C70: potential new buyer
 

First, thanks to you all for your knowledge I've been browsing for some time!

I've finally got to the position to buy a 2011 C70 D4 SE Lux (topped up to mostly solstice spec). Pretty good condition, £10k, 45k miles. Possibly a mid life crisis, but have wanted one for about 10 years!

It's a fair amount more than I wanted to spend (was looking at £6-9k), but mechanically fine, roof works, as does the load assist button. Not my deal colour combo or MY, but I'm sick of waiting around for perfection after i missed a couple last year.

Any thoughts, suggestions, future ideas welcome. Photos of i make through to purchase will follow .

join the volvo c70 m2 owners group on facebook there are cars coming up for sale most weeks.. long term owner have lots of experience and can furnish you with any info you may need about these cars:regular_smile:

Ex c70 owner here. Seems a bit dear to me, have you checked the likes of Parker’s guide, or done a Car Vertical check?

QUOTE=Simmy;2944544]join the volvo c70 m2 owners group on facebook there are cars coming up for sale most weeks.. long term owner have lots of experience and can furnish you with any info you may need about these cars:regular_smile:[/QUOTE]

Thanks for this. I'm not on Facebook l, but may need to make an exception! May tap you for information if that's ok



Thanks Baxlin. Yes, was certainly at the very top end of what I wanted to spend. It's a Volvo dealer selling 6m warranty. Mechanically, it was all fine. Alloys refurbished. Body is a little disappointing - most panels have at least a small scuff, a couple of deeper (but small scratches). One of light cracked. Bit of rust of a part of the engine l, maybe a wire brush job.6Interior not valeted, but generally ok - no tears on the bolsters or massive dents on the waterfall aluminium. Missing sat nav remote and keyless starter. Has a spacesaver and wind deflector.

Belt done 5 years /7k miles ago. Roof and yellow load assist button working. Some issues with park assist randomly going off, but should be fixed. I'd expect may more £8.5k. Thoughts? Not the colour combo i wanted (would prefer anything that isn't black and also a calcite interior), and would prefer a 2012 or 2013. Still very tempted.

there are plenty cars out there. join the group and ask whats out there for sale .2013 was the last year of production of c70s. view as many as you can you will know when the right car comes up..any thing at a dealers will have a price mark up it better to find a private sale where you can ask to see proof of maintenance a mot history check can speak volumes of how the car has been treated and also show the progression of the mileage

Thanks for the advice, may be going down this route as my employer (who was looking at a salary sacrifice loan) has said the car is to far above market value and not the condition they expect. Bit gutted, test drive was nice but the difference in valuation is a worry!

Saw a beautiful bronze (+contrast roof, not sure how i feel about it) last year, and also a lovely magic blue beauty last year - both in calcite and solstice spec.

Let the hunt continue

Finding a C70
 

It took me a long time to find ours so be prepared for a long wait if you want specific colour combinations. Good ones are out there but don't come up very often. We finally found a 1 owner car with a very full service history and excellent MOT history.

The car had clearly been loved by its previous owner and he had spared no expense to maintain it. It is a T5 in the perfect colour combination so the wife loved it as soon as she saw it. It certainly wasn't cheap but given all its history and condition we decided that it was worth paying for.

I have not seen one since that is as good so I'm happy. More importantly, the wife is happy and that is worth far more. :regular_smile:

Appreciate the advice, seems you found a good one...and a happy wife to boot!

Not much decent out there at the moment, and currently having to go a legal route to get a deposit back.

I've put some feelers out, hopefully will get a bite before the convertible summer tax kicks in

£10k was way over priced for the original car. Even though it only had 45k on it, it's still 12 years old and still likely to have issues.

Keep looking on e-bay/Autotrader. Consider only those cars with Volvo engines (D3/D4/D5 not 2.0D). I'd rather have a 2 owner car with 120k on it with full Volvo history than a 45k 4 owners that's had a service every other year at Kwik Fit....