I had the sedan from this model year for 3 years and it was riddled with issues. Then I drove a â92 240 for a decade and that was a great machine. The 850 was truly a bad idea. And think I paid $4300 for it in 2006, which makes this seem an even worse deal in 2003.
Maybe someone at #weirdcarmastodon can chime in, but is there a business model where a small restomod shop gets 20-30 of these as donor shells and sequentially converts them? I feel like there is a market for such things, and you could probably scare up 20-30 of a given model in reasonable shape. They could do it with Jeeps, or VWs, or old Benz models. Basically stuff that was made well, and have more life as rolling stock, but are very fuel inefficient.
Growing up@we went from a sweddish 240+900 format to 850+900. We never had this level of cool until I had an XWD 9-3 Aero Combi and a miata. I probably will never reach that level of cool again.
@dan i have a severe bias against any car with more than 50K miles on the odo, and my only use for this eventual awesomemobile is hauling my kid on trips out to the outer burbs on weekends.
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in reply to darren is Not Going Back • • •850? Pfft.
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in reply to darren is Not Going Back • • •I would argue that your limited use case allows you to get something 'weird' and old assuming it's been maintained and is not a rust bucket.
My 240 wagon clocks in at 275,000 miles and I would drive it anywhere but I would hate to have to rely on it for commuting or critical transportation.
Of course safety is another issue, modern cars can't be topped in that regard.
ridingnowhere
in reply to darren is Not Going Back • • •I don't know anything about cars but I drove a '96 850 sedan up a mountain in Hood River OR and it was fun?
ban me from this carsandbids website before I make a mistake
https://carsandbids.com/auctions/KVadQ5wQ/1992-mitsubishi-delica-star-wagon-exceed-4wd
1992 Mitsubishi Delica Star Wagon Exceed 4WD - Japanese-Market Van, 4WD, Mostly Unmodified, U.S. Title
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in reply to darren is Not Going Back • • •I had the non-turbo, 5 speed version. Cost me $1800 in 2016 and was worth every penny.
Sold it in 2022 when the starter went. Poor choice, but I just didnât need it anymore.
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