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Old Sep 9th, 2021, 14:11   #941
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Just spotted this enigma. Been off the road 10 years odd.

Not the saloon, the estate. I should not be allowed to use an iPad!:confused
https://www.exchangeandmart.co.uk/ad/25346316

Not this one then? Only one Volvo 240 listed allegedly?
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Not this one then? Only one Volvo 240 listed allegedly?
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Old Sep 9th, 2021, 14:24   #943
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Don't mock the afflicted,
I wasn't - i was trying to help by adding the link then noticed you'd added that it was an estate which i couldn't find?

*** EDIT *** Just found the second image you added, that would be this one then?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/274939918387

F636XOB VOLVO 240

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Colour Red
Fuel type Petrol
Date registered 22 August 1988
MOT valid until 28 June 2022

Get an MOT reminderwhen the vehicle's MOT is near its time for renewal. (Opens in a new Window) by email or text.
If you think the MOT expiry date or any of the vehicle details are wrong, contact DVSA.

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Date tested 29 June 2021
Pass
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Mileage 205,907 miles
MOT test number 1980 5188 7355
Test location
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Expiry date 28 June 2022
Repair as soon as possible (minor defects):

Nearside Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view crack along bottom of screen (3.2 (a) (i))

Monitor and repair if necessary (advisories):

Nearside Rear Outer Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive sill end (5.3.6 (a) (i))
Offside Rear Outer Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive sill end (5.3.6 (a) (i))
Offside floor to sill corroded outside prescribed areas
Nearside Front Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (1.1.14 (a) (ii))
Offside Front Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (1.1.14 (a) (ii))
Nearside Rear Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (1.1.14 (a) (ii))
Offside Rear Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (1.1.14 (a) (ii))

What are advisories?
Date tested 24 June 2021
Fail
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Mileage 205,905 miles
MOT test number 4552 0495 2767
Test location
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Repair immediately (major defects):

Rear Tyre(s) with different aspect ratios are fitted on the same axle. (5.2.3 (b))
Offside Front Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))

Monitor and repair if necessary (advisories):

Nearside Rear Outer Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive sill end (5.3.6 (a) (i))
Offside Rear Outer Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive sill end (5.3.6 (a) (i))
Offside floor to sill corroded outside prescribed areas
Nearside Front Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (1.1.14 (a) (ii))
Offside Front Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (1.1.14 (a) (ii))
Nearside Rear Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (1.1.14 (a) (ii))
Offside Rear Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (1.1.14 (a) (ii))

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The MOT test changed on 20 May 2018

Defects are now categorised according to their severity – dangerous, major, and minor. Find out more
Date tested 20 May 2010
Pass
Mileage 205,898 miles
MOT test number 3121 2094 0156
Test location
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Expiry date 19 May 2011
Date tested 20 May 2010
Fail
Mileage 205,898 miles
MOT test number 2340 4054 0420
Test location
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Reason(s) for failure

Offside Headlamp aim too high (1.8)

What are failures?
Date tested 14 November 2007
Pass
Mileage 205,894 miles
MOT test number 6745 7881 7382
Test location
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Expiry date 13 November 2008
Date tested 14 November 2007
Fail
Mileage 205,894 miles
MOT test number 8418 4831 7336
Test location
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Reason(s) for failure

Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content excessive (7.3.B.1a)

What are failures?
Date tested 10 November 2006
Pass
Mileage 203,557 miles
MOT test number 6307 1481 6345
Test location
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Expiry date 9 November 2007
Date tested 10 November 2006
Fail
Mileage 203,557 miles
MOT test number 1213 2431 6335
Test location
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Reason(s) for failure

Offside Front Front position lamp(s) not working (1.1.A.3b)
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working (1.2.1b)
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working (1.2.1b)
Offside Front Side repeater not working (1.4.A.2c)


Seems to have had a chequered MoT history but done every year it seems. That said very low mileage between MoTs, almost as if the owner phoned the garage, asked them to pick it up and MoT it and return it.
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There's nowt between 2010 to 2021, odd!

Says owned from new but log book issued in 2011, house move?
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I suppose prices for 24X cars are a bit irrelevant to me in that I can't really see myself parting with it until either it becomes illegal as a petrol car, or I become too infirm to drive. I suppose if prices did go up a bit I'd be smug in that I bought in when they were still relatively cheap. I quite like it that 24X cars (rough ones) can still be had for £600 - that means the supply of cars and spares is not too tight.

Talking of 14X car prices, I just saw this one:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1973-Volv...UAAOSw2lxfjtvV

£4,000 sounds a lot to me for a complete rot box (just look at those sills), unregistered LHD import, but I suppose if someone spent £15,000 on it then it would be a really interesting car - worth £20,000 though? I don't know.


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I'm pretty sure the 14X I was referring to in the above was the same motor car as this one, currently on sale at eBay:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144186035....c101198.m1985

... I recall it was quite a rare car (145 Express), but a LHD rot-box. I suppose it must have been sitting somewhere since November last years and the rotten sills and floor will not have fixed themselves. The price has dropped to £3,500 though.

Ho hum.
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Just spotted this enigma. Been off the road 10 years odd.

Not the saloon, the estate. I should not be allowed to use an iPad!:confused
I'd have thought £3,500 was quite expensive for the red estate car.

This one failed to get any bids (opening price was £3,200) - it is a 1990 GL saloon with 220,000 miles:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/124876972...53.m1438.l2649

... the red estate car is a GLT and has a LPG conversion (good or bad?) - but has a chequered history. I would have thought £2,500 to £3,000 was about right.

