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Friday 26th May 2006, 10:16
Flew down to Luton from Glasgow yesterday morning and then several trains journey's later im in Hounslow and bought myself a cracking black C70 T5 GT with the ME7 engine, grey leather interior and manual transmission, she also has the "optional" extra ultra low suspension, its also got the Pro Logic sound system, sunroof, its an S reg with 74k on the clock and has FVSH (although it now needs its 80k service) with tons of paperwork aswell .. and the brakes have all been done in the last 6 months ... its even got the cool C70 mats still in it lol :)
It had the heater matrix done by Volvo last year and he has just put new tyre's on it aswell ....
It needs the 80k service now as its service light just came on last week so the seller says he would get it done or leave it for me and knock £300 off the asking price so im getting it book in next week, the ETM is going to need done eventually but its not bad at the moment but he did take some money off the asking price for that aswell which was great, on my checkover on it i did notice the top engine mount rubber has came away so thats gonna need renewed but that was the only fault i could pick up on it,
The sound system is just awesome ... listening to Frankie Goes To Hollywoods song "Relax" is just cracking, its like hearing the song for the 1st time all over again lol :) .... the system seems to highlight bits of music and then just attacks your ears with the "wall of sound" ....... fantastic :)
The 404 mile drive back home was excellent, there is no wind noise from the sunroof or door frames and the electric seats are great, sometimes i had to turn the stereo off just to appriciate how quite the car really is .... croozing at 80-90 is a pleasure ... and its does'nt drink as much petrol as i thought it would have which is a bonus, a full tank got me to my house with still some to spare :)
However you can tell its got huge tyre's as she tramlines very easily and although quick i found myself having to put the accelarator right to the floor to get it to go quick ...... is this normal ?????????? (on my 21 turbo you just blip the pedal and you're gone) ... compared to my 21 turbo it deliver's the power in a completly different way, the 21 is pretty brutal and its 13.2psi of boost kicking in at 2500rpm really does force you back in your seat along with its 200lb of torque @3000rpm you really have to wrestle that famous torque steer but with the Volvo im not getting a single hint of torque steer or forced back into the seat but it still shifts, but i really only know its shifting by looking at the speedo .... if you know what i mean ...... and you can tell you're driving a long distance cruiser when it comes to bends, but i did'nt buy it for its cornering ability so thats not an issue .... and i find that on pressing the brake for the 1st few inches nothing really happens but keep going and then they start to bite and do stop the car well after that point has been found .....
When the weather gets better im gonna be giving it a damn good waxing and the leather done all with Autoglyms finest's ....
What i do miss though is a boost gauge so im gonna be looking into getting one installed as i like to know whats going on in that department ...
When the deal was done the seller nearly had tears in his eye's as he really did not want to sell it but personal issue's where forcing him too .... he was the 2nd owner and had it since 2001.
I'll get picture's up shortly, but the girlfriend has took it to work already lol :)
Thanks to the forum and people that gave advice to me when i was thinking about buying the car ..... priceless ... many thanks ;)
It had the heater matrix done by Volvo last year and he has just put new tyre's on it aswell ....
It needs the 80k service now as its service light just came on last week so the seller says he would get it done or leave it for me and knock £300 off the asking price so im getting it book in next week, the ETM is going to need done eventually but its not bad at the moment but he did take some money off the asking price for that aswell which was great, on my checkover on it i did notice the top engine mount rubber has came away so thats gonna need renewed but that was the only fault i could pick up on it,
The sound system is just awesome ... listening to Frankie Goes To Hollywoods song "Relax" is just cracking, its like hearing the song for the 1st time all over again lol :) .... the system seems to highlight bits of music and then just attacks your ears with the "wall of sound" ....... fantastic :)
The 404 mile drive back home was excellent, there is no wind noise from the sunroof or door frames and the electric seats are great, sometimes i had to turn the stereo off just to appriciate how quite the car really is .... croozing at 80-90 is a pleasure ... and its does'nt drink as much petrol as i thought it would have which is a bonus, a full tank got me to my house with still some to spare :)
However you can tell its got huge tyre's as she tramlines very easily and although quick i found myself having to put the accelarator right to the floor to get it to go quick ...... is this normal ?????????? (on my 21 turbo you just blip the pedal and you're gone) ... compared to my 21 turbo it deliver's the power in a completly different way, the 21 is pretty brutal and its 13.2psi of boost kicking in at 2500rpm really does force you back in your seat along with its 200lb of torque @3000rpm you really have to wrestle that famous torque steer but with the Volvo im not getting a single hint of torque steer or forced back into the seat but it still shifts, but i really only know its shifting by looking at the speedo .... if you know what i mean ...... and you can tell you're driving a long distance cruiser when it comes to bends, but i did'nt buy it for its cornering ability so thats not an issue .... and i find that on pressing the brake for the 1st few inches nothing really happens but keep going and then they start to bite and do stop the car well after that point has been found .....
When the weather gets better im gonna be giving it a damn good waxing and the leather done all with Autoglyms finest's ....
What i do miss though is a boost gauge so im gonna be looking into getting one installed as i like to know whats going on in that department ...
When the deal was done the seller nearly had tears in his eye's as he really did not want to sell it but personal issue's where forcing him too .... he was the 2nd owner and had it since 2001.
I'll get picture's up shortly, but the girlfriend has took it to work already lol :)
Thanks to the forum and people that gave advice to me when i was thinking about buying the car ..... priceless ... many thanks ;)