I reread your first posts here.

Consider....

Years ago it took me many months to find the 855R i had. At the time Volvo dealers were still getting them traded in and generally they were the wives cars as husband had a work vehicle so he drove the r for fun on weekends. Every Volvo dealer in Australia knew me from all the phone calls i made. Mine was found by a wholesaler and came from a large collection of cars traded on two new Range Rovers by a guy who had made money in tech sales and got every car he always wanted but moved on.

Mine got killed by a gorgeous young girl slamming it sideways with her grandads Magna.

You gotta wait or pay and if you are not mechanically minded or willing to learn then $5K is never going to be enough.

Ohh, i think i paid $32K for my RED 855R Manual with 60 odd thousand Ks on it. A brilliant example too....

think i figured that the budgets had to increase since then OR should have jumped on some of the lost opportunities and not been so anal about things.....

I put my white factory manual 855r up for 15k then revoked it upon realisation I'd never find another....

    There's a reccesion going on folks, banks are paying less than 2% interest, an old bloke that I spoke to last week that's into classic cars, gave me an education, in these times people are buying gold, future tech shares and classic cars, especially future classic cars..... hence the T5R & Rs values are going up.

    I searched Japan & Hong Kong imports, prices here are very cheap compared to them for 850Rs & T5s...

    Take the time to Google search

    https://carfromjapan.com/cheap-used-volvo-others-1996-for-sale-5d84f947b33350f2cae053d0

    Have a look at the prices here, then convert to Aus$ plus import & compliance, rego etc

    You used to be able to pick Holden vl's for peanuts...now a complete car is over 20k...series 7 rx7 10 years ago 25k now minimum 60k....might have to look at another car if you can't stretch your budget...

    Also your probably looking at a pool of maybe 100 850r sedan and wagons, manual and auto, nation wide...

    How many 850Rs & T5R's came to Australia, anyone know.

    A clean 240 is bringing good money now and is a very good car

    Iv read on this forum 80 wagons.. A total guess would be 150 sedans, being more popular?

    Of 850rs that is...

    There is an official Volvo worldwide list somewhere, can't remember where though ?

    egg

    I put my white factory manual 855r up for 15k then revoked it upon realisation I'd never find another....

    I moved on to various V70s , T and T5 , one exceptional S70T5 that was SO fast even my Volvo shop mechanic commented yet i sold it for a wagon....

    A V70R i was rescuing with a big effort ended up scrapped and the V70R i had that ran had been badly treated i gave up and sold it. Moved on to V60T6 which is so much fun id never go back.

    The AWD P80 would be the only way to go even the P80 Cross Country , make it what you want with other parts and mods.

    • egg replied to this.

        When i was looking for my manual R wagon , the 855R , i fpund that list , less than 80 had been imported

        https://garagedreams.net/buyers-guide/volvo-850-t-5-t-5r-and-850r-buyers-guide-2020

        actually to clarify, happy to look at increasing the budget especially with the current times.

        Forgot i had some ballpark amount in my original post.

        Ex850R

        https://ozvolvo.org/discussion/comment/180847#Comment_180847

        I moved on to various V70s , T and T5 , one exceptional S70T5 that was SO fast even my Volvo shop mechanic commented yet i sold it for a wagon....

        A V70R i was rescuing with a big effort ended up scrapped and the V70R i had that ran had been badly treated i gave up and sold it. Moved on to V60T6 which is so much fun id never go back.

        The AWD P80 would be the only way to go even the P80 Cross Country , make it what you want with other parts and mods.

        You guys gonna kill me.... The most fun iv had in a car is my turbo swift gti... 270hp atw, 800 kilo car...

            https://www.volvoclub.org.uk/vin_850.shtml

            https://www.volvoclub.org.uk/vin_850.shtml

            egg

            https://ozvolvo.org/discussion/comment/180856#Comment_180856

            You guys gonna kill me.... The most fun iv had in a car is my turbo swift gti... 270hp atw, 800 kilo car...

            I nearly bought a Swift !

            Most fun ive had was a gutless and rusty AlfaSud! Exeptional handling and brakes in need of power, i considered putting a 12A Mazda in it....

            Renault 12 epic fun in wet .

            855R a pain in the arse in wet......

              Just out of curiosity big Ed, youv had this thread going a couple years. In the last 12 months iv seen several decent 850r and 855r pop up for sale. What's stopped you from jumping on them?

              had a rough calculation last night , 5k to buy my 855R and roughly 11k spend so far and on going . Will be worth it as still enjoying the car ..

              my work circumstances gave me a car so didn't have room for another vehicle. Changing jobs so theres room for a fun car i guess..... hence the delayed/prolonged buy

              but yeah back then think i was unrealistic with the price.... well more wasn't sure what the value of the cars were...

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