Thinking of selling my police V70 T5...

[griston64]

Originally Posted by TDIvolvo

Plastic tank and the fuel filter has been changed every other year.

MoTed until November but would put a fresh MoT on it anyway - advisories on rear ARB's but they will be done soon.

Do you have a price in mind ?

[nemesisthewarlock]

Ok having just bought my first Volvo I am up for a second one at the right price:

So £3 for the car and....

the Bacon Bagel for delivering it to East Anglia

[XC90Mk1]

It sure why people are coming on this thread to offer £1, £2 and £3? The question from the OP was very reasonable and if I were him/her I would have given up on this thread by now.

Volvo forum is better than this.

[stuart bowes]

I think it's just become a bit of a running joke in that OP hasn't suggested a price so we're left to guess / make bids

I read it as a bit of light-hearted jesting tbh I dont think anyone's really being malicious or anything

a series of pictures and a starting price would be a really useful addition to this advert to be fair

[TDIvolvo]

Originally Posted by CharlesStevenson

Sounds like a reasonable car, the snag might be one of location rather than spec, however, being you're in the West of Scotland.

GLWTS, sounds like a fun car to drive.

Agreed, I had to get it from England as I wanted it, obviously would have been handier if it was local - so on the flip side maybe this car coming into the Scottish/North England market will make it appeal to more local buyers.

[TDIvolvo]

Originally Posted by griston64

Do you have a price in mind ?

Why I created this post really, trying to work that out.

In honesty the owner should be the right one and maybe the money won't be exactly right but the the new owner is in which case I would take this into consideration.

I have 4 cars here, youngest being a 58 plate, oldest being a 1990 - they all need some care and attention, the Volvo is a daily driver, it was scheduled for a full suspension refresh this year (starting about now) and was going to see the front end subframe re-bushed and the ARB's done etc. I was going to give the rear end a good once over and change anything that will have undoubtable gone a bit soft with age and miles. This was going to be a 3-4 month project but it has all fallen through due to medium term access to my 2 post, having no time now - I have just spent the last 3 years building a garage and extension and now the garden needs a final push to complete the job so that is now priority with my limited time.

Tax is also the lower band than it should be due to being ex-police it is £275(sih) at todays prices. I think it should be about £450.

[TDIvolvo]

Originally Posted by stuart bowes

I think it's just become a bit of a running joke in that OP hasn't suggested a price so we're left to guess / make bids

I read it as a bit of light-hearted jesting tbh I dont think anyone's really being malicious or anything

a series of pictures and a starting price would be a really useful addition to this advert to be fair

This isn't an advert thought!

This is a post, aimed at other owners, past owners and potential owners of Mk 2 V70’s and in particular a T5.

I am asking to get a feel for what people think, is it ball park £1750 or maybe it is £2750 – that sort of thing, or maybe you all agree it should just go on eBay for £500 like the rest and I see what happens (although realistically at that money I would just store it ). The issue is £500-750 cars usually get bought by a plasterer or painted who just want a “van” to last a year – that I do not want to happen to her. I know for a fact if I was in a “normal” car position (i.e. didn’t seem to collect them) I would just get her into the garage, get her stripped and probably do a real number on her, sort of semi-restoration and then just drive her.

[TDIvolvo]

Originally Posted by XC90Mk1

It sure why people are coming on this thread to offer £1, £2 and £3? The question from the OP was very reasonable and if I were him/her I would have given up on this thread by now.

Volvo forum is better than this.

Thank you, I see you got the point of my post, but I get the banter, it is fine. I appreciate the silly bids for keeping the post at the top of the list.

[stuart bowes]

that's all totally understandable and I hope you get decent offers and someone takes it to look after it and enjoy it, I wasn't trying to get on your nerves or anything lol

but I still think some pictures would help people get a better idea of value with regards to condition and so on

it's worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it really so even it's not an advert as such you still have to drum up a bit of interest if you want to get a good price

[john.wigley]

I also took the offers of £1, £2, etc., in jocular vein, thinking that perhaps they were intended by the posters to encourage 'TDIvolvo' to name his asking price by the use of not-so-subtle humour.

But therein lies his dilemma; how much should he ask, what would be a reasonable price to pay?

I'm not in the market for this car, but, if I was, I could see it as a high mileage V70 needing a little work and make a cheeky bid of £1000. On the other hand, I might view it as a well sorted T5 and feel that £5000 would not be too much to spend on the car of my dreams.

Cars like 'TDIvolvo's are no longer 'in the book', so that option is no longer available to him. At this level, I personally would always buy any car on condition; colour, spec, trim, etc., all being secondary considerations. I might prefer leather, but if all of those so equipped that I view are either tatty or mechanically unsound, and an otherwise ideal car, but one having fabric trim, became available, I would not regard that as a deal breaker.

Whatever 'TDIvolvo' asks, there will be those who say that it is too much / too little. If he says £1000, he will very likely be under-selling his car and be fending off potential purchasers like there is no tomorrow. If he asks £5000, the car will, in all probability 'stick' and he will get people asking HOW much!

Neither knowing the car nor the owner, it is always hard to name a figure, but, as 'XC90Mk1' pointed out, 'TDIvolvo' asked a reasonable question, which merits a reasonable answer. I'm no expert, but as someone is going to have to stick their neck out if we are going to assist the OP, it might as well be me. In that spirit, if the car were mine, I would advertise it at £3000 ono and be prepared to 'shake' at between two and three - hopefully somewhere in the middle. I think that would be fair to both parties, but I doubt that all will agree!

Regards, John.