miles below its belt to speculate even that paltry quantity?
You resolve!
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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