any info on the v70 2.5tdi (not d5)

[T5frankie]

well not been on it a while been busy trying to make some money ive decided the v70 tdi is the way to o looking for v70 tho not the 850 tdi misses drives it and she dont like the squareness of the 850s ive just taxed the xc (waste of money for state of roads) but im selling my beemer and with the goodies ive got in my garage i should be able to get a good lump to go buy 1 hopeing to go shopping with £1000 in my pocket is this realistic ??? i also wanna play with it abit too

thinking new exhaust cold air intake and a remap then onto cosmetics lol

may be able to get an old stinker for that just

[Brett855tdi]

Yeah i sold my 850 for over 900 with high miles and a few dents... dervs pull the money at the mo

[BIG DAN]

i dont mind something that needs abit of work but il have my xc too sell so i can use the money from that to sort/play with it

[Kingsford G]

Look for a bargain mate.There was a v70 tdi with 145k,nice looking car sold £1100 on ebay.

[BIG DAN]

dark blue 1? i saw that its now back on £1195 lol

[Brett855tdi]

theres a good deal if you prefer the 70, bet he wouldnt say no to a grand

[Kiwipatterson1981]

New to the forum but not to volvo and and the proud owner of a 2.5 tdi.

Here is my experience

I had previously owned a 2.4 petrol p2 xc and loved it but the 20mpg was just too much. Since selling that i have driven about in a 53 reg bmw 320d touring for 2 years. Basically i needed to free up some cash for house diy and all i can say is its been an blessing in disguise! Sold the 3 series for 4k and with 1500 quid went shopping for a nice v70.

To be honest i had read up lots on the 2.5tdi and had read only good stuff, only thing to worry about was timing due to poor belt changes as all the above have stated.

I found one locally for £1350 with 150k T reg. I have only owned the car for 2 weeks but im so happy! This car is so smooth for a diesel its just quite simply a fantastic engine for its age! In my opinion it sounds fantastic as-well (if a diesel can?) I already loved the classic v70 as my dad had owned one from new in the 90's.

Its quite simply the best 1350 quid i have spent. In terms of condition mine has 2 small car park dints on the drivers door, a worn steering wheel and some scuffs on the back bumper form loading... that's it! apart from that its in great nic. It is the SE spec so cruise control/wood/leather alcantara cd player. since owning i have done nothing much but give my leather a good clean and feed.

So i would think for 1000 you could pic up something nice, an extra few hundred quid would get you a tidy one in my experience.

Save the best till last...in my 100 mile drive home from Edinburgh to Castle Douglas my digi display read an ave of 60mpg! ok since then it has lowed to bang on 50 as i drive 10 miles to work on a country road each day.

Good luck with your search, you wont be disappointed.

[BIG DAN]

thanks ive decided im on the look for 1 but gonna try save up a few more pennys untill something nice turns up unless i see a cheap1 and can then throw some money at it ive still my volvo to sell so i could add that to the funds giving me 2 grand to play with but that leaves me without a car and im too fat and lazy too walk anywhere lol

[danny-R]

Nice 850 http://www4.autotrader.co.uk/classif...79nd?logcode=p

Cheaper V70 http://www4.autotrader.co.uk/classif...79nd?logcode=p

[MA'R'K]

if you wanna nice tdi mark may sell his

http://www.vpcuk.org/forums/dto_gara...vehicle&v=1780

I'm gonna slap this in here.....I've just spent a good 500 notes getting the car MOT'd and off sorn now has my mint refurbed comets on and will be putting on ebay in the near future .........that is, once I've got my R back on the road ((((((

[Ratchet]

Don't buy the tdi they are absolute carp, and nothing but trouble, and slow as hell - You'd be far better off with an LPG'd car *




* Only saying that to put you off :-), as I'm in the market for the same car with the same budget. My recently deceased tdi was the best car I've ever owned, and was also by far the cheapest to run. I ran mine on a 50/50 mix of diesel and used cooking oil, so I was getting the cost equivalent of around 70 to 75 mpg. Pick up a good one and you'll never regret it.

The wife ploughed into a tractor with my tdi, its a fairly rare colour (Tropical Green) so it looks like it might have to be scrapped for the want of a wing and bumper in the right colour. I've got my fingers crossed in the hope that I can pick up a cheap tdi with faults and swap my bits over before I have to weigh mine in :-(.

[Kiwipatterson1981]

Out of interest, if you see a wine colored one with 110k miles STAY WELL CLEAR! it was on gumtree when i was looking and i was all set to head down to view and purchase. There was some story about the number plate needing changed from a private plate and when i questioned this the guy went quiet. I then saw it back on gumtree with a different name and contact number! so if this is still doing the rounds on gumtree and eaby take note and stay clear.

I'm so happy with mine that the girlfriend is getting jealous! i was outside till 10 pm cleaning it and fixing small squeeks....how sad am i!

[Ratchet]

Out of interest, if you see a wine colored one with 110k miles STAY WELL CLEAR! it was on gumtree when i was looking and i was all set to head down to view and purchase. There was some story about the number plate needing changed from a private plate and when i questioned this the guy went quiet. I then saw it back on gumtree with a different name and contact number! so if this is still doing the rounds on gumtree and eaby take note and stay clear.

I'm so happy with mine that the girlfriend is getting jealous! i was outside till 10 pm cleaning it and fixing small squeeks....how sad am i!

Thanks for the heads up on the wine coloured car.

It's not only your girlfriend who is jealous........... I was watching your new car on gumtree and was hoping the price would be dropped as it was a little over my budget (I had to buy a 206 estate to run around in, hence the very tight budget). It looks like you've picked up a good un.

[Kiwipatterson1981]

Yea to be honest i jumped on it when i saw it. I was quite suspicious of that add for my car aswell, as the guy had only owned it for 1 month and was moving out of the country but when i got there it all turned out be be legit.

There's enough out there, i had watched one in the dark green colour that was based in dundee, this was on over Christmas and was very tidy with black leather and alu interior trim...i just couldn't get the bmw shifted in time. It was on for 1100 and was listed a few times so it must have went for 1000 or less! I was close to buying that and keeping it sitting untill the bmw sold but i just didnt have the cash to do so. Guy picked up my bmw on the sat and by Thursday i had this one.

Hope to keep it a good while. One thing i noticed was that there isnt much difference in price between say a 96 850tdi and a 99 v70tdi, literally 100-200 quid!





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[BIG DAN]

cheers for the heads up, why scrap it get in touch with lakes autos hes a volvo breakers near me i got a number if its parts you need he has hundreds of volvos lol why not get the parts and paint them ?

also i cant go lpg due to the tank being in the boot and i need 7 seats

[BIG DAN]

also MA'R'K i love that 850 does look sexy but its the dashes that put me off as they very square and look dated how much you looking for her ?

[danny-R]

also MA'R'K i love that 850 does look sexy but its the dashes that put me off as they very square and look dated how much you looking for her ?

I honestly think that is the nicest looking Non R 850's on the forum, mostly down to the wheels. I wouldn't let the dash put you off, they are retro cool and still have all the gadgets, if I were looking for a diesel that would be the one for me.

[Kiwipatterson1981]

That 850 is very very tidy!

i think the 850 interiors might beable to take ware better than some v70 ones. For example the curvey padded leather door cards on the v70 and often found to worn of saggy where as the 850's square style door card elbor rest section seem to look good even after almost 20 years.

Im also quite fond of the 850 bumpers with the black plastic top (very golf mk2 gti big bumper style)

[Kiwipatterson1981]

crickey just read that...my typing as pretty poor (sausage fingers) its been a long day!