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.

[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

[SteveH]

Wester <wes@*thetrash*blobcorp.com> wrote:

> 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.

With that mileage, only 6 weeks MOT and a missing V5 it's worth scrap
value only.

HTH.
--
Steve H 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo'
http://www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - MZ ETZ300
VW Golf GL Cabrio - Alfa 75 TS - Alfa 155 TS Lusso - COSOC KOTL
BoTAFOT #87 - BoTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC #

[Wester]

"SteveH" <steve@italiancar.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1gk5lzz.1xdq1gk1eqzuwtN%steve@italiancar.co.u k...
> Wester <wes@*thetrash*blobcorp.com> wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> 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... my other
Volvo has 280k on it, same age, just the 740 equivelant with the smaller 2.3
engine.

120k is nothing on this or any other Volvo, not with a service history
listing major and/or minor service with all the main pointers to look for at
every 6month interval up until the last 12months.

"you're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa" - that is
rubbish. They are poorly constructed, unreliable 'dozy' engines. I've had
two different alfas (company cars) and test driven 6 others and they have
all been tat. Regardless of age, stage, etc. Even brand new they feel like
you're piloting a giant dog **** on traintracks.

That is, of course, IMHO.

Wes.

[Wester]

"John Greystrong" <john@greystrongREMOVE.me.uk> wrote in message
news:ci96li$dhs$1@helium.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk...
> 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

http://www.dvla.gov.uk/vehicles/v62_newfee.htm

Do your homework.

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]

Wester <wes@*thetrash*blobcorp.com> wrote:

> "SteveH" <steve@italiancar.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:1gk5lzz.1xdq1gk1eqzuwtN%steve@italiancar.co.u k...
> > Wester <wes@*thetrash*blobcorp.com> wrote:
> >
> > > 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.
> >
> > 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... my other
> Volvo has 280k on it, same age, just the 740 equivelant with the smaller 2.3
> engine.

That's not the point. It doesn't matter if it's 'just broken in' or not
- it's still 120k miles. Private buyers don't like 6 figure mileage.

> 120k is nothing on this or any other Volvo, not with a service history
> listing major and/or minor service with all the main pointers to look for at
> every 6month interval up until the last 12months.

If it's so good, then you'd put it through an MOT, with 12 months ticket
people would be willing to take a gamble on it. Without a ticket, or
only a short ticket, an old car is worth exactly what the scrappy will
pay for it as scrap.

> "you're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa" - that is
> rubbish. They are poorly constructed, unreliable 'dozy' engines. I've had
> two different alfas (company cars) and test driven 6 others and they have
> all been tat. Regardless of age, stage, etc. Even brand new they feel like
> you're piloting a giant dog **** on traintracks.
>
> That is, of course, IMHO.

Of course a ****e old Volvo 7 series is positively race-like in it's
performance and handling.

Face it, you're trying to sell a worthless heap of scrap. Get a 12 month
MOT on it, and someone may well be willing to buy it. As I said, with
only 6 weeks ticket on it, it's worth an absolute max. of £100.
> Wes.


--
Steve H 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo'
http://www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - MZ ETZ300
VW Golf GL Cabrio - Alfa 75 TS - Alfa 155 TS Lusso - COSOC KOTL
BoTAFOT #87 - BoTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC #

[SteveH]

Wester <wes@*thetrash*blobcorp.com> wrote:

> "John Greystrong" <john@greystrongREMOVE.me.uk> wrote in message
> news:ci96li$dhs$1@helium.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk...
> > 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
>
> http://www.dvla.gov.uk/vehicles/v62_newfee.htm

Just looked, and it clearly states that there's a £19 fee payable. Also,
the car can't be taxed until the duplicate document has arrived.

--
Steve H 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo'
http://www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - MZ ETZ300
VW Golf GL Cabrio - Alfa 75 TS - Alfa 155 TS Lusso - COSOC KOTL
BoTAFOT #87 - BoTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC #

[Clanger]

Apparently, on 15-Sep-2004, Wester" <*thetrash*blobcorp.com said something
to the effect of.....:

> 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!
+
> I've had
> two different alfas (company cars) and test driven 6 others and they have
> all been tat. Regardless of age, stage, etc. Even brand new they feel like
> you're piloting a giant dog **** on traintracks.

