As some of you will know i have been giving alot of thought about selling my 850R over the last few weeks and i feel now is the time to let the car go.
Ill be totally honest, I bought the car off a fellow forum member with a view to taking the car to the next level and fitting forged rods, A bigger turbo, Qeef LSD etc etc but sadly as time has gone on i feel the car is just not for me and so im going to give another forum member the chance to carry on where i left off or to simply enjoy the car as it is now.
Heres a few details about the car.....
The car was totally standard at the beginning of 2010 and between then and july 2010 approx £6000 has been spent on the car, A chunk of the money has been spent on brand new uprated items and the rest on replacing pretty much every worn or known problematic part that can go on an 850 with genuine Volvo parts. All of which have either been fitted by MRG Volvo or Tim Williams.
CAR: 1996 Volvo 850R estate, Manual gearbox, Flame red paintwork with black half leather half alacantara interior, Current milage 146k with a new engine fitted just over 50k miles ago by Volvo with reciept to prove.
These are the items which the car has been treated to this year.....Full stage 0, All brand new genuine ignition components including plugs, HT leads, distibutor cap and rotor arm, New genuine MAF, New genuine BCS, New lambda sensor, New uprated vac pipes, All large boost hoses replaced with silicone items, New gear linkage cables, New genuine expansion tank and cap, New Genuine thermostat and coolant temp sensor.
Engine modifications: Again All of which have been carried out this year....B5234T4 engine, TD04-18T turbo with bigger angled exhaust housing, 3" ferrita downpipe with sports cat, Ferrita cat-back exhaust, TWR ported throttle body, Uprated 70mm intercooler with custom fabricated RIP pipework courtesty of TWR, Enlarged turbo to MAF pipework, MTE stage 2 remap, Oil catch tank, M56 gearbox with 850R clutch, Polybushed top engine mount, Polybushed gearbox tie bar, Reinforced engine and subframe mounts.
Suspension: Brand FK dampers with 40mm FK lowering springs, Brand new volvo wishbones which have been polybushed, Brand new Front and rear IPD anti roll bars, Genuine Volvo strut brace.
Brakes: Brand new genuine volvo discs and pads all round with uprgaded 302mm fronts.
Wheels/Tyres: Standard 17" volan alloys with 215/45r17 Kumho ecsta sport tyres.
Interior: Fully stripped out, Non electric 850 front seats and a Racetech 2bar boost gauge.
So in a nutshell the car mechanically wants for nothing and with its current spec is a very capable fast road car that is quick enough to scare some vastly more expensive cars but with the MTE map still remains drivable, Smooth and civilised.
Now for the bad bits.....
The A/C compressor is broken thus no A/C.....Open a window
The car overall for its age is in very good condition infact its probably one of the cleanest 850R estates about IMO, It is HPI clear and the exterior has a few age related stonechips and car park door dings but certainly nothing major
I am anal about car cleaning and condition i might add
The main factor which might put people off is that the car has no interior, I stripped everything out apart from the dashboard, The front seats, Centre console and front door cards.
I use this car as my daily driver and the stripped interior doesnt cause any issues with regards to sound although its made a big difference to how responsive the car is, The car is still very quiet on the motorway but at full throttle is noticably louder....Not a bad thing i might add.
The car will come with 12 months MOT for the new owner and the car is taxed until the end of this month but again this can be negotiated.
Bear in mind i payed £3500 for the car not long ago but i have accepted that i will have to price the car accordingly and im looking for....
£2495 ONO
I am open to sensible offers but please dont take the urine, This is an insane amount of car with some desirable and expensive extras. You simply cannot buy totally standard 850R in this condition for this money, So for someone wanting a very well specced car thats wants for nothing
minus interior this is it.
Heres some recent pictures of the car....
