We don't see a right lot of Volvos at work so when a P reg 850 estate came in for test I was obviously curious. It was a 2.5 10 valve auto with T5 alloys, reasonable spec (had half leather, a sunroof and front fogs !) In Turquoise metallic. Had a wander round it and the body was completely rust free and pretty straight (even the headlight wash wipe still worked !). At the end of the test it had failed on a track rod end, 1 tyre and the abs and tracs light were on (abs module resolder job ?) but nowt serious. The tester came back in from reception after giving the owner the news and said to me " he's going to scrap that if you want a word with him before he goes !", well I had to give him instructions to tie me down securely to the ramp in the corner till the bloke had gone !. (I'm sure the wife would have been thrilled if I had brought another one back !) FFS, who scraps a perfectly straight tidy motor for the sake of a track rod end and a tyre !
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