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960 2.5 Automatic for sale - North Wiltshire

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Old Mar 26th, 2021, 21:22   #11
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Yes, I’m a bit disappointed about the lack of response.
The colour is a smokey grey - not bright - with hints of lilac in it.
The vehicle was first registered to the dealer in Yeovil as a demonstrator, the basically 1 owner from 1996 to 2014, with me as the second real owner since then. The MOTs sadly show the annual mileage dropping until the last couple of years it was basically the Volvo dealer coming to take it for servicing.
The car has been used infrequently for significant journeys - there is still little to match it for a 500 mile round trip in a day, or popping over to Brussels for the weekend - so there is really very little engine wear.
But with various things happening in the last year I can’t see myself really using it - and so hoping someone from the club will take it to keep and cherish it.
Hope it goes to a good home
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Old Apr 5th, 2021, 12:52   #12
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Still available. Is it the price ? or does no-one want a 960 saloon ?
Make me an offer.
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I would be very interested in this if I hadn’t bought my diesel 940 at the end of last year. Have always wanted a 960 and love the saloons, and I’m only five minutes away from Yeovil where it grew up! I’ve seen quite a few of them going unsold on eBay etc over the last few months. A real shame as they’re a great car as you know.

It could be the price putting people off, I know in 740s and 940s the saloons are always a little less desirable than the estates, but yours is certainly appealing with the low mileage and tidiness being major factors.
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Still available. Is it the price ? or does no-one want a 960 saloon ?
Make me an offer.
That price is not unreasonable at all! I. Fact I would say it’s pretty low!

In my opinion (as you ask) I think you need to clean it inside and out, polish it and list:

- pictures of sides, rear and front. Are all the panels straight.
- list dates of service and miles.
- overview of how it drives and such like.

You spend a day on it, shove the price to £2,250 and it will sell for an offer in April. That’s a good car and desirable. But I don’t think your advert does a great deal for it.

I must say even I start to get tempted with it at 2k despite the fact it’s a saloon!
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Thanks for the advice - photos to follow:

Full Volvo Service History
First registered 12 Dec 1996 to Yeovil Motor Company
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Oct 1997 Purchased, believed as ex-demonstrator, minimal miles
Oct 1998 9949
Oct 1999 15781
Oct 2000 21334
Oct 2001 25848
Nov 2002 30002
Oct 2003 31161
Oct 2004 32706
Oct 2005 34462
Oct 2006 35811
2007 - not in file but Volvo dealer confirmed full Volvo service history
2008 - “ “
June 2009 39598
May 2010 40187
May 2011 40542
May 2012 40714
May 2013 40868


Purchased by myself 22 March 2014, 40882 miles
April 2014 - Timing belt changed, Johnsons’s Swindon
Sept 2014 - Volvo Service, Johnson’s Swindon, 42543 miles
August 2015 - Volvo Service, Johnson’s Swindon, 45858 miles
August 2016 - Volvo service, Johnson’s Swindon, 48991 miles
Jun 2017 - Volvo service, Johnson’s Swindon, 51971 miles
July 2018 - volvo Service, Johnson’s Swindon, 54836 miles
July 2019 - volvo service, Waylands Swindon, 57113 miles
2020 - Pandemic , negligible miles

Drives like new.
No hesitation or slip in Autobox.
All electrics work including seat motors.
No corrosion visible

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By the sounds of it, your car is worth 1.5-2k all day, OR, polish it, put it against a white background and hey presto, it becomes 'worth' 4k!!
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Some more photos of the exterior.
Not convinced about the advice about polishing :-) - I haven’t used half the photos I took as the surface is now so shiny the reflections of white lines and other cars look like blotches or lines on the paintwork.
But here you go ...
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Old Apr 12th, 2021, 13:10   #18
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What a lovely looking old car.
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Bonus points for original dealer plates and rear window sticker.

With that insanely low mileage and service history, it should reach £2.5k any day.

Good luck with the sale

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On eBay now : https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284278837130
Hope it goes to a good home
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