Avoid this 850

**Ettienne** · Wednesday 25th February 2015, 17:51

http://www.gumtree.com/p/volvo/volvo...850/1101277978

My friend had it 18months old and slammed into a central reservation at high speed, I posted pics on here a few years back.

**Timo.** · Wednesday 25th February 2015, 18:18

Find the carnage pics. £3k for a screwed 850r

**Ettienne** · Wednesday 25th February 2015, 18:41

Originally Posted by Timo.

Find the carnage pics. £3k for a screwed 850r

Will do, possibly a mod might be able to help?

Or I'll have to look around the house.

**AcidicDavey** · Wednesday 25th February 2015, 18:51

Well it was/is a cat D.

**Ettienne** · Wednesday 25th February 2015, 18:53

If you saw the pics that would surprise you, must have been borderline cat c

**T5frankie** · Wednesday 25th February 2015, 19:03

Originally Posted by Ettienne

If you saw the pics that would surprise you, must have been borderline cat c

dont confuse cat c's with being anymore worse than a cat d cos they aint, my citroen c6 was written off cat c but only had two dents in the roof and a few marks on it, its whatever the examiner decides to do

**AcidicDavey** · Wednesday 25th February 2015, 19:30

Well it's in relation to value and cost of repair.
When this was 18 months old it would have still been worth a few £££

**Ettienne** · Wednesday 25th February 2015, 19:43

I actually remember what happened now.

A414 from Wgc to hertford, in the rain driving fast, lost it hit a peugeot 405 estate with kids in (shortened the car to where they were sitting in the back) then hit the left Armco for a good 100yds.

Huw was nearly sent to prison for dangerous driving, ended up doing community service in a charity shop.

**martybelfastt5** · Wednesday 25th February 2015, 20:51

i linked this up in sales section

but i remember pics of it was pritty mangled!

**Ettienne** · Wednesday 25th February 2015, 20:55

Originally Posted by martybelfastt5

i linked this up in sales section

but i remember pics of it was pritty mangled!

I can't find the pic but was posted on here

**The Flying Banana** · Wednesday 25th February 2015, 21:35

you say that was 18 mths ago ..this guy has owned it for 30 mths.....?

**Ettienne** · Wednesday 25th February 2015, 21:42

Originally Posted by The Flying Banana

you say that was 18 mths ago ..this guy has owned it for 30 mths.....?

Accident was when the car was 18mnths old

**The Flying Banana** · Wednesday 25th February 2015, 21:49

ahhhh....gedditt now

**jamesy12345** · Wednesday 25th February 2015, 21:59

Originally Posted by The Flying Banana

ahhhh....gedditt now

I had to read Steve's post a couple of times - hard to imagine an 18 month old 850!!

**Ettienne** · Wednesday 25th February 2015, 22:12

Found pics, old and faded now and just quickly copied them onto my iphone

**hemihusky** · Wednesday 25th February 2015, 22:15

holy jeezus! bet that drives as stable as a ikea flatpack table! that is a bad one =(

**MRTREE** · Wednesday 25th February 2015, 22:45

In all fairness it didn't do to badly the passenger compartment stayed well intact

**MaxTS** · Wednesday 25th February 2015, 22:45

Good thing you know that Steve as you'd probably never know it by looking at it unless you really looked for crash damage. It's also funny how almost every modified T5 etc advertised ooutside of the form is "300 plus bhp".

**Ettienne** · Wednesday 25th February 2015, 22:51

I thought I'd point it out as someone could be mislead, the bonnet is very bent and the pics don't show the damage that well tbh. It looked much worse standing next to it.

I'd worry about if it was involved in another crash or rust coming through, poor repair etc

Definately hurts the value IMHO

**jamesy12345** · Wednesday 25th February 2015, 22:54

Originally Posted by MRTREE

In all fairness it didn't do to badly the passenger compartment stayed well intact

I bet that wouldn't be the opinion for the same accident/car nowadays - the high value of the car at the time will have made the loss adjusters under pressure to recover something