Used Car of The Day: 2002 Volvo S60 AWD

by Tim Healey

Published: October 18th, 2023

Today we're bringing you a high-mileage 2002 Volvo S60 AWD that is available at a bargain price.

The mileage is 304,500 but the seller says the car has been well-maintained over the years and major items that have been "taken care of" include:

Timing belt/water pump
PCV system
Rear shocks
Rear brakes
Clock spring
Cam seals
Plugs
Fuel filter
Trans flush

All of those were done within the last 12,000 miles.

The seller is getting rid of this car because he or she has 5(!) Volvos and this particular one isn't getting enough attention.

Take a gander at this Wisconsin-based Swede here. The ask is $3,250.

[Images: Seller]

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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ToolGuy on Oct 18, 2023

One possible strategy to navigate the minefield which is the 2023-2033 U.S. personal transportation market might be to purchase an ICE vehicle which one likes and install an EV powertrain. But it's a little too soon in 2023 to do a conversion at reasonable cost without a lot of fiddling.
So, if one were fond of this vehicle, one could purchase it and drive it until the transmission and/or engine failed, and then look at what conversion options are available at that point - hopefully 3-5 years down the road.
Think of it as purchasing an option. 🙂

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- ToolGuy on Oct 18, 2023
  
  The more straightforward execution of this strategy would be to wait until ~2025 and buy a vehicle you like which has a blown/destroyed/inoperative drivetrain and get it even cheaper because of that.
  
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- 28-Cars-Later on Oct 19, 2023
  
  The Volvo P2 would not be a good choice for this strategy. I've seen posts around the internet where people turned their 200 or 700 series Volvo into a custom BEV so those would be something to look at... other than a true small pickup a Volvo RWD wagon to be is the perfect thing to have "laying around" IMO.
  
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Merc190 on Oct 20, 2023

Of all the rides in Gran Turismo 4, this one has the least linear drivetrain and very disjointed handling. Also, every used Swedish car I've ever sat in smelt like crayons, yuck!

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