Thanks very much, I am speaking again with the seller tomorrow as he is putting a new battery in the car and said he will give it a good look over and tell me the overall condition. It is not his car but belonged to a deceased relative.

Im going to be brave here...

it was me that bought that car :/ ,however the car itself is an absolute peach!! went in for its mot and passed without any advisories! other than whats shown in pics there is no rust on her, and yes i possibly overpaid, however im more than happy and for the record my max bid was 806!! haha won it at 789 so was very close!

i had a trailer to bring it back, ive got a unit if i needed to sort anything, a full wallet after selling my caddy, and the desperate need of a new motor before i start my new job in jan, so figured i may aswell go fo what i wanted! im chuffed with the buy tbf and will get some pics up asap

this is my first volvo, id been looking for a while and it was just the right time for me and it all worked out, lucky gamble yes! and yeