What did you do to your Volvo today? Topic is solved

Post by **bmdubya1198** » 19 Oct 2018, 08:20

Did anyone see the Wheeler Dealers episode from Wednesday with the 850 T-5R? I didn't get all the way through it (actually not past the first commercial, damn you Spectrum DVR!) but my cousin said they sold it for $14k! And they paid $7k to begin with, and from what I saw, my $300 V70R was in the same condition!
Seems the "clean 240" collectors/lunatics are starting to pay big for the T-5Rs. Better spiffy up my R so I can sell it for $25k!

Post by **RickHaleParker** » 19 Oct 2018, 09:22

I saw most of it. They did the PCV, turbo housing, plastic welded and repaired both bumper covers, new tail lights some other bodywork issues and perhaps a few other things I did not see or don't recall.

raivis_rsn · Post by **raivis_rsn** » 19 Oct 2018, 10:30

bmdubya1198 wrote: ↑19 Oct 2018, 08:20 Did anyone see the Wheeler Dealers episode from Wednesday with the 850 T-5R? I didn't get all the way through it (actually not past the first commercial, damn you Spectrum DVR!) but my cousin said they sold it for $14k! And they paid $7k to begin with, and from what I saw, my $300 V70R was in the same condition!
Seems the "clean 240" collectors/lunatics are starting to pay big for the T-5Rs. Better spiffy up my R so I can sell it for $25k!

I saw it. Prices were pretty high but keep in mind the fact it's TV show. They did a great engine job but not so much to double the price. There was still cosmetic work to do.

Post by **RickHaleParker** » 19 Oct 2018, 11:45

They probably got a professional sales team in the background, that can locate somebody that got to have it ... or is reality TV where everything is staged?

Post by **bmdubya1198** » 19 Oct 2018, 16:12

raivis_rsn wrote: ↑19 Oct 2018, 10:30 I saw it. Prices were pretty high but keep in mind the fact it's TV show. They did a great engine job but not so much to double the price. There was still cosmetic work to do.

That's true. My cousin said after I was shocked about the price that this one was nicer than any of my piles, but I have to say, my R is in better condition as that T-5R was in the beginning of the episode, and I only paid $300 for it! Granted it had a bad transmission, but it's still an R.
There's a BMW dealer/service center (not official BMW dealer) called Enthusiast Auto and they're widely known in the BMW community to sell the most overpriced BMWs out there. They're all I could think of after hearing Mike Brewer sold a P80 for $14k!
I'm sure this car couldn't have been as perfect as JRL's old 30k-mile S70 GLT SE, either!

RickHaleParker wrote: ↑19 Oct 2018, 11:45 They probably got a professional sales team in the background, that can locate somebody that got to have it ... or is reality TV where everything is staged?

I wonder...

Post by **wizechatmgr** » 19 Oct 2018, 18:42

Replaced a heater core recently, was leaking where the aluminum pipes meet the heater core "block" that gets crimped over the plastic. Small buildup that only I could smell. Replaced with a $60 Advanced auto el-cheapo to make it through this winter.

Post by **abscate** » 20 Oct 2018, 04:01

RickHaleParker wrote: ↑19 Oct 2018, 11:45 They probably got a professional sales team in the background, that can locate somebody that got to have it ... or is reality TV where everything is staged?

I don’t think we are supposed to talk politics here are we?

Post by **abscate** » 20 Oct 2018, 04:03

brunocerous wrote: ↑18 Oct 2018, 13:59
abscate wrote: ↑17 Oct 2018, 03:57 I like the commitment. No judging here since the twins detailed by hood paint with a metal edge snow shovel which I fix with Sharpie.
Maybe we should have a new thread: What did your kids do to your Volvo today?

Went for a haircut and found their latest handiwork. I'm curious to see how long it sticks around. (Pun intended.)

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When we going to do the seat swap, Bruno? I’m down your way on the 30th but would need a crash place. For me, not my T5

Post by **Ocelot** » 21 Oct 2018, 08:00

On this lovely Sunday I decided to install my dashcam. It's real easy to hide the powercable and everything inside the S70. Usually I drive on the highway and man o man, I don't know how it is on British highways (actually, I watch some dashcammers who live in the UK and you also have a fair bit of pancakes), but in the Netherlands you have a lot of... pancakes*. Before the S70, I was driving an Opel Astra coupe and this summer I visited the Chech Replublic. When I stopped at a reststop, some pancake drove backwards into my Astra and then tried to pin it on me. I just pointed at the dashcam and the look on the guy's face. PRICELESS. So, yeah, the S70 is now equiped with an allseeing eye

*Pancake --> Pannekoek --> Dutch word for a dumb person.

WhatAmIDoing · Post by **WhatAmIDoing** » 22 Oct 2018, 09:21

Ocelot wrote: ↑21 Oct 2018, 08:00 On this lovely Sunday I decided to install my dashcam. It's real easy to hide the powercable and everything inside the S70. Usually I drive on the highway and man o man, I don't know how it is on British highways (actually, I watch some dashcammers who live in the UK and you also have a fair bit of pancakes), but in the Netherlands you have a lot of... pancakes*. Before the S70, I was driving an Opel Astra coupe and this summer I visited the Chech Replublic. When I stopped at a reststop, some pancake drove backwards into my Astra and then tried to pin it on me. I just pointed at the dashcam and the look on the guy's face. PRICELESS. So, yeah, the S70 is now equiped with an allseeing eye

*Pancake --> Pannekoek --> Dutch word for a dumb person.

How do you have your dashcam setup? Mine just came in, and I can't decide whether to tuck it behind the mirror or mount it on the center of the dash. How did you run/hide your power cable? Did you hardwire yours in or are you running off the cigarette lighter?

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