The search is over made a deal a few hours ago . Ended up buying a 2010 Volvo XC90 with 42,225 original miles on it ! She's very very clean and per the Carfax was a corporate lease out of Florida . They only drove it for 29000 miles over aprox. 3 years . Then it was sold to an individual which drove it about 13000 miles in 6 years so maybe an older couple . I looked in every nook and cranny and crawled under it and the looks back up the original miles . The test drive went well drove at various speeds and it is VERY quiet , has good power and the seats feel like a Laz-y-Boy recliner
Has some nice electronic features like back up sensors , integrated garage door opener buttons and a few other goodies . No bluetooth or similar but really wasn't looking for that anyway .
I raised the hood and looked the engine over before starting it , touched it to make sure it was a cold start . Had the salesman start the car while I watched/listened to the motor . Started immediately ( as expected ) and purred like a kitten it is very smooth . Motor is bone dry on the exterior and doesn't look like it was pressure washed . I saw no drips or signs of drips anywhere . So I " think " we got a good one.......... time will tell . They did me good on my trade giving me a few hundy more than NADA estimates . No financing cash out the door so none of that crap . The dealership is what I would call a medium size indipendent , they had three lots side by side with a good selection of vehicles . I would say 90 % of what they had were very clean vehicles , the balance were low price point vehicles . No heat lamps or rubber hoses
were used it was a very low pressure purchase .
We pick her up tomorrow that gave us time to clean out our Toyota and them time to do a final detailing . There is one missing rear floor mat that they are going to try and find , if they can't they will throw in something . I'll probably eventually go with some WeatherTech liners anyway . It even comes with two keys/remotes so no extra expense there having to buy a spare . So that's the end of this story , I appreciate all the advice that was given . Here's three pics of " the silver ghost " .
