Recent content by ViniH

FYI: £2700 of damage, they wrote the car off. I'll post again in a few months when I find another.

I just rang insurance but their systems were down, I will call on Monday to inform them. Thanks for the advice.

All of those statements are true.

I've told my insurance company that I consider it about a 60-40 him-me. It wasn't the smartest place to turn, however I took all proper precautions and the reason he hit me was because he was speeding. If he had been travelling at the speed limit he would have had plenty of time to stop.

Well you have no need to be jealous any more. At 8.50am this morning I was performing a u-turn in what I considered a perfectly reasonable place to do so. There was a bend about 250 feet back down the road and a guy in a crappy old S-reg Ford Ka who'd just come off the motorway flew round it...

Lots of really useful help and info there and a good road map for the order in which to do things. Thanks for that. A little update, I put the car in for MOT yesterday and all it required was an adjustment to the handbrake total cost for MOT + work: £60. I also got the mechanic to give the...

So what did you end up doing with this? Did you get it sorted? I hope you did! I am all for saving as many 850, 940 and 960's as possible and keeping them on the road. It's a nicer place with them on it! :)

Right well, to cut a long story short I am now the proud owner of an N reg 850 GLT T5. Full service history, 176,000 miles, dark blue, rear spoiler, part leather, five 5-spoke Volvo alloys with 4 performance tyres and 1 budget tyre. Car: £410 Car transport hire: £40 Petrol to collect: £110...

Double post, how do you delete?

Thanks :) For now I am looking for one of either: 1996+ Volvo 940 2.3 High Pressure Turbo GLE or CD spec. 1996+ Volvo 960 2.5 Manual SE, GLE or CD spec. http://wantitnow.ebay.co.uk/Volvo-940-2-3-HPT-or-960-2-5-Manual-GLE-or-CD-only_W0QQadidZ250322306198

Bad news! The 940 I had agreed to buy has been sold out from under me. Only found out ten minutes ago and am quite annoyed. So I now have to find another one to get. There is a Cross Country 1998 2.4 T SE available for a really good price at the moment - one owner from new, low miles (83k)...

Hey Waynne, thanks for the reply. I already read the paint thing, in fact I think that was my landing page from Google to get here in the first place. I am really interested in doing it and think it will be both fun and rewarding. I've been looking at examples on the site and on the net and...

Hello. On a recent trip to Coventry I had the pleasure of being given a lift by a friend who drives a 960 Estate (2.5 Manual). He picked me up at night and I was immediately impressed by the condition of his N reg car. It was absolutely spotless outside and looked good, boxy, but good. I...