MattV70
Monday 4th April 2005, 18:01
Hi everyone
Just wondering if there was a way of finding out the age and history of a car, ie was it the first T-5R in the country?
I'll explain the background to the question then it might make a bit more sense.
My friend owns a yellow 850 T-5R which he bought last year from the Volvo garage where he used to work. The garage believes it to be the original Volvo press car and have photo's of it (or a car like it) on the Paris motor show stand (and others). The car was owned by Volvo for the first 5-6 years of it's life, and only did about 4k before it was sold (they carted it around on a transporter). The next chap that bought it put about 40k on it in the next 5 years, and then he px'd it for a new car last year.
My mate bought it from the dealer, but while they had it they lost a letter from Volvo stating that it was actually their official show car.
Basically aside from some photo's of a car on a show stand (which could be any Yellow T-5R), he has no proof that it's his car in the photo's. He has no reason to doubt the word of the dealer as he worked there before so he knows the salesman well. Is there any way (such as by checking his VIN number against an official registry) of proving that his car was the first (or one of the first) T-5R's in the country / europe?
He's considering selling it in a month or two so want's some solid proof to back his piccy's up!
FYI, it's a cracking car, especially for it's age!!! Everything's mint condition, with every extra that Volvo could throw at it, and it's still only got just over 50,000 miles on it!
Ta very much for any help
Matt (on behalf of my friend who is allergic to computers) :help:
Just wondering if there was a way of finding out the age and history of a car, ie was it the first T-5R in the country?
I'll explain the background to the question then it might make a bit more sense.
My friend owns a yellow 850 T-5R which he bought last year from the Volvo garage where he used to work. The garage believes it to be the original Volvo press car and have photo's of it (or a car like it) on the Paris motor show stand (and others). The car was owned by Volvo for the first 5-6 years of it's life, and only did about 4k before it was sold (they carted it around on a transporter). The next chap that bought it put about 40k on it in the next 5 years, and then he px'd it for a new car last year.
My mate bought it from the dealer, but while they had it they lost a letter from Volvo stating that it was actually their official show car.
Basically aside from some photo's of a car on a show stand (which could be any Yellow T-5R), he has no proof that it's his car in the photo's. He has no reason to doubt the word of the dealer as he worked there before so he knows the salesman well. Is there any way (such as by checking his VIN number against an official registry) of proving that his car was the first (or one of the first) T-5R's in the country / europe?
He's considering selling it in a month or two so want's some solid proof to back his piccy's up!
FYI, it's a cracking car, especially for it's age!!! Everything's mint condition, with every extra that Volvo could throw at it, and it's still only got just over 50,000 miles on it!
Ta very much for any help
Matt (on behalf of my friend who is allergic to computers) :help: