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PBK WINS the £3-a-pop Volvo S40 Roffle!!


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Mornin' all,

 

I went to visit my Nan the other day as she had a fall, my Aunt was also there for the same reason - while there, she mentioned she's picking up a new car on Friday and wants to get rid of her current car. I don't know if there is any appetite for it here, but here goes:

 

Volvo S40 1.8 pez, manual.

Maroon in colour, under all the dirt. It'll clean up nice (by nice, I mean if you like faded maroon paint and like to squint or close your eyes and imagine something else - or it might respond to a mopping if you're a masochist), but I don't remember the last time it had a bucket of water thrown over it. It does have the odd small dent/scratch and with 3 missing wheeltrims and a missing plastic trim piece below the bumper.
The interior is cloth and also a bit dirty. 

Mechanically sound, gear lever feels a bit loose, probably worn linkages. Gears work fine though, goes into gear ok and stays there as expected. 

It's been very reliable and has never broken down - my aunt has owned it for about 16/17 years - I think she bought it 'nearly new' from Volvo which would make her 2nd owner.

I think I remember that the tyres have good tread although I cant remember if they're budget brands (I think they are).

Has been regularly serviced, mileage is under 100,000.

MOT until mid-august 2017. (no advisories, never seems to have had any nor any failures!)

Tax to get you home.

 

Car is in Wembley, NW London - Aunt would like £225 for it but I imagine she'll take an offer! 

++ UPDATE: This is now a £4  Â£3 a pop ROFFLE! OMGBARGAINBROWNOVLOV!!! +++

++UPDATE: purplebargeken is winner!! ++

I know there is a lot more detail I should provide so if there is any interest I'll find out the rest (mileage, service history etc).

 

Here are some (delightful) pics I took - I was in a rush so apologies for no interior pics or for appropriate framing etc. 

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Apologies for the crappy advert! Do let me know if I've done anything incorrectly or if you want more info. Pisstaking entirely welcome! 

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Would 'smellypoo' appear anywhere on the logbook?

 

S/V40s always had a bit of a wibbly gear change. It was probably like that from new.

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Sadly, 'smellypoo' would not be on the logbook anywhere! Although it'd be tempting to use that to describe the colour.

 

re: Gearchange - it's hard to describe accurately but I think it's a bit more wibbly than the wibblyness it would have had from new.

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I know this is a very inappropriate suggestion given it's kindly being offered for sale on on behalf of someone else, but I would take four £4 roffle tickets (a fully sold out roffle would achieve greater than £225)!

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Now that's an idea, I've never run a roffle before. I'll give my Aunt a call and see if she's up for it (I can't think why not but I can picture a face of bemusement that a: her car will be a roffle 'prize' and b:Autoshite exists and her nephew is involved!)

 

 - watch this space! :)

 

 

 

Update: WhatsApp message sent to my Aunt. She's not read it yet but when she does I'm awaiting a reply of 'WTF?!!' :D

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I saw this yesterday whilst sat in Wembley having a brew, thankfully my train was on time and I'm now safe 250 miles away at work, I have a strange addiction to cheap cars that I have no use for...

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yep, numbers 1-59, when all numbers are taken, you ask for the payments, then once all the payments are in (payments done via paypal gifts), the decider is the next National Lottery bonus ball.

 

I'll have a random, please.

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Ok. Roffle commences. If I'm doing something wrong, please let me know, this is my roffle-running cherry. I've popped the roffle-entry one already. I shamelessly stole the list of numbers from someone else's roffle to save on typing them in...

 

1  chatsharris
2  phil_lihp
3  rantingYoof
4  Supernaut
5  holbeck
6  Nyphur
7  barmatt
8  purplebargeken
9  Stephen01
10  gadgetgricey
11  Craig the Princess
12  chatsharris
13  cms206
14  The Moog
15  cms206
16  purplebargeken
17  purplebargeken
18  ifc63
19  BenHar
20  cms206
21  purplebargeken
22  chatsharris
23  purplebargeken
24  rantingYoof
25  AMC Rebel
26  Supernaut
27  UltraWomble
28  gadgetgricey
29  Nyphur
30  The Moog
31  AMC Rebel
32  purplebargeken
33  Craig the Princess
34  Cavcraft
35  rantingYoof
36  doobietoo
37  UltraWomble
38  chatsharris
39  purplebargeken.
40  purplebargeken.
41  chatsharris
42  BenHar
43  UltraWomble
44  gadgetgricey
45  chatsharris
46  barmatt
47  Bucketeer
48  rantingYoof
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50  rantingYoof
51  Cavcraft
52  The Moog
53  Supernaut
54  phil_lihp
55  chatsharris
56  barmatt
57  Bucketeer
58  rantingYoof
59  barefoot
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I know this is a very inappropriate suggestion given it's kindly being offered for sale on on behalf of someone else, but I would take four £4 roffle tickets (a fully sold out roffle would achieve greater than £225)!

 

Thanks for the suggestion, will be fun doing this! Certainly gave my aunt a giggle! Would you like 4 randoms or would you like to choose?

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yep, numbers 1-59, when all numbers are taken, you ask for the payments, then once all the payments are in (payments done via paypal gifts), the decider is the next National Lottery bonus ball.

 

I'll have a random, please.

 

Thanks Supernaut! You have number '4' :)

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Keeping the first list as the master and posting updates as we go along. 

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I'm more concerned that your aunt is responding to WhatsApp messages.  Aunts are getting younger...

 

She's my mum's older sister - my mum still doesn't have a 'smart'phone. Still, they're both much more tech savvy than my Dad, he's hopeless.

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I'm afraid £4 is £3.50 more than I would pay for a 60:1 chance of owning this

You haven't much...

 

*sunglasses*

 

...charisma about you, sir.

 

Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk

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