1998 XC keep or sell?

[oregon101]

I have a 1998 XC that I need some opinions on. I bought this XC for $900 and am currently into it for about $1300. I bought the car did a tune up, replaced the mass air flow sensor and the coolant temp sensor. To fix all the known issues and quirks will cost me about another $1200-$1700 with doing the work myself. I need to do the following work:timing belt with water pump, flame trap ,used a/c comp, air pump bypass, ABS module repair, rear drive shaft, coolant tank, radiator hoses and two door hinges. At that point I am into the car for $2500-$3000. The car has very straight body and is really clean and runs good with 160k on it.. The only negative is it does have a salvage title. I am not really sure why. There are no issues with the car that I can find on the body. Being that the car has a salvage title I am not sure if I should fix it up our just buy another XC. The cheapest you usually ever find a XC in my area is about $3500-$4000. Any opinions and advice will be appreciated. Thanks.

[Xilikon]

With that much repair to do and the mileage, it's wiser to let it go and buy another one. 3500$-4000$ is a very fair price for a excellent condition V70 XC. I'd rather buy one for 3000-3500$ and spend 1000$ to bring it to top condition than invest 3000$ on too much repairs (which could potentially get unfinished as you find more and moew new issues).

[JRL]

Newsflash, you will spend that much on most of them anyway these days!
If you plan to keep it another 2-4 years it really doesn't matter which way you go
It depends on how decent this one is and if you like it

[oregon101]

I am leaning towards keeping the car. At least I will know what has been done.