Home for homeless Volvo 745 offered FOC

[mkent]

1. You have to be able to bring it round
2. I'll give you a lift to the nearest rail station.
3. I won;t weigh it in for scrap
4. I' fed up with my small german car
5. I'm serius

Marcelle xx

[Casheye]

.....What?

[irish boy]

That's actually a really good deal. I bring my pride and joy to you (at my own expense presumably, wouldn't expect anything less), in Bath, and sign over the registration book?

Then you give me a lift to the train station? You don't need to do that really with the deal I'm getting but if your offering.....

Then I'll buy my own ticket home. That is seriously some deal, can I take you up on it before someone else jumps in??? The only thing is my car has 55k miles and non standard alloys. I hope that is acceptable.




I'm serius btw xx

[baggy798]

All those poor homeless 740s.



Luckily, if you send me just £2 a month, I can help.

Your £2 a month will mean so much to some of the world's poorest Volvo 740s: Nutritious petrol to consume, access to reputable garages, a warm place to rest, and safe coolant to drink.

Please give what you can to help build them a more secure future.

[mkent]

Mwah! to you too irish boy xx

Try and think of it as rehoming a pet you can no longer keep, or have room for, I've seen it enough times on the forum here, some poor soul has to let go, but they understandably don't want to scrap their car, then you see some replies, "if you were closer" "I've already got too many" and so on...

Oh and baggy, I do like you're sense of humour.

I can collect within reason, Bath to West Wales

Marcelle

[irish boy]

Fair enough your taking a ribbing well.

Problem is any good ones are creeping up in value and one that is 'worthless' enough to give away is going to cost you a packet to get it to the point of reliable transportation.

I could be wrong tho....maybe someone has one out there that genuinely wants to see it go to a good home rather than endless time wasters to try get £500 for it. I would at least up your offer to free collection.

[john.wigley]

Oh dear, 'Marcelle', you do appear to have ruffled some feathers. Perhaps your post was not couched in such a way as to endear your cause to forum members?

A year ago, when my 745 failed it's MOT, I would have been pleased to make a gift of it to you, even though it would mean foregoing the £30 offered by the local breaker.

But, I have to say that I would have expected you to collect it and undertake the necessary repairs at your expense. I think that would have only been fair, don't you?

As it was, a member of this forum purchased the car for rather more than the sum offered by the breaker, and arranged for it's collection the following day at his expense. I also have the satisfaction of knowing that my car's demise enabled others to remain on the road.

I offer that as an example of how this forum works. I do not think that you will have much success with your original request, unless you are prepared to meet the donor half way.

John.

[Joe of Loath]

I cycle past this on my way to work sometimes. Laid up for six years, should be able to get it for beer money

https://www.instagram.com/p/BGpYxnhKs2z/

[mkent]

Originally Posted by mkent

I can collect within reason, Bath to West Wales

Marcelle

Oooops didn't make it clear enough.

Thinking back a couple of years ago my local kerbside mechanic drove a 740 estate, he got rid of it due to the expense of keeping it in fuel, used to do huge mileages daily, i had an 850 at the time so it was no interest to me, thing is he had to drive it in for breaking, no one wanted it even for free.

I should have made it clearer in my first post, yes I can collect if it's legal n running, could offer scrap value perhaps just to reasure I'm not a scrapman/gurl.
The couple of bottles of red hadn't helped last night when I posted... hic.

Marcelle

[clocks2003]

Well I like your sense of humour! 'Fraid I don't have one to offer, but good luck...