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Dec 3rd, 2020, 01:48 | #131 |
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My philosophy is, an item is worth whatever someone will pay for it.
We may not like it but that's just the way it goes.
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Regards, Bashy MY07 (56 plate) V70 Geartronic 2.4 D5 185bhp 173k, 17", full leather, an auto-dimming mirror and auto wipers are the best it can do - I have added (poorly) limo black, rear camera and parking sensors |
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Dec 3rd, 2020, 06:28 | #132 | |
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I'll keep an eye on that 740, I'm guessing the chap wants a bit more than the banger derby man will give him. Alan
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Ho hum.
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Granted it needed a lot of TLC and quite a few new parts at the time but it had that and more and has had anything done as and when needed. Still need to sort the air-con and oil cooler but i'm getting there. It's no longer fire-fighting, more preventive maintenance.
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Re your car: I'd certainly say £200 was a good price for a running and riding car, so you have done very well. If you accounted for your time (which none of us do of course) then it would probably have to sell for £8,000 to make it worthwhile, but that isn't the point. I feel the same way about the RB, I paid a couple of grand for it, have spent £900 total on it (that includes two sets of new tyres though - by far the most expensive items), and I suppose it is worth considerably more than my cash investment now (I see 244s that are similar to the RB being advertised north of £6,000 - I have no idea whether they sell or not though). The RB is worth more than that to me though - not only have I invested a lot of time in the car, but I have enjoyed bringing it back to life and it is satisfying that it has become a really nice historic car that I could not replace for £3,000. Alan PS. This looks like a nice 240 saloon: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/volvo240g...sAAOSwSYVfw3Ea ... it will be interesting to see what it makes so I'll watch it and report back. Similar-ish to the RB, except it won't qualify as an historic car for another 8 years. PPS. talking of £6,000 244s, I have just noticed this one: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VOLVO-240...0AAOSwHHBfmT7F ... a Japanese import, which is good and bad, but it won't be an historic car for nearly a decade and is... £6,000 :-(
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Might have been other stuff useful for you but nothing i can think of easily. I think with everything i had to spend on mine to bring it up to standard, including the original purchase price it came to ~£500 and that includes the first MoT in my ownership. With other things since, it's probably approaching a grand now including the replacement axle and 5 tyres (one part-worn ~£15 delivered and 4 brand new budget ones £105) and it goes and drives much better. I've just ordered a new thermostat for it and a litre of anti-freeze to replace whatever is lost when i change the 'stat (it's gone weak and i had planned to renew the 'stat when i change the anti-freeze and oil but waiting on a part to fit the oil cooler) but i consider that a service part every 4 years these days and it's 4 years since i replaced it last. My ethos is similar to yours, i couldn't replace it under £3k at least, possibly more and i've enjoyed improving it and using it. That white 240 is interesting. Can you explain how you arrive at the 9 years before it becomes Historic please? Mine is about 6 months younger (88/F) and should be eligible in 2028 for Historic tax. It has a lot of genuine Volvo accessories (driving lights, front dog lights, inside/outside temp gauge plus a few others i can't make out, mud-flaps, upgraded stereo? and possibly a few i've missed) and looks very nice. That silver JDM import looks ncie but always a bit wary of them. Not heard any horror stories about JDM imports regardless of the marque but there are usually niggles to overcome from stereos that won't recieve UK broadcasts to sat-nags in Japanese with no UK maps or any way of changing them - obviously dependent on the year, tech fitted and so on but also have come across many cars where the parts are unique to the JDM models (mainly Honda) but strangely, once part numbers are found, those parts are available on the UK market for other vehicles including in one case the Gold Wing 1800 motorbike! Whether Volvo had any bespoke JDM parts i don't know but at a time when UK parts are getting scarce, i would think any Japanese spec parts would be on the shelf between the unicorn horns and the rocking horse manure. As for price, i've seen Rover 800s that are JDM imports. No matter how nice they are, they never seem to make the same money as genuine UKDM models that have been well looked after and are in similar condition with higher mileage. Presumably the same will hold true for the 240 but until it sells and we know if it went for £5995 or not we won't be certain.
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I had a Mazda MX5 Eunos once, which was excellent - no rust at all, which would have been almost unknown for a UK car of that age (1990 I think). It had lots of nice extras that were probably standard for the JDM. The imported Volvo looks nice, but £6,000 is a lot of money for an old Volvo. :-)
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Vehicles exempt from vehicle tax If your vehicle was built before 1 January 1980, you can stop paying vehicle tax from 1 April 2020. ... so, all the 1979 vehicles became eligible to be tax exempt (the owner still has to apply to change the taxation class) on 1 Apr 2020. Next year all the cars built in 18980 (including the RB) will become eligible for the historic taxation class on 1 Apr 21... and so on. So, if your car was built in 1998 then it will (like all the vehicles built in 1988) qualify to be tax free on 1 April 2029 (assuming the rules don't change in the meantime of course). This is separate from the MoT requirement, which is just 40 years from first registration (to the day). Good news? Alan
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