Thanks for all the Help, but new car now bought

**TerryW** · Monday 9th March 2015, 21:22

Thought i would just thank everyone for all there help over the last 12 months of owning the S60R, unfortunately with the split liner i have now parked the car up and will get rid of her very soon. I have really enjoyed my time with the volvo, but being 10 years old albeit with only 75'000 on the clock, i don't think she can take the punishment and the heavy miles, and now I have a 2011 C250 Mercedes diesel, a bit boring but probably a more sensible choice in the long run. I need to pay off a little bit of finance on the Car and then it will be up for sale for i guess in and around £1500 mark sold with the issues as seen, which again is a shame when i have just put 12 months MOT on it and had angle gear done and driveshaft. Oh Well

**claymore** · Monday 9th March 2015, 21:27

Split liner isn't that much of a big deal any more.

**stribo** · Monday 9th March 2015, 21:36

Originally Posted by TerryW

Thought i would just thank everyone for all there help over the last 12 months of owning the S60R, unfortunately with the split liner i have now parked the car up and will get rid of her very soon. I have really enjoyed my time with the volvo, but being 10 years old albeit with only 75'000 on the clock, i don't think she can take the punishment and the heavy miles, and now I have a 2011 C250 Mercedes diesel, a bit boring but probably a more sensible choice in the long run. I need to pay off a little bit of finance on the Car and then it will be up for sale for i guess in and around £1500 mark sold with the issues as seen, which again is a shame when i have just put 12 months MOT on it and had angle gear done and driveshaft. Oh Well

Shame it's come to that, first dibs on it though.

**jamesy12345** · Tuesday 10th March 2015, 07:51

Terry it's worth more than that even needing a repair (which, as above, is not a massive cost)

You've got some nice parts on there, sat nav & phone plus the work you've done like angle gear?

http://www.vpcuk.org/forums/showthre...ht=#post700751

**mitchyboy01** · Tuesday 10th March 2015, 08:59

1500? Someone will get a bargain!

**MaxTS** · Tuesday 10th March 2015, 09:10

Seriously do not sell it for that little, it is worth way more than that and it is an easy fix for someone especially on this forum.

**LeeT5** · Tuesday 10th March 2015, 13:15

I agree with the above.

With a little spruce up and a clean (I've seen the car personally) it's worth MINIMUM £3000 all day long!!

Low mileage and FVSH, recent new driveshaft and Angle gear replaced too.

Your a mug if you let it go for £1500 mate....even with a split liner that can be fixed for £500. You shoulda got the car fixed by Tim then it would have been good for another 100k. Not sure how the conversation went with Tim but the last thing I thought you'd do is sell the car?

Who ever buys that R is going to be laughing all the way home at your expense....and I mean that nicely Terry.

Also, what makes you think that the Merc will cope with the high miles better? The only thing in its favour is no AWD woes and better MPG, but seriously, they're not as bad as ppl make out. For one, the Merc, being RWD will be crap in the snow/ice. Granted, we don't get much I agree, but even so, AWD gives you better confidence in the wet as well. Also, being Diesel, your gonna have EGR issues, common rail sensor issues, Diesel pump and god forbid the Injectors fail

etc and None of these are cheap to fix, especially when Mercedes Dealers rates are more than Volvo. The C250 is the same engine thats fitted in the Sprinters IIRC.

Anyway, GLWTS and I seriously wish you the best of luck mate

**Ettienne** · Tuesday 10th March 2015, 13:16

Mine cost £700 but I did full pcv and belts at same time.

**LeeT5** · Tuesday 10th March 2015, 13:19

Originally Posted by Ettienne

Mine cost £700 but I did full pcv and belts at same time.

Well that's very cheap then! The PCV system alone (if done properly) no change out of £300.

**LeeT5** · Tuesday 10th March 2015, 13:22

Terry....why not get the R fixed and keep her as a weekend car?? Seriously!!!!

You could maintain her meticulously and you won't pile on the miles. Then you'll have a proper car to drive at the weekend and use to come to 'meets'

**jamesy12345** · Tuesday 10th March 2015, 13:51

I paid 4k for a 2007 6-speed auto with a split liner, so a 3k for 2005 manual sounds about right

**Ettienne** · Tuesday 10th March 2015, 20:21

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Volvo-Ford...item3aa4dfe56a

**Ettienne** · Tuesday 10th March 2015, 20:22

Originally Posted by jamesy12345

I paid 4k for a 2007 6-speed auto with a split liner, so a 3k for 2005 manual sounds about right

I paid £2500 for the sonic v70r, people just throw them away when they split a liner

**TerryW** · Wednesday 11th March 2015, 05:22

I think in all honesty the conversation with Tim, didn't go so well Lee and kinda lead me to believe the spilt liner repair may not be such a robust repair especially when the conversation started to go down the lines of replacing the engine and putting in a second hand 2.4 engine or a replacement 2.5, so getting the Merc / or a diesel does makes sense it's pretty new with only 22k on clock and I will only have it for 3 years, but when I picked S60R from the garage I felt what an utter shame as I really do like this car, and actually with the split liner done, and I have an old quote for £600.00 for body repairs and respray to the bumper ect., with this work done the car will almost look showroom, in all honesty I am not going to get to repay the finance for at least 6M, I have VAT and Corporation Taxes to pay in 2 months, so I may just keep her, so maybe your not getting rid me that easily after all. LOL

**Ettienne** · Wednesday 11th March 2015, 06:40

Id definately keep it! I shimmed mine and it's been perfect since (I did shim it pretty well, must have) I know another person who shimmed his (Shem told me) has had it done for 50k miles, takes it to the Nurburgring every year running 350 bhp and been ok.

I going to see how mine goes, if it splits again I'll replace the engine but in the mean time I'm treating it to a few goodies, I've had more than £500 of use out of it already.