2005 Volvo V50 - Good, Bad, or Meh

A good friend is looking for a smaller suv/wagon with AWD and decent MPGS around $6-$7K and he said he’s looking at a 2005 Volvo V50 T5 AWD wagon. It sounds like it’s a 1 owner car with around 100,000 miles and a recent timing belt change.

Any things he should check out with this car? Is it a pain to get parts since it’s Swedish?

Here’s the actual car:

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As always, thanks for any recommendations about this!

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