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Post by bpg on Sept 16, 2021 15:04:45 GMT
My old S60 D5 passed its latest MOT on Monday. It's now on 260,603 miles. The V5 was last issued in 2019 the new owner not taking as much care as it has some advisories this year, tyres down near the limit, some product on the headlight and wear in the front suspension. That V70 will be Euro IV with the first installation of DPF, not as frugal as the earlier cars, not as dirty on the output. Check the gearbox out, and drop links for knocks. The rest should be pretty obvious if its a tarted up builders van or genuinely looked after car.
Edit: Cambelt is 108,000 miles or ten years. Tensioner and aux belt half that.
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Post by WDB on Sept 16, 2021 15:06:31 GMT
Having said all that, as you know, I've run several cars to 200,000 or so without major grief. There’s a world of difference between having a car from new and fixing every problem before it becomes serious, and taking on something on trust that someone else has done it. That overdue cam belt change is a case in point; what else do you suppose the previous owner skimped or delayed, reasoning that the car wasn’t used much? And that towbar is just horrid. Early 2000s Hondas were famously reliable, so I can I sort of understand that Accord fetching an absurd price for an ancient but still useful car. Volvos of that period are living on the reputation of their 1980s ancestors. Rather than making the previous owner’s excuses for him, I’d be looking for my own bargepole not to touch this with.
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Post by Alanović on Sept 16, 2021 15:09:19 GMT
Couldn't hurt you'd think. This is me we're talking about. I've even seen a Laguna I fancy. I haven't got the heart to post it on here. It's green.
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Post by Humph on Sept 16, 2021 15:11:48 GMT
Yeah, I'd maybe just pop outside for a few breaths of fresh air now. An auld Volvo is one thing, but an auld Renault... 😫
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Post by WDB on Sept 16, 2021 15:14:38 GMT
I confess I can’t follow your finance logic. It doesn’t matter how much you get for what; if you pay £4000 for a car — any car — that’s what you stand to lose, so choose something that’s likely to be worth more than its scrap value.
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Post by Humph on Sept 16, 2021 15:17:00 GMT
Aren't you just better keeping the Honda and the Nissan long term and getting a cheap learner car for't lad?
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Post by Alanović on Sept 16, 2021 15:18:03 GMT
OK. What better is there out there for £4k at the moment?
That's why I started this thread really, prices are way higher than they've ever been.
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Post by WDB on Sept 16, 2021 15:20:03 GMT
Why give up the Civic if it works for you? Missing the Russian-roulette thrill of turning the key in the old E?
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Post by Alanović on Sept 16, 2021 15:21:33 GMT
Aren't you just better keeping the Honda and the Nissan long term and getting a cheap learner car for't lad? It's an option, yes. But as I've said before I don't feel like I'm getting value out of the Honda - 5k miles in 2 years at £200 a month. And as I've got a reasonable bit of equity in it at the moment, I might be better off changing down, particularly as mileage would be minimal. I would of course be getting a cheap learner car too. I could do with releasing that £200 month in anticipation of large insurance bills for the boy when he's passed his test, and maintenance for an older car.
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Post by Humph on Sept 16, 2021 15:22:11 GMT
WDB is right y'know.
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Post by Alanović on Sept 16, 2021 15:23:03 GMT
Would you both be happy with a £200 a month bill for a car which moves so little?
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Post by Humph on Sept 16, 2021 15:24:05 GMT
Loose change down there isn't it?
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Post by Alanović on Sept 16, 2021 15:25:45 GMT
Not for me, no. You know I have two private school fees and a mortgage.
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Post by WDB on Sept 16, 2021 15:31:42 GMT
If we assume the Volvo is a £400 heap of scrap three years from now, it will have cost you £100 a month just to own it, even without any repairs. (The turbo killed mine, but gearboxes, clutches and DMFs can all go at this age and cost four digits to fix.) Even if nothing goes wrong, we all expect the market for diesels to collapse in a year or two, and the oldest and dirtiest will go first.
My CLS is probably costing me close to £200 a month to go almost nowhere. I like it enough to not really care, and when I do need it, it would be a proper ballache to find something as good to hire. It’s going to earn its keep on campus runs this autumn, and then we’ll decide whether an Enyaq makes more sense.
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Post by Humph on Sept 16, 2021 15:33:19 GMT
Talking of prices, I was speaking to a guy this morning who bought a brand new Discovery ( the proper one ) exactly a year ago. Sold it last week for more than he paid for it with 15,000 miles on it.
Doesn't need another car at the moment either as he has other vehicles he can use.
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