Just bought a tank :-)

coolpunkskater · 11 Mar 2008 at 18:35

Hi all some off you may know my little poor old AX got wacked and will probs be writen off so ive bought me a tank

ive got 3 litttle ones and the mrs and it kinda made me think the AX is not the best thing to have so ive now got this

or will do when i pick it up

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200207085796&_trksid=p2759.l1259

Yay am so happy always been after a volvo

[TW]Fox · 11 Mar 2008 at 18:36

I honestly can't believe it, we remind you that you can get Volvos for £200 these days and you... actually find a Volvo for £200

Nice one.

Although I have to say.. no MOT? Is that wise?

Howard · 11 Mar 2008 at 18:38

Those Volvos simply will.not.break. Good one :cool:

Jez · 11 Mar 2008 at 18:40

Its a non MOT'd automatic estate with a million bits to go wrong which hasnt been serviced in ages.

Good luck with it, this will either be a great buy or a total disaster, lets hope its the former!

Sone · 11 Mar 2008 at 18:41

nice, those 2.0s are a little slow but not too bad. Pre 1990 so no expensive cats to worry about.

[TW]Fox · 11 Mar 2008 at 18:42

Oh and AX writeoff.. all it needed was a new indicator and a cable tie.

Azagoth · 11 Mar 2008 at 18:42

I used to have a 244GL and I swear you could drive that thing off a mountain and it would just shrug it off and keep on going.

Firestar_3x · 11 Mar 2008 at 18:42

Brave move, hope it works out, sounds like someone had it up for MOT needed money spending so they sold it instead, should look ok with a good T-cut.

Good Luck!

coolpunkskater · 11 Mar 2008 at 18:43

Jez said:
Its a non MOT'd automatic estate with a million bits to go wrong which hasnt been serviced in ages.

Good luck with it, this will either be a great buy or a total disaster, lets hope its the former!

Yea i know lol but tax is worth £90 on its own and ive got a free mot with my new insureance company

fingers cross if its bad then its send the tax back to dvla get some money there and then put it on the bay

Firestar_3x · 11 Mar 2008 at 18:44

Remember to pre book the MOT and drive straight to the test station, otherwise that car shouldn't be driven on the road.

[TW]Fox · 11 Mar 2008 at 18:44

coolpunkskater said:
Yea i know lol but tax is worth £90 on its own and ive got a free mot with my new insureance company

Erm they might pay for a free MOT test but generally speaking the reason why cars are sold without MOT's is becuase they are broken and repairing them to get through the MOT will cost more than the car is worth...

coolpunkskater · 11 Mar 2008 at 18:44

Azagoth said:
I used to have a 244GL and I swear you could drive that thing off a mountain and it would just shrug it off and keep on going.

yea they will my dad had 3 240's ive cut my teeth on them so to speak so fixing it is not a problem

coolpunkskater · 11 Mar 2008 at 18:45

[TW]Fox;11276975 said:
Erm they might pay for a free MOT test but generally speaking the reason why cars are sold without MOT's is becuase they are broken and repairing them to get through the MOT will cost more than the car is worth...

i know (sold a few in this way my self)

but for £200 am taking a chance can always get £100 - £250 in local paper

DannyW · 11 Mar 2008 at 18:46

why not spend £400 on a mondeo with 12 months tax plenty around

coolpunkskater · 11 Mar 2008 at 18:47

DannyW said:
why not spend £400 on a mondeo with 12 months tax plenty around

cos i need a volvo est for when we go camping and i can add another 2 seats to it

[TW]Fox · 11 Mar 2008 at 18:47

Your motoring story is a bit

You have an AX which gets a dent in the wing. Although economically a writeoff, it's still roadworthy and requires only a replacement indicator and the bumper re-fixing to the car. Then it can be driven. Instead, you insist it's been taken from you and can't be used and...

.... you replace it with an automatic Volvo with no MOT and a broken petrol guage.

thecremeegg · 11 Mar 2008 at 18:52

coolpunkskater said:
cos i need a volvo est for when we go camping and i can add another 2 seats to it

You need one for camping? How does that work, thought you were buying out of necessity becaus your AX was "written off"......

coolpunkskater · 11 Mar 2008 at 18:52

[TW]Fox;11277009 said:
Your motoring story is a bit

You have an AX which gets a dent in the wing. Although economically a writeoff, it's still roadworthy and requires only a replacement indicator and the bumper re-fixing to the car. Then it can be driven. Instead, you insist it's been taken from you and can't be used and...

.... you replace it with an automatic Volvo with no MOT and a broken petrol guage.

going to keep the AX as my town run around it needs new wing as well bumpers ok

so ill buy it back and keep it

Volvo is for shiping kids around in

petrol guage. nothing major these cars dont realy go worng and run and run and run and very safe

like i said above if its not worth doing it up ebay or local paper to sell it off i can get some money back from tax disk so all is not lost

[TW]Fox · 11 Mar 2008 at 18:54

coolpunkskater said:
going to keep the AX as my town run around it needs new wing as well bumpers ok

Surely that will now mean you are going to be incurring the expenses of running two cars? This means 2 lots of insurance, 2 lots of tax?

petrol guage. nothing major these cars dont realy go worng and run and run and run

Which is why this one is offered with no MOT :confused:

coolpunkskater · 11 Mar 2008 at 18:54

thecremeegg said:
You need one for camping? How does that work, thought you were buying out of necessity becaus your AX was "written off"......

bit off both we're going camping this year and was going to just buy a volvo use it for a week then sell it back off

but now i need to fix my ax and now ive seen how they fold i thought i would buy and keep it