Remind me, were you saying the cars are **** or that's what you're full of ?

C

[John Greystrong]

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.

John

[Wester]

"Clanger" <Does-it-really-m@ter.eh> wrote in message
news:ci9lvu$i53$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk...
> Apparently, on 15-Sep-2004, Wester" <*thetrash*blobcorp.com said something
> to the effect of.....:
>
> > 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!
> +
> > I've had
> > two different alfas (company cars) and test driven 6 others and they
have
> > all been tat. Regardless of age, stage, etc. Even brand new they feel
like
> > you're piloting a giant dog **** on traintracks.
>
> Remind me, were you saying the cars are **** or that's what you're full of
?
>
> C

The cars are... just for those of you so stupid you need it reiterated so
that it is blindingly obvious. God, it's like talking to a group of
Americans.

[Wester]

"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.
>
> John

However, no fee is applicable if:
a.. you are using the existing registration document/certificate to notify
changes.
b.. you are the new keeper and the previous keeper has failed to notify
DVLA of the change. You must be in possession of the New keeper's Supplement
(green section) of the Registration Document/Certificate and send it to DVLA
with the V62 application form.
Take careful note of the second point. Thankyou, please call again. Did
this in the past with two cars I purchased a couple of years ago.

[SteveH]

Wester <wes@*thetrash*blobcorp.com> wrote:

> > Oh and I sold a G reg 760GLE saloon a few mths ago for 120quid.
> >
> > John
>
> However, no fee is applicable if:
> a.. you are using the existing registration document/certificate to notify
> changes.
> b.. you are the new keeper and the previous keeper has failed to notify
> DVLA of the change. You must be in possession of the New keeper's Supplement
> (green section) of the Registration Document/Certificate and send it to DVLA
> with the V62 application form.
> Take careful note of the second point. Thankyou, please call again. Did
> this in the past with two cars I purchased a couple of years ago.

So you have the 'new keeper's supplement', then? - if yes, then either
you're a trader pretending to be a private buyer, or you've only had the
car a short time, in which case I'd question why you're selling it on so
quickly. Usual answer to that is that you bought a dog and want shot of
it ASAP.
--
Steve H 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo'
http://www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - MZ ETZ300
VW Golf GL Cabrio - Alfa 75 TS - Alfa 155 TS Lusso - COSOC KOTL
BoTAFOT #87 - BoTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC #

[John Greystrong]

Wester wrote:

> However, no fee is applicable if:
> a.. you are using the existing registration document/certificate to notify
> changes.
> b.. you are the new keeper and the previous keeper has failed to notify
> DVLA of the change. You must be in possession of the New keeper's Supplement
> (green section) of the Registration Document/Certificate and send it to DVLA
> with the V62 application form.
> Take careful note of the second point. Thankyou, please call again. Did
> this in the past with two cars I purchased a couple of years ago.

**** me you really are a retard. You claim to have no V5, not even any
portion of the V5. Where the **** are you going to magic the green
portion of the V5 from?

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

[Clanger]

Apparently, on 15-Sep-2004, Wester" <*thetrash*blobcorp.com said something
to the effect of.....:

> The cars are... just for those of you so stupid you need it reiterated so
> that it is blindingly obvious. God, it's like talking to a group of
> Americans.

Wooooooooooooooosh !!!!!

[SteveH]

JackH <jackhackettuk@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> 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!

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.

Developed in conjunction with Williams GP, ISTR.
--
Steve H 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo'
http://www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - MZ ETZ300
VW Golf GL Cabrio - Alfa 75 TS - Alfa 155 TS Lusso - COSOC KOTL
BoTAFOT #87 - BoTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC #

[Richard Kilpatrick]

On 15/9/04 12:58 pm, in article
c7W1d.13227$846.12669@fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk, "Wester"
<wes@*thetrash*blobcorp.com> wrote:

>
> "John Greystrong" <john@greystrongREMOVE.me.uk> wrote in message
> news:ci96li$dhs$1@helium.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk...
>> 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
>
> http://www.dvla.gov.uk/vehicles/v62_newfee.htm
>
> Do your homework.

Do your own. No V5, no green slip. No green slip, no new V5 without a fee
and no tax without it or the reminder.

