I am selling my volvo 850, i bought this simply as a stop gap between selling my old car and waiting to buy a van for a business I'm starting.
it has been completely reliable and never let me downhowever does have a couple of minor faults.
the bad bits are;
- firstly the main problem is the exhaust, it has snapped between the middle pipe and the silencer, so it basically has no silencer on it. i did try to fix this, and it worked better than i expected, however about 1 week later as expected it's failed and back to how it was. the difficult part is that it's right on the join, so its difficult to clamp down on it well, the rest of the exhaust is pretty good, so i think it could be welded easily enough. or alternatively just a new mid section, i believe you can one from ebay for about £110.
- there's a slow puncture on the o/s/rear tyre, it's slow and i just put air in every now and again, i was going to get this sorted, but never got around to it, there's actually a used tyre for sale in tamworth for £15 so you could get this sorted really cheap too. now fixed
now the rest of the advert + good bits. overall the body is really quite tidy, the bumpers do have scuffs around as you can see, but it's nothing much. and interior is also quite tidy, however driver's seats have couple of cigarette holes in.
Just recently (within last week) has had fresh oil (fully synthetic - not cheap) oil filter + air filter + battery + thermostat, its amazing how much of a difference a new thermostat makes, its a cheap and easy part to fit, but now the car gets up to temp in about 5 min, and sits there perfectly as it should, also has MOT until April. does not use any water or oil.
all warning lights come on and go off as they should - even ABS light which can be a problem on these, it's perfect on this one. i've replaced all wipers, headlight wiper motors still both work perfectly - again quite rare to see on these.
It has a WHITTER tow bar, which looks like a very tidy install, personally ive never needed or tested it, should think it all works though. has a full size spare wheel. electric windows all round, trip computer. This is the 5 cylinder, 10 valve engine (the most reliable in my opinion) with a 4 speed auto box that has 3 modes (economy/winter/sport)
ive replaced the aerial with a rubber anti vandal one, much better reception too, replaced the head unit with a nice kenwood aftermarket unit, really only because i need AUX in, but it's a nice quality item.
The car has 155k miles on, which is pretty low for one of these. also replaced the n/s headlight, and both number plates with new GB ones.
I'm looking for£500 for the car, which is just about what it owes me (not counting the many hours ive put into it myself) it's quite a good reliable motor for not much money, just really needs the exhaust sorting and would be a good daily. the MPG isnt great as you'd expect, however if you're really careful you can get about 30mpg city (being really careful) obviously you'll get more on a run.
I think i've gone over everything, but if there's anything just get in touch on here, i check pretty often, or call/text me on 07982 147 327.
If there's any extra pictures of anything you want, let me know, ill grab them.
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it has been completely reliable and never let me down
- firstly the main problem is the exhaust, it has snapped between the middle pipe and the silencer, so it basically has no silencer on it. i did try to fix this, and it worked better than i expected, however about 1 week later as expected it's failed and back to how it was. the difficult part is that it's right on the join, so its difficult to clamp down on it well, the rest of the exhaust is pretty good, so i think it could be welded easily enough. or alternatively just a new mid section, i believe you can one from ebay for about £110.
- there's a slow puncture on the o/s/rear tyre, it's slow and i just put air in every now and again, i was going to get this sorted, but never got around to it, there's actually a used tyre for sale in tamworth for £15 so you could get this sorted really cheap too.
now the rest of the advert + good bits. overall the body is really quite tidy, the bumpers do have scuffs around as you can see, but it's nothing much. and interior is also quite tidy, however driver's seats have couple of cigarette holes in.
Just recently (within last week) has had fresh oil (fully synthetic - not cheap) oil filter + air filter + battery + thermostat, its amazing how much of a difference a new thermostat makes, its a cheap and easy part to fit, but now the car gets up to temp in about 5 min, and sits there perfectly as it should, also has MOT until April. does not use any water or oil.
all warning lights come on and go off as they should - even ABS light which can be a problem on these, it's perfect on this one. i've replaced all wipers, headlight wiper motors still both work perfectly - again quite rare to see on these.
It has a WHITTER tow bar, which looks like a very tidy install, personally ive never needed or tested it, should think it all works though. has a full size spare wheel. electric windows all round, trip computer. This is the 5 cylinder, 10 valve engine (the most reliable in my opinion) with a 4 speed auto box that has 3 modes (economy/winter/sport)
ive replaced the aerial with a rubber anti vandal one, much better reception too, replaced the head unit with a nice kenwood aftermarket unit, really only because i need AUX in, but it's a nice quality item.
The car has 155k miles on, which is pretty low for one of these. also replaced the n/s headlight, and both number plates with new GB ones.
I'm looking for
I think i've gone over everything, but if there's anything just get in touch on here, i check pretty often, or call/text me on 07982 147 327.
If there's any extra pictures of anything you want, let me know, ill grab them.
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