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

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

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

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

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

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

coolpunkskater · 11 Mar 2008 at 18:55

[TW]Fox;11277069 said:
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?

Which is why this one is offered with no MOT

yep but easy job and will source one later today

and will keep the AX off the road for the min and send tax back ill till fix

yes will be paying out a bit but if its too much then ill wait untill ive got a few years no claims built up

coolpunkskater · 11 Mar 2008 at 18:58

just had a thought could be a packed up sender

coolpunkskater · 11 Mar 2008 at 19:08

Dogbreath said:
Fox has echoed my sentiments exactly. I know what it's like to be utterly skint, but that just means you need to spend what little money you have wisely, and I'm not sure the Volvo fits into this category.

Still, I hope it all works out ok.

me too i've got a few mot so that helps if its the sender then thats about £10 gauge probs £15 then off couse any thing else lol

but ive been given a small loan to cover me while my insureance company sort things out so am hopfull all will be ok

coolpunkskater · 11 Mar 2008 at 19:12

EddScott said:
Don't worry it'll be fine

If not at least its only £200. I worried like mad after buying my Jeep off ebay and even now I'm waiting for it to do something beyond ecomical repair on me (like running out of petrol )

As for an AX folding, I was first to a scene where an AX had been hit by a SAAB. The steering wheel was touching the roof and the drivers face.

yea thats kinda whats put me off the AX ive seen some very nasty crash's and even at low speed they fold

but was a nice car and cheep to run

but fingers crossed ive not even seen the car in the flesh yet saw pic thought go on then and clicked buy it now

I've never done this before never and i've always told people beware of ebay cars but reading it i think they want a quick sale and it gone asap

and i want it asap

coolpunkskater · 11 Mar 2008 at 19:23

thats nice looking volvo

yea thats first thing on day i buy it is to have it booked in down here for mot as it wont fail on gauge will it ?

coolpunkskater · 11 Mar 2008 at 19:33

MikeHunt79 said:
That looks like quite a big boot... Do you reackon you could fit a box in that is 3ft x 3ft x 2.5ft? I may need something like this for some huge speakers I'm building...

thats got the back seats down but yes its about 4 foot by 6 foot

that box would fit in my AX btw

coolpunkskater · 11 Mar 2008 at 22:45

Arh now you never said how many you had lol

yes volvo boot is about 3 foot high maybe a bit more am going off memory (old man had 3 on the past)

as for roof rack got one seating in my mum and dads garden beeen there for many years and will not root its ally and goes the lenth of the car

coolpunkskater · 12 Mar 2008 at 12:18

Zuma said:
just to save you a bit of trouble with the fuel gauge.
the sender is integrated with the pickup pump in the tank. they wear out eventually, and you can't replace just the sender you need a whole new pump and sender unit which costs loads from volvo.
you can get one from a scrappy but chances are that will also be knackered, cos they all go bad after about 180k
it's possible to fix them yourself, but it's a bit of a faff. i just keep an eye on the trip meter, also my gauge works about 20% of the time, so i can get an idea of the fuel level every now and then.

if you want to know how to fix it look on this site.

http://www.brickboard.com/FAQ/700-900/FuelSystem.htm#940FuelSenderRepair

Nice one thanks m8ty

EDIT

how many miles do you get outta of £10 ? about 50 sound about right?

coolpunkskater · 12 Mar 2008 at 12:19

thepharcyde said:
Nice hope it passes mot first time. Seems a reasonable buy for only £200.

Me too lol

I can make my money back on it thou if it fails on loads off things so its all good

coolpunkskater · 12 Mar 2008 at 15:24

Zuma said:
just to save you a bit of trouble with the fuel gauge.
the sender is integrated with the pickup pump in the tank. they wear out eventually, and you can't replace just the sender you need a whole new pump and sender unit which costs loads from volvo.
you can get one from a scrappy but chances are that will also be knackered, cos they all go bad after about 180k
it's possible to fix them yourself, but it's a bit of a faff. i just keep an eye on the trip meter, also my gauge works about 20% of the time, so i can get an idea of the fuel level every now and then.

if you want to know how to fix it look on this site.

http://www.brickboard.com/FAQ/700-900/FuelSystem.htm#940FuelSenderRepair

Well just got too quotes for the bit

Volvo want £232
My local guy down the rd wants £117.50

All inc vat volvo cant get it untill next day my local parts man same day as long as i call before 1:30pm

But will put it thou a mot before buying one thou