Volvo V70 SE T5 Auto For Sale

[Bonefishblues]

Originally Posted by Shamb

You're saying that tyres, a faulty fuel flap and a broken horn are bad MOT fails? I agree showing cords, but if they were on the inner edge an elderly person wouldn't be able to notice them. I think you would understand that people that use main dealers for a car this age wouldn't know how to do basic maintenance on a car. Hence still taking it to Volvo.

Not just the elderly.

I recently had a fail on this - it's easily done and on these heavy cars they chew inside shoulders for fun if the alignment's out. Embarrassing* but hey-ho.

*It was the family bus I rarely drive TBF!

[4x4]

Originally Posted by ITSv40

If... some of the fails just smack of serious neglect, given that it has been serviced at a Volvo dealer.

My XC90 has had one previous owner before I bought it, it was always serviced every year at the Volvo dealership, yet it failed its first MOT for the parking brake.

[Bonefishblues]

Originally Posted by 4x4

My XC90 has had one previous owner before I bought it, it was always serviced every year at the Volvo dealership, yet it failed its first MOT for the parking brake.

I took an S60 for test with a cable to only one side. It had never rolled, was always secure, and I have no clue where the cable went in the year since the previous test!

[lightyears]

there seems to be lots of opinion but no takers, the chap says he is opens to offers, who cares if you think he is flipping it? I dont, who wouldn't in this day and age. Maybe if you're serious you should ask the seller some questions in private rather than airing it out in public.

[britten_mark]

Originally Posted by lightyears

there seems to be lots of opinion but no takers, the chap says he is opens to offers, who cares if you think he is flipping it? I dont, who wouldn't in this day and age. Maybe if you're serious you should ask the seller some questions in private rather than airing it out in public.

I agree, he's being completely open, its not a fortune and at least its being offered to enthusiasts first rather than the usual one-man local builder who still target these cars as mobile skips. Anyone wanting to find a bargain should try spending endless hours traipsing the auctions drinking freezing tea from a plastic cup to the faint aroma of chips. I've tried it and its not a lifestyle I fancy.