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PS. I was amused by two things in the red estate car's advertisement:

a. The seller's claim that 'it’s only a few years before it Tax exempt' - actually it will be 8 years (April 2029 as long as the rules don't change). I'd say that 8 is a bit more than a few.

b. That someone might consider it a sporting estate car by today's standards: 'An Estate Car that can do 0-60 in 9.1 Seconds'. My Skoda Superb 2.0 TDI estate manages the same in 8.5 seconds - and I would certainly couldn't think of that as a sporting motor car.
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Not this one then? Only one Volvo 240 listed allegedly?
... much the same as the one in Wellingborough, and (from memory) about the same price. Cars like this seem to remain on sale for a very long time (maybe over a year for the Wellingborough one).
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I'd been keeping an eye on this auction in the continuing validation of my previous guide to 240 prices:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Volvo-240...rdt=true&rt=nc

... it was quite a nice looking 1989 GTL saloon with quite a good MoT record and about 130,000 miles. I don't think it was 'in immaculate condition for its age' (whatever that means, something is either in immaculate condition (which it clearly was not) or it isn't - immaculate can't be qualified by something's age).

Anyway, the auction topped out at only £2,100, and didn't make its reserve. I thought the motor car might have made a little bit more (perhaps £2,400), but it didn't, which is an indication of the state of the market. The price was right in the middle of the guide for middling cars, which as one might remember went like this:

I'd say (from what I've seen things apparently sell for - not ridiculous asking prices):

a. Rough cars (anything with barn find in the title, cars needing welding to the sills or rear arches, MoT failures): make less than £1000.

b. Middling cars: 1982 and later cars with 100-200,000 miles, a bit of history (maybe the past decade, the stuff before that is just for interest), a long MoT and no obvious welding or repairs needed: make £1,500 to £3,000.

c. Very good cars: 1982 and later cars with less than 100,000 miles, full history, long MoT and in really good condition make £3,000 to £4,500.

d. Historic cars (1981 and older) will generally make 50-100% more than the above categories.

The above is just my observation of the market, it will not stop people hawking around rough cars for £3,000, mediocre cars for £6,000 or very good cars for silly money. I don't think they often achieve their asking prices and just spend months or years on the market until the owners give up.


... so again the guide is about right. I wonder how much the owner was hoping to make for his 1989 motor car?

My feeling is that prices are softening a bit. The domestic housing market (which I keep an eye on as a surveyor) seems to be slowing down quickly, and I think that will drag non-essential goods (such as 30 year old cars) down with it.

Just my humble opinions.

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The blue F-reg GLT saloon on eBay piqued my interest but not enough to bid/enquire. On the face of it, it's exactly what I'm semi-actively looking for - a relatively late GLT saloon in the right colour combination for me.

I decided not to enquire about this one as it somehow didn't feel right - the dirty floor protectors are off-putting, there's very little description, haphazard photography, and I'd prefer something higher mileage really; this has done less miles than my S60 which doesn't seem appropriate. Plus there's a sticker on the paint to the right of the rear number plate, the door cards look dirty, and the strips along the sills don't look right to me in light grey against this colour.

It doesn't all add up for me next to the seller's claim of "immaculate condition" even when balanced against age, and as I don't have parking immediately available I've passed on it. Lately I've also been reconsidering whether I even need/want a 240 at all - it has been my dream car for years, but I've become more attached to my S60 than I thought I'd be and for now I'm focusing on piling the miles onto it.

I've still been lurking reading this thread with interest though, and looking at 240 listings for years, and would concur with Othen's indication of price ranges based on my own observations.

I remain interested in receiving details of manual GLT saloons, circa-1990, blue, with light leather, and would be prepared to pay the upper end of Othen's "very good money" rate for the right "very good" car at the right time, irrespective of mileage but provided there's a good service history, it's been used regularly, no big ticket items due, and the interior's clean. I might be waiting a long time but if I get one now it's going to be in "dream spec" to complement my S60, or I won't get one at all, as the intention would be to keep both cars for life and use them both weekly.
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The blue F-reg GLT saloon on eBay piqued my interest but not enough to bid/enquire. On the face of it, it's exactly what I'm semi-actively looking for - a relatively late GLT saloon in the right colour combination for me.

I decided not to enquire about this one as it somehow didn't feel right - the dirty floor protectors are off-putting, there's very little description, haphazard photography, and I'd prefer something higher mileage really; this has done less miles than my S60 which doesn't seem appropriate. Plus there's a sticker on the paint to the right of the rear number plate, the door cards look dirty, and the strips along the sills don't look right to me in light grey against this colour.

It doesn't all add up for me next to the seller's claim of "immaculate condition" even when balanced against age, and as I don't have parking immediately available I've passed on it. Lately I've also been reconsidering whether I even need/want a 240 at all - it has been my dream car for years, but I've become more attached to my S60 than I thought I'd be and for now I'm focusing on piling the miles onto it.

I've still been lurking reading this thread with interest though, and looking at 240 listings for years, and would concur with Othen's indication of price ranges based on my own observations.

I remain interested in receiving details of manual GLT saloons, circa-1990, blue, with light leather, and would be prepared to pay the upper end of Othen's "very good money" rate for the right "very good" car at the right time, irrespective of mileage but provided there's a good service history, it's been used regularly, no big ticket items due, and the interior's clean. I might be waiting a long time but if I get one now it's going to be in "dream spec" to complement my S60, or I won't get one at all, as the intention would be to keep both cars for life and use them both weekly.
Wonderful, I’m so pleased this thread has some small value.
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