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Re: 2006 Subaru Legacy LTD Wagon [georgehughes35] by volvomax
Jan 05, 2009 (9:03 am)
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Replying to: georgehughes35 (Jan 04, 2009 7:46 pm)

That car would probably wholesale in the mid teens, so Carmax asking $18k isn't out of bounds.
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Re: 2006 Subaru Legacy LTD Wagon [volvomax] by georgehughes35
Jan 05, 2009 (9:29 am)
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Replying to: volvomax (Jan 05, 2009 9:03 am)

Thank for the input. I sent it along.
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Re: 2006 Subaru Legacy LTD Wagon [georgehughes35] by longislander1
Jan 05, 2009 (3:15 pm)
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Replying to: georgehughes35 (Jan 04, 2009 7:46 pm)

These guys can give your brother a lot of good advice on buying a Subaru and perhaps offer leads on other cars for sale: http://legacygt.com/forums.
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Re: 2006 Subaru Legacy LTD Wagon [longislander1] by kirstie_h HOST
Jan 06, 2009 (11:31 am)
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Replying to: longislander1 (Jan 05, 2009 3:15 pm)

We also have quite an active group of Subaru enthusiasts who hang out in our Subaru Crew area. They also have a live chat every Thursday evening if your brother wants to ask questions in real-time.
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Jan 06, 2009 (11:51 am)
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volvo query by qbrozen
Jan 07, 2009 (6:53 pm)
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hey vmax,
Think you can help me figure out the mystery with this 2001 V70?
Claims T5, but states 2.4L engine. PLUS, if the decoder I found on volvo's website is correct, this VIN belongs to an XC70. YV1SZ58D611003557
Is that right?
And those wheels don't look like T5 wheels to me, but I can't say I'm an expert in that area on the '01s. No pics of the engine, so no help there.
 
thanks!
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Re: 2005 S40 T5 - Trade in value [volvomax] by suspendmix
Jan 07, 2009 (9:09 pm)
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Replying to: volvomax (Nov 14, 2008 2:49 pm)

Ya, the trade-in and just overall value of the s40 has gone down considerably. I had a 2006 s40 2.4 flint grey auto base with 43k miles in very good condition based in SF bay area. I brought it to 3 dealerships to trade in last month and got offers for $8-10k for it which I thought was ridiculous, especially since KBB and Nada indicated about $13-14k trade in value. I asked for an appraisal from a Volvo dealer in Sacramento and he sent me a listing of the weeks wholesale auctions for the similar S40s, well, those were mostly $7k to 10K. I decided to put it out on private market for $14500 (KBB said $15k for private) and thought I could get $13k for it. Well, long story short, 1 month on private market had 3 people look at and best offer I got was "well, it can't be worth more than $12,000 so give me a figure below that."
 
Well, this past weekend, looking at MDXs at an Acura dealership, I was finally able to unload the car for $12k, not bad for a trade in and when I checked KBB again, the trade in value had dropped to $12k. When the dealers initially told me there simply was no market for an American made car (i.e. Ford), I scoffed. Well, it took me this long to realize that they were right.
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V70 by stickguy
Jan 08, 2009 (5:24 am)
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looks like a nice car Q (from what they show), but the '01s don't have the best reputation.
 
Wasn't the T5 a 2.4l in those days? I know that the LPT engine went from 2.4 to 2.5l ~ 2005, but was the T5 a 2.3L still in 2001? In any case, that is probably a typo.
 
It does have geartronic, so that bodes well for being a T5 (in case you don't trust the tag on the back!)
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Re: volvo query [qbrozen] by 28firefighter
Jan 08, 2009 (6:43 am)
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Replying to: qbrozen (Jan 07, 2009 6:53 pm)

Those were the wheels that came as standard on the T5- fancier ones that you normally see were an upgrade. We used to have an '01 T5 and paid for the upgrade.
 
IIRC, the T5 engine was a 2.3L 5 Cylinder High Pressure Turbo in the 2001's.
 
Hope that helps.
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Re: V70 [stickguy] by qbrozen
Jan 08, 2009 (7:11 am)
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Replying to: stickguy (Jan 08, 2009 5:24 am)

I emailed the seller and he said he put in the wrong VIN by mistake. Here is the correct one:
YV1SW53D411006750
 
Thanks, firefighter, for the info on the wheels.
 
So, vmax, what do you think that's worth on a trade? Also, would you by any chance be familiar with the GT on the '01? Does it self-shift even in manual mode? Or does it bounce off the rev limiter, for instance, if I don't shift it?
 
If I did happen to buy such a vehicle, its intended purpose is for racing, hence the question.

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