Richard
--
Apples of various varieties - currently eMac/G5/PowerBook and ancients.
Carstuff - Supra and New Beetle, and happy with just two for once.
Music stuff - http://www.dmc12.demon.co.uk/music/ - MP3s coming soon!
Otherstuff - http://www.dmc12.demon.co.uk/retrotech/

[Richard Kilpatrick]

On 15/9/04 11:43 pm, in article
DA32d.5177$U04.1672@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk, "Wester"
<wes@*thetrash*blobcorp.com> wrote:

> b.. you are the new keeper and the previous keeper has failed to notify
> DVLA of the change. You must be in possession of the New keeper's Supplement
> (green section) of the Registration Document/Certificate and send it to DVLA
> with the V62 application form.
> Take careful note of the second point. Thankyou, please call again. Did
> this in the past with two cars I purchased a couple of years ago.

A couple of years ago is not March 2004.

DO YOU HAVE THE GREEN SLIP?

Have you filled it in? Then /you/ can get a V5, not the new owner. The ONLY
situation where the new owner can get the V5 WITHOUT paying is if you
somehow lost the main part of the V5 yet have a blank green slip for that
car - the 'New Keeper's Supplement'.

Richard
--
Apples of various varieties - currently eMac/G5/PowerBook and ancients.
Carstuff - Supra and New Beetle, and happy with just two for once.
Music stuff - http://www.dmc12.demon.co.uk/music/ - MP3s coming soon!
Otherstuff - http://www.dmc12.demon.co.uk/retrotech/

[Richard Kilpatrick]

On 16/9/04 9:02 am, in article 2qsvjkF13025dU1@uni-berlin.de, "JackH"
<jackhackettuk@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

>> 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.

Bah, I just bought an admittedly tidy 7 seater 740 for £340 with 12 months
MOT - 71,000 showing, but I'm told it's actually 107,000 since it had a new
speedo. Other than needing the valve clearances set, it's not bad at all,
and copes with being driven down a railway track bed at 30mph.

However, I'm still going to sell it having used it for carting a weaving
loom, since I really want a Land Rover.

Richard
--
Apples of various varieties - currently eMac/G5/PowerBook and ancients.
Carstuff - Supra and New Beetle, and happy with just two for once.
Music stuff - http://www.dmc12.demon.co.uk/music/ - MP3s coming soon!
Otherstuff - http://www.dmc12.demon.co.uk/retrotech/

[Richard Kilpatrick]

On 16/9/04 3:53 pm, in article
1gk7qsi.1sljrk513o2lpwN%steve@italiancar.co.uk, "SteveH"
<steve@italiancar.co.uk> wrote:

>> 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!
>
> 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.
>
> Developed in conjunction with Williams GP, ISTR.

Shhh, if JackH keeps spreading that the 760's engine is a 6R4 lump, then 760
owners can claim their engine was used in the XJ220 ;)

Richard
--
Apples of various varieties - currently eMac/G5/PowerBook and ancients.
Carstuff - Supra and New Beetle, and happy with just two for once.
Music stuff - http://www.dmc12.demon.co.uk/music/ - MP3s coming soon!
Otherstuff - http://www.dmc12.demon.co.uk/retrotech/

[AstraVanMan]

> Have you filled it in? Then /you/ can get a V5, not the new owner. The
ONLY
> situation where the new owner can get the V5 WITHOUT paying is if you
> somehow lost the main part of the V5 yet have a blank green slip for that
> car - the 'New Keeper's Supplement'.

Or of course you could tippex out the details you've already filled in and
leave the new owner to fill his/her details in. If there's any question of
why this has been done, you could suggest that the previous owner was going
to sell it to another person, but it fell through at the last minute.

Peter

[JackH]

"SteveH" <steve@italiancar.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1gk7qsi.1sljrk513o2lpwN%steve@italiancar.co.u k...
> JackH <jackhackettuk@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > 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!
>
> 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.

--
JackH

[SteveH]

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.
--
Steve H 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo'
http://www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - MZ ETZ300
VW Golf GL Cabrio - Alfa 75 TS - Alfa 155 TS Lusso - COSOC KOTL
BoTAFOT #87 - BoTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC #