Possible Red S reg V70 2.5T , For Sale .. £1300 ono

[Goldmember]

Hi.
I am putting this ad up to see if there's any interest in someone buying my V70 2.5t . I know it isn't the best time to sell her but if I don't sell her now I'll definitely sell her in the beginning of the new year.

Ok here goes:

I bought " Saga " from a private seller , who is member on here , down in North Cambridgeshire at the end of July as I'd been wanting a turbo'd V70 for ages. The car was superbly clean and tidy.
Service history was 11 stamps in the book, and the timing belt was done at 83k miles. It's had a new fuel filter and had the ETM changed ( now a yellow labelled one) which is as u know a quite common failure.
Anyway the short version of the story is after I bought it and filled up with Gulf petrol local to the seller the CEL came on, but no other ill effects. However the further I drove the worse the car ran, misfiring, eventually I had to call it quits in Stafford. Recovered home to the south-side of Glasgow. My local indi sorted the problem of the misfire and git rid of the cr*p petrol.
As the weeks went on the CEL kept coming on but the car ran fine. So after checking all hoses I eventually decided to change the MAF with a replacement Bosch one and it seems to have solved it.
The air con wasnt working I had it regassed iand it works perfectly.
In the meantime ,after driving it for a few weeks I noticed the rear was very wallowy , so I replaced the rear shocks with Bilstein OE equivalent and new Springs from Partsforvolvo.
I also fitted 4 new Khumo Ecsta Sport tyres on the wheels, and got the alignment and geometry done at Macklin Motors, a Nissan and Ford dealership just up the road from me.
Although the oil looked okay and the previous owner said he'd changed it , I decided to do an oil change , using a new original Volvo filter and Shell Fully Synthetic Helix oil from Opie Oils. I also did 3 Automatic gearbox oil changes using Dextron 3 fluid and it is lovely and smooth changing gears now.
Silly stuff , but important to me , has also been done like new Bosch wipers and Osram Nightbreaker Unlimited bulbs fitted along with matching side light bulbs. Also the most important mod , the Prancing Moose stickers are proudly fitted!
The car runs lovely, smooth quiet. No knocks or bangs.
Had it MOT'd last month, it flew through, perfect emissions readings and no advisories.
The only reason I'm selling is that a chance to buy an R came along , which to me is the Holy Grail , and I just couldn't turn it down. I cannot really justify ( or afford for that matter! ) to keep both so Saga has to go.

I know my asking price is a tad high, but having spent loads ( about £700 ) on this car it doesn't want for anything .

Also I have a set of 16" T5 wheels with 4 brand new Avon ZX5 tyres fitted which cost me over £400 which I'll be putting up for sale ( or sell with the car on top of the asking price)

Pictures are coming up in the next post as for some reason Photobucket doesn't show any photos but the Mobile App does!

Any questions feel free to post or PM,
Cheers,
Steve

[Goldmember]

[Goldmember]

Saga wearing the T5 wheels:

[blackrevolver]

Smart looking car! I don't think your price is too high as you could buy one in worse condition for under a grand but chances are it would need a service, timing belt, new tyres and more so considering you have the timing belt done, new tyres and clearly look after the car then its a fair price IMO.

[Goldmember]

Thanks Blackrevolver. Yeh I'm fussy , and hate it when something doesn't work or needs fixed.

Steve

[OvlovS70]

Hello,
Looks smashing
Lucky you with the chance of an 'R' model. Go for it.
GLWTS
Cheers

[Goldmember]

I did! Bought this off Tc here ..


He's going to get the same treatment as Saga. Small jobs that need sorted and made " just right "

[Darth Vol]

nice cars both.

glws on the 2.5 price is fair. get some grade 600 sandpaper and use it to remove the rough fabric on the seats. i did that a week or two ago with my own T5 (its in storage since i bought it in london in august) and the alcantara fabric is like new. just be careful where it meets the leather.

really like the V70R! Best of luck with it!

[Goldmember]

Hi Darth Vol, thanks for that ..and that's a top tip! I'll definitely do that.
Yeh the R is great.. bit rough at the edges but I'll do what I can with my basic knowledge lol!

[Volvoxc70d5]

Hi just a few questions mate,if that's ok. Where are you based how many owners has it had,what mot and tax is on it, has the been any paint work done and is there any movement on the price? Cheers