2012 C30 D3 R Design

[domhart10]

yeh selling cars is pretty tough, my last 3 cars ive just drove to the showroom with my old one and out with another one. I know I lose quite a bit on them but such is life and cant worry too much about it, as I cant stand selling private anymore.

anyway yeh +1 on sacha, you would get more interest if the interior was brought back to standard ... but that is a really nice tidy looking C30

[scoobysn7x]

Looking like the car may be going at the weekend, have someone travelling from down Sooooouuuuth to look at it, 4hour trip for him on the train, so looks like it's time to start looking for a replacement, sadly due to the lack of decent T5's about I think it may be a none volvo replacement :-( .

[domhart10]

that's good news

Yeh didn't really believe it but after looking on Auto Trader it does seem pretty difficult to find T5's. I think this was the only C70 T5 on auto trader and that was at the 200 mile mark

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classif...to=5000&page=1

[scoobysn7x]

I manage to find a couple local (ish), one was even a manual but was a total shed, there was a one that looked amazing on autotrader and it was awful honestly think the dealer photographed a different car. Travelled 40 miles to see it and it drove awful, auto box didnt want to kick down, juddering under accelaration, worse juddering when trying to kick down, brake non existent worst car I've ever driven!.

So the shortlist is now down to the following

Civic Type R
Golf GTi
Octavia VRS
Focus ST
Saab 9-3 Aero

I've found what look like very good examples of the Type R, GTi, and Aero so going to see them on saturday, the VRS is basically a GTi and I'd prefer the gold over the Octavia.

I'm struggling to find a decent ST, that not been messed with, less than 100K, and a decent price, I can't help feel that it's a cheap mans T5, and I won't like it as a result, and the ST will give the worst MPG.

I can't pick between the Type R, GTi, and aero, I've driven them all before and the GTi impressed me the most but I've always fancied a type R. So figure test good examples of each, and get the one I like the best.

[scoobysn7x]

Well the C30 is sold went yesterday and picked the new car up last night, looked at a few cars last week, and had a really good think, I realised that as much as I'd like to get a petrol turbo, I'm so used to getting 40+mpg, the cheap road tax, and the cheaper insurance that realistically paying all this extra to ended up with an older car was just not a good option. It also made me realise (after trying other cars) that I really wanted to stay with a volvo.

After I had come to this realisation I was really tempted to keep the C30, but in reality I was getting such a good price off the buyer, if I didn't sell I would have regretted it.

So with that in mind I changed the focus at the weekend and looked for something just a little more pratical, with a bit more space. I went to look at 3 cars a S40, a S80 2.5t auto, and a V60 D4. S40 was a shed, S80 was decent but just didn't feel right (bit old mans style car), and had a cream interior that was just a bit manky, also the car tax was extortionate. So I went to see the V60 it was way over my budget, highish miles, and no confirmation of timing belt.

Well saw it loved it, it's highish mile but drove like new, timing belt sticker on the engine, and corresponding stamp in the service book, couple of little niggles (chip in the windscreen, alloys curbed, front bumper stone chipped), but had amazing service history, including £400 main dealer service last month. So I had to get it, seller came right down on the price, so I ended up paying less than I was happy to. So all in all a very good weekends work.

I've ended up with a newer car for not much more money at all, and I've covered a lot of this cost by selling the spare parts/accessories of the C30

[domhart10]

nice result and still with a Volvo