To sell or keep me V70R????

[volvokid]

I don’t know what to do here I’ve had my V70R for 5 years now (I think). I have never really got the benefit out of it. It has been my dream car since I was a kid, I never planed to sell the car but saying that I never planed to stop driving it I haven’t drove it on the road for over a year. Put it this way I enjoy cleaning and looking at it more than driving it, I have more fun in my dads S60R and his 850 T5 when it came to thrills, but posing in the V70 was always fun it would turn heads.
My future plan for the car was to get the rear bumper sorted out and put on twin exhausts or put the original bumper back on and keep it that way, but never in the plan was to drive it and that cant be rite. People tell me to sell it all the time I don’t drive it but I don’t look at the car in that way, it’s a big model car to me lol.

I have seen a car I like for 20K I still have £3700 left on my loan which finishes this time next year would you;

A – Sell the R
B – Buy the new car and keep the R and run 2 loans (if I got credit)
C – Buy the new car and keep the R and put the 2 loans together (if I got credit lol)
D – Sell the R and buy the new car
E – Don’t do anything

Don’t tell me what to do, imagine it was your decision and it was your choice.

[stevie69]

scrappage scheme???

[volvokid]

scrappage scheme???

Did think of that one stevie infact i priced it all up, I could get a top of the range C70 with everything under the sun in it for 30k if i scrapped my dads 850 (he was going to let me), but the payment over 5 years was just short of £600, if i got this thing 1 year old with lots of extras not sure if its everything think it is I would be paying round about £380 a month (thats with a quick search) plus i could maybe haggle on the price dont know yet then i could sell the R or traded it againts that car.

[Chad]

if you can afford it, go for it.......

if not, then keep the R and enjoy..........till you can afford it.

tough decision though, your choice at the end of the day..

[AndysR]

I had to make a decision similar to this a few years ago. I always wanted an 850 I at this time still owned my first car which I had now had for 9 years. I got that fond of the car I was worried about it getting damaged etc and enjoyment of the car wasn't as much about driving it but about looking at it and getting it up to a concourse level which I did.
But this is where the problem is, ultimately I wanted an 850 and I already had use of another car for my daily trips. Now the primary function of any car is to drive it. Take the primary function away and your left with as you say "a large model" and an expensive one at that. I bit the bullet and sold my first car to get the Volvo and at the time it was difficult and I spent the first few months after selling it wondering if I had made the right decision. Now nearly 2 years later I know it was the right decision that I made for my situation
So to answer your question my outcome would be to I sell my current car and buy a new one

Some say achieving your dreams would ulitmately be a disappointment, I say sod it you only live once

Hope that helps.

[siamblue]

Well i have the same car as you know, i wouldn't sell mine for the world now, it is definitely the best car i have owned and driven out of all of my Volvo's, if i were you i would keep it as you won't get much more for it than you owe on her tbh, then get a £500 T5 to blat around in and garage the R until next Spring, oh and it' not worth getting into debt for a car unless you are paying to mod it haha,

Gary

[jdavis]

if i were you i would keep it as you won't get much more for it than you owe on her tbh, then get a £500 T5 to blat around in and garage the R until next Spring, oh and it' not worth getting into debt for a car unless you are paying to mod it haha,

Gary

what that man ^ said

Surely you'd get more selling it private than the £2k you''d get through the scrappage scheme though?

[daveforber]

Pay the loan off and decide then. The last thing you want is to borrow more money on a (different) depreciating asset when you're still paying stuff off.

Been there, done that and it's honestly not worth it.

[cameron]

Yeah id go with what Gary said, garage her and buy a cheap run about

[sebasteeno]

Id sell it personally.

I was obsessed with Alfa 155s for three years (and owned six!)and thought no car could ever match it but after having a third child i then i bought a Saab 9-5 Aero then a people carrier to fit them in and both were ££££ by comparison. Then i bought my V70 expecting nothing and was amazed at how good they are. What im saying is we all have to move on at some point otherwise it just gets boring.

You just wont know unless you try.

[mike k]

not selling mine, too rare never get another one the same with under 110k on it. keep the r and buy a dodgy run about 106, punto, 155 or something like
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MissBounty cam

[volvokid]

There will be an update to this thread in 2 weeks or so mwahahaha

[AndysR]

There will be an update to this thread in 2 weeks or so mwahahaha

Tease!!

[t5d5 dan]

if you can afford it, go for it.......

if not, then keep the R and enjoy..........till you can afford it.

tough decision though, your choice at the end of the day..

What he said, it all boils down to what you can really afford and whether you need a change.

good luck with your decision

[MisterC1501]

Yo chappie

I think you need to answer the question as to WHY you have had your car off the road for over a year? Obviously, it is not used as your daily work horse.

I've done almost 80k in my car now.......car showing 157k, and have loved every single minute of every mile. I can appreciate that you want to keep the miles off your car, and to have that occasional warm sunday morning drive......but tbh, a car such as ours has to be driven........and frequently.

I had mine SORN for a couple of months a few years ago, and this created all sorts of problems. The car needs to be used to be kept in full working order.

What are you going to do if you replace the R? Will your new toy also be relegated to the garage and only taken out every blue moon??

Keep it, drive it. Don't use it, sell it........basically comes down to this.

[volvokid]

Yo chappie

I think you need to answer the question as to WHY you have had your car off the road for over a year? Obviously, it is not used as your daily work horse.

I've done almost 80k in my car now.......car showing 157k, and have loved every single minute of every mile. I can appreciate that you want to keep the miles off your car, and to have that occasional warm sunday morning drive......but tbh, a car such as ours has to be driven........and frequently.

I had mine SORN for a couple of months a few years ago, and this created all sorts of problems. The car needs to be used to be kept in full working order.

What are you going to do if you replace the R? Will your new toy also be relegated to the garage and only taken out every blue moon??

Keep it, drive it. Don't use it, sell it........basically comes down to this.

I guess I’m weird in that way about this car, I don’t think I will put it up for sale the car its self cost me nothing, I always wanted one I remember my dad taking a test drive of a brand new one when I was about 13 and it was brilliant. If I did sell it I would regret it straight away.
I’m just looking into proper storage for it now, it’s only in a tiny council garage and I need something with some power so I can keep it warm and dry. Have no idea though.

[roy chu]

Personally garage it, just from your small picture, it looks prestine, many layers of glaze. Find a run around and use her on the odd occaisions.

Alternatively if I found something that convincing to replace it then it would be different, but you have a peice of an elite club of owning a phase 1 V70R which looks that good. Probably one of the best examples as the volvoers do taje pride in there cars.

Roy

Roy

[volvokid]

Personally garage it, just from your small picture, it looks prestine, many layers of glaze. Find a run around and use her on the odd occaisions.

Alternatively if I found something that convincing to replace it then it would be different, but you have a peice of an elite club of owning a phase 1 V70R which looks that good. Probably one of the best examples as the volvoers do taje pride in there cars.

Roy

Roy

Yeah I have my V40 that I use all the time and next year when I put the C70 on the road I'll use that on good days. The C70 will be the first car I have owned that I'm going to insure myself so when I'm a bit older I might put the V70 on the policy if it doesn’t cost a small fortune. The C70 is in the high tax band so costs almost as much to tax as the insurance.

[abdul]

dont sell it nice car

[abdul]

is it auto or manual