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Jul 3rd, 2017, 15:08 | #1 |
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For sale - XC90 rare 2.5T petrol - fantastic car.
Many of you on this forum will be familiar with my car. It has had a fortune spent on it, including a brand new CEM (over £1000 - module and wiring), AWD repaired (new spline sleeve AND angle gear only a year ago), brand new rear parking sensors and wiring loom (£800), new alarm module. Recently a new pipe was fitted in the engine due to a blockage that caused strange idling (over £400). ATF fully changed at a cost of over £400. Sunroof drains unblocked to prevent water under the carpet. All major work has been done by Volvo and the car also has a FVSH. I have even changed the electric window switches for new ones and put a new leather gear gaiter on.
It is an SE model and has an electric power seat for the driver; car phone; sat nav; electric sunroof; electric folding wing mirrors and geartronic autobox. This sort of spec with the 2.5T engine is very hard to find. Full leather interior that is in decent condition, especially considering vehicle age. The car only had one owner before me (we have owned it for nearly three years). This is a totally different vehicle to the petrol T6, which has terrible gearbox reliability issues. There are zero error codes showing or stored. It is about as solid and reliable an XC90 as you are ever going to find. Everything works - electric sunroof, power seats, windows, stereo, you name it. On top of that it has never towed in its life. Doesn't even have a tow bar fitted. He is a 2005 model with only 80k on the clock. All belts were changed only a year ago. Nearly new Scorpion Pirelli Verde all season tyres. MOT until October 2017. Titanium Grey colour. Naturally you can't use Parker's price guide for a car like this. If you want a beaten up XC90 that will need all sorts of work doing to it, then by all means go and pay 4-5k (that is if you can even find a 2.5T). I guarantee the AWD won't work on most vehicles pre 2007 and no error codes will reveal the problem. You will know about it when you try climbing up a muddy slope though! Alternatively you could buy a T6 and have the gearbox fail at a cost of around 5k to fix! T6s are the cheapest used XC90s for a reason. It took me ages to find a 1 owner FVSH 2.5T with low mileage and still it had plenty to fix: but I have done it now, so you don't have to. I see a chap advertised one as 'probably the best 2.5T in the country' about a month ago. Well I didn't see any mention of the AWD being serviced and if it wasn't then it is almost guaranteed it won't be working. Also 2005 is the year that produced the faulty plenum cover that allowed water into the CEM. I didn't see any mention of that being fixed either. My point being that this vehicle has both covered! You also get lower road tax as it just missed out on the rule change . If you know your vehicles and want a quality used XC90 that will give you trouble free motoring, then pay 7k for mine. We only drive around 6k miles a year (hence avoiding a diesel) and the Mrs needs a smaller car for her local teaching work. That is the only reason Volcan, as the kids named him!, is up for sale. I absolutely love this car and it will suit me fine if nobody buys him. Some pics available here http://www.thegreatesttoyonearth.co....-for-sale.html Last edited by Acer; Jul 3rd, 2017 at 17:17. |
Jul 4th, 2017, 15:20 | #2 |
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Am going to offer the vehicle at £6000 and no offers. You could buy a cheaper example, but you will end up paying the difference sooner or later. I guarantee.
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Jul 6th, 2017, 19:14 | #3 |
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Or you could buy this 'very similar' one on eBay for £1000 less.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/112469015115
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I wonder if the chap selling the one on ebay is open to offers....
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Just this moment failed to raise a bid at 4,999.
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