S60 DIM question

**merc85** · Tuesday 30th July 2013, 19:55

The s60 im driving will be up for sale soon and dirt cheap, let me know if your interested.

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109k and auto

**LiamT4** · Tuesday 30th July 2013, 19:58

Originally Posted by T5frankie

the gearbox's are the same i would have thought

Yeah, but less power going through.

Originally Posted by S70T5Chris

Plenty of the earlier D5's are straight auto, and not gaytronic. I don't believe they have any problems.

What about an S80? I know they're not as good looking, but they're not all that dissimilar, and you get a lot more for your money it seems.

I'v only had a look on autotrader at the minute, so i'll keep my eye out for one. The normal autos do seem to have less issues.
I'm a bit weary of the s80s as they seem to have a lot of electronic issues.

Originally Posted by merc85

The s60 im driving will be up for sale soon and dirt cheap, let me know if your interested.

needs to be auto mate.

**merc85** · Tuesday 30th July 2013, 20:00

it is buddy, no pressure or nowt im enjoying driving it, its my business partners car.

**p fandango** · Tuesday 30th July 2013, 20:04

my bro's repaired a couple of DIM's now if you do find one that has issues (for a small fee obviously lol)

**V70 Graham** · Tuesday 30th July 2013, 20:04

If it's got chrome rings round the rev counter and speedo it's been changed.

**LiamT4** · Tuesday 30th July 2013, 20:08

Originally Posted by p fandango

my bro's repaired a couple of DIM's now if you do find one that has issues (for a small fee obviously lol)

Cheers mate.

Originally Posted by merc85

it is buddy, no pressure or nowt im enjoying driving it, its my business partners car.

I'll be needing one pretty soon.

Originally Posted by V70 Graham

If it's got chrome rings round the rev counter and speedo it's been changed.

lol

**M-R-P** · Tuesday 30th July 2013, 20:57

For 19 quid, you can buy the chrome rings and it takes less than an hour to fit them.

Liam, the best advice I can offer is to go for a 2004 on V70/s60 or 2003 S80 the worst issues have been sorted and the s80 in particular can be had for peanuts. Ex plods are also worth a look but I would say that.

**LiamT4** · Tuesday 30th July 2013, 21:01

looking for something cheap at the moment, so don't think i can stretch to a 2004 model unfortunatly.

I'm really not bothered about having much power, just need to get a decent car pretty soon. I can look at getting a nice car next year after my insurance comes back up and i know how much i'll be paying.

**LiamT4** · Tuesday 30th July 2013, 21:02

Oh, ETM question, theres a way of telling if that has been replaced isn't there?

**V70 Graham** · Tuesday 30th July 2013, 21:04

Originally Posted by LiamT4

Oh, ETM question, theres a way of telling if that has been replaced isn't there?

If it's got chrome.......

your not catching me again !

**stribo** · Tuesday 30th July 2013, 21:06

Yellow sticker = Bosch = good
White sticker = Magnetti Marelli = bad.

**M-R-P** · Tuesday 30th July 2013, 21:08

If it's 2003 or later you don't have to worry about the etm mate but if there's a white label it'll fail and if there's a yellow label, it'll take longer to fail.

**M-R-P** · Tuesday 30th July 2013, 21:09

Originally Posted by stribo

Yellow sticker = Bosch = good
White sticker = Magnetti Marelli = bad.

Yellow sticker - fixed Marelli
white sticker - ticking time bomb.
Neither are Bosch - Bosch have silver labels.

**stribo** · Tuesday 30th July 2013, 21:11

Basically you want one that Ford fitted, then you know it'll be fine.

**M-R-P** · Tuesday 30th July 2013, 21:11

1700 quid will see you in a 2006 ex plod mate. www.expolicecars.co.uk

**stribo** · Tuesday 30th July 2013, 21:12

Link doesn't work.

**stribo** · Tuesday 30th July 2013, 21:13

Can you get ex-plod Volvos in auto?

**M-R-P** · Tuesday 30th July 2013, 21:13

Originally Posted by stribo

Basically you want one that Ford fitted, then you know it'll be fine.

After they realised they'd screwed up on the first attempt and frantically tried to put it right by bodging it until they were forced to do it properly for a change

**M-R-P** · Tuesday 30th July 2013, 21:15

Originally Posted by stribo

Link doesn't work.

www.expolicecar.co.uk

Originally Posted by stribo

Can you get ex-plod Volvos in auto?

Yes mate.

**stribo** · Tuesday 30th July 2013, 21:16

Originally Posted by M-R-P

After they realised they'd screwed up on the first attempt and frantically tried to put it right by bodging it until they were forced to do it properly for a change

But as you remember from before, Volvo sourced the original ETM's, Ford swooped in and fixed Volvo's ££££ up once it realised they were ££££e.