Broken Volvo V70 - fixed! It lives again!

[Gruber]

  On 04/09/2024 at 14:18, SmokinWaffle said:

This is the best way of viewing it. If you scrap this for £300, buy a replacement for £1600, you've got a decent car but of unknown quantity for £1300. Might need a cambelt / service and so on - lots of potential for financial outlay. 

So that's £1300 spent (roughly) - not taking into account the money lost on the volvo given its recent cambelt. If we take that into account - its a £1700 decision. 

If you spend (at a guess) £1500 getting this fixed and MOT'd - you have a car of a known quantity that you know suits your needs and you love - with a fresh cambelt and clutch.

At a total cost of £1500. 

If you look at it this way you're only spending £200 (or saving £200 depending on how you view it) to get this fixed - and getting a car that suits you perfectly and will likely outlive anything else you can buy for the same price. 

I'd say invest in it and enjoy the security for the next few years! 

 

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Update.

With thanks to @SmokinWaffle for this helpful perspective...  the old girl is booked in for a new clutch in a fortnight.  The garage will give it a once over with MoT in mind before they start work, to try to guard against any further nasty and expensive surprises.

There is hope for it yet!  

[Ohdearme]

  On 05/09/2024 at 12:15, Gruber said:

Update.

With thanks to @SmokinWaffle for this helpful perspective...  the old girl is booked in for a new clutch in a fortnight.  The garage will give it a once over with MoT in mind before they start work, to try to guard against any further nasty and expensive surprises.

There is hope for it yet!  

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Better the devil you know than some random snotter off fleabay.

 

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Well done. I think thats a very wise call. 10/10

[philibusmo]

While this was a very wise decision, this isn't the Autoshite I grew to love as you didn't end up trying to fix the Volvo yourself in a leaky barn on a ramp made of wood worm riddled pallets and buy a temporary Laguna II that would break immediately followed by a Ledbury Maestro that had been painted with a potato stamp.

[Gruber]

  On 05/09/2024 at 12:56, philibusmo said:

While this was a very wise decision, this isn't the Autoshite I grew to love as you didn't end up trying to fix the Volvo yourself in a leaky barn on a ramp made of wood worm riddled pallets and buy a temporary Laguna II that would break immediately followed by a Ledbury Maestro that had been painted with a potato stamp.

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With apologies.  Must try harder.

[artdjones]

A Volvo V 70 isn't the car to buy if a £1200 bill is a disaster. They were up market cars when new, and always have the potential to throw up up market priced bills.

[Shirley Knott]

  On 05/09/2024 at 12:15, Gruber said:

Update.

With thanks to @SmokinWaffle for this helpful perspective...  the old girl is booked in for a new clutch in a fortnight.  The garage will give it a once over with MoT in mind before they start work, to try to guard against any further nasty and expensive surprises.

There is hope for it yet!  

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This was DEFINITELY the right choice.

I bought mine, also a 2 4 NA,  just before covid hit (With a pre covid price of £350 at the time incredibly). Honestly, it's the best car I've ever had and I've spent three times the the purchase price bringing it up to a decent standard.

They're great to work on, timing belt's a two hour diy job even with a Sunday hangover, and the combination of fairly luxurious family transport whilst also doubling up as a van when needed is pretty hard to beat.

Do you know if it was on the original clutch @Gruber? Mines on 102k and I can't help wondering how long g it has left!

[Vantman]

  On 05/09/2024 at 12:15, Gruber said:

Update.

With thanks to @SmokinWaffle for this helpful perspective...  the old girl is booked in for a new clutch in a fortnight.  The garage will give it a once over with MoT in mind before they start work, to try to guard against any further nasty and expensive surprises.

There is hope for it yet!  

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@GruberI have a set of new rear discs,pads and handbrake shoes for a P2 V70 if you should need them!

[Gruber]

  On 11/09/2024 at 20:30, Vantman said:

@GruberI have a set of new rear discs,pads and handbrake shoes for a P2 V70 if you should need them!

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Ooooh!  Interested!  How much?  And where are you?

[Gruber]

  On 11/09/2024 at 20:14, Shirley Knott said:

This was DEFINITELY the right choice.

I bought mine, also a 2 4 NA,  just before covid hit (With a pre covid price of £350 at the time incredibly). Honestly, it's the best car I've ever had and I've spent three times the the purchase price bringing it up to a decent standard.

They're great to work on, timing belt's a two hour diy job even with a Sunday hangover, and the combination of fairly luxurious family transport whilst also doubling up as a van when needed is pretty hard to beat.

Do you know if it was on the original clutch @Gruber? Mines on 102k and I can't help wondering how long g it has left!

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That looks lovely!

Mine has a fully stamped service book but very little paperwork.  So there's no evidence of a previous clutch, but...  who knows?  Mine is on 175k miles or thereabouts.

I'm missing the old girl.  She's sitting round the corner waiting for her appointment.

[Vantman]

  On 11/09/2024 at 21:19, Gruber said:

Ooooh!  Interested!  How much?  And where are you?

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@Gruber  You have a PM.

[Gruber]

So...  the garage just called.  The clutch and slave is done.  And it has a shiny new advisory-free MoT.  It needed a new shock and they heartily recommended two new rear tyres - passable but, it seems, marginal.

 The bill feels rather hefty.  But shit happens.

[comfortablynumb]

Hadn't you better change the thread title now @Gruber? Ready for the next 100k miles? 👍

[Gruber]

  On 17/09/2024 at 17:04, comfortablynumb said:

Hadn't you better change the thread title now @Gruber? Ready for the next 100k miles? 👍

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Fair! 

[Gruber]

In fact, is it possible to move this thread out of 'Shite for Sale' and into somewhere... well... less for saley?  

Of course, if anyone wants to offer me £2000 for an aesthetically challenged V70 with new cambelt, nearly new steering rack, new clutch and an advisory free 12.5 month MoT, I'm all ears!   😁

Never say never.

[NorthernMonkey]

  On 17/09/2024 at 17:54, Gruber said:

In fact, is it possible to move this thread out of 'Shite for Sale' and into somewhere... well... less for saley?  

Of course, if anyone wants to offer me £2000 for an aesthetically challenged V70 with new cambelt, nearly new steering rack, new clutch and an advisory free 12.5 month MoT, I'm all ears!   😁

Never say never.

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Done!