FS: Volvo 760GLE (2.8 V6 Auto) 4dr Saloon - £450/offers/exchange for smaller

[Wester]

VOLVO 1989 'G' Reg, 760 GLE.
4dr Saloon with the 2.8 litre V6 (6cylinder engine).
Automatic gearbox, electric everything!
(All electrics work fine aside from A/C which needs re-gassing)
Very smooth and very relaxed car, always with plenty of power to hand for
any purpose.

Silver/grey metallic paint, black leather interior, virtually immaculate
inside and very good condition outside (one or two penny-sized dings). Some
service history, current mileage 119500miles. V5 missing, but replacement is
free for new owner on application at Post Office. Short MOT (end of Nov'04)
and Tax (end of Oct'04) owing to the fact that I have to get rid of the car
given new insurance costs.

Great car, a shame to let it go, but since I acquired a speeding fine last
year, the insurance on it for me has shot up - 21 year old driver with 3
points does not make for a good combination on a group16 car!

Pictures are available on request. Email with any questions.
Any offer towards £400/450 will secure, P/X would be considered, or straight
exchange for smaller car (Cavalier sort of size - 2.0l engine max!) of
similar or lesser value.

Car is available to view in Sutton, Surrey (or Epsom) - if you wish to come
take a look round it, email me and I will provide you my contact number.

Email: wes@blobcorp.com

Many thanks,
Wes.

[Jack Ketch]

<uk.adverts.cars , Wester , wes@*thetrash*blobcorp.com>
<q3W1d.13177$846.10916@fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk>
<Wed, 15 Sep 2004 11:53:58 GMT>

> > With that mileage, only 6 weeks MOT and a missing V5 it's worth scrap
> > value only.
>
> What are you on mate? 120k miles is just breaking the car in...
>

Its nowt to do with breaking in - 6 weeks mot and no V5 means that only
a woman (who likes the colour) and doesnt know any better would buy it
at that price :-)

[SteveH]

SteveH <steve@italiancar.co.uk> wrote:

> JackH <jackhackettuk@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > > Erm, I think you'll find that the 6R4 engine had more in common with a
> > > Rover V8 with a couple of cylinders lopped off it.
> >
> > Well go forth and take it up with this website then:
> >
> > http://web.ukonline.co.uk/james.sumner/print740.html
> >
> >
> > I thought it a bit spurious, but couldn't think how anyone could come up
> > with something as bizarre, without there being a tiny bit of truth in it.
>
> I think I'll go with a quote from Patrick Head who was part of the
> design team for the 6R4:
>
> http://www.austin-rover.co.uk/index.htm?mgrev6r4f.htm
>
> Absolutely nothing to do with the Renault / Volvo engine.

Forgot to add..... the 6R4 was fairly unusual in the world of Group B
rally cars in that it _wasn't_ turbo or supercharged.
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[JackH]

"SteveH" <steve@italiancar.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1gk8vc5.5uffvu1vg3i8lN%steve@italiancar.co.uk ...
> SteveH <steve@italiancar.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > JackH <jackhackettuk@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > > > Erm, I think you'll find that the 6R4 engine had more in common with
a
> > > > Rover V8 with a couple of cylinders lopped off it.
> > >
> > > Well go forth and take it up with this website then:
> > >
> > > http://web.ukonline.co.uk/james.sumner/print740.html
> > >
> > >
> > > I thought it a bit spurious, but couldn't think how anyone could come
up
> > > with something as bizarre, without there being a tiny bit of truth in
it.
> >
> > I think I'll go with a quote from Patrick Head who was part of the
> > design team for the 6R4:
> >
> > http://www.austin-rover.co.uk/index.htm?mgrev6r4f.htm
> >
> > Absolutely nothing to do with the Renault / Volvo engine.
>
> Forgot to add..... the 6R4 was fairly unusual in the world of Group B
> rally cars in that it _wasn't_ turbo or supercharged.

Like I said, I thought the claim was a bit spurious when I read it.

--
JackH

[John Greystrong]

Wester wrote:

> V5 missing, but replacement is
> free for new owner on application at Post Office.

Wrong. 19quid from DVLA and it'll take 6 weeks. Probably
after the tax runs out.

John

[JackH]

"John Greystrong" <johnny_g@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:2qrjk0F12j3f3U1@uni-berlin.de...
> Wester wrote:
>
> > http://www.dvla.gov.uk/vehicles/v62_newfee.htm
> >
> > Do your homework.
>
> If you'd done yours when you were 12 then you would know how to read.
> That site quite clearly states a fee of 19 quid is payable for a lost
> V5. From personal experience I can tell you it's a 6 week wait.
>
> Oh and I sold a G reg 760GLE saloon a few mths ago for 120quid.

I sold a 740 estate on a G at auction last year... £100, with MOT.

And it was quite tidy, even had seven seats... I just had no room for it and
it had to go.

No-one wants these really any more, in these days of ever increasing fuel
costs.

It's a fact, that most people who don't give a **** about fuel consumption,
will also not worry about depreciation etc., and have a newish car, or if
they're running something old, the gas guzzler in question is something of a
classic, or 4x4.

Doesn't the 760 have a Renault derived V6?

Ah yes, a quick scan of the net reveals it's a notoriously unreliable engine
developed in conjunction with Renault and Peugeot (who have both over the
years, produced the more inefficient V6s of their class), but which was also
used in the Metro 6R4... and the DeLorean!

:-O

--
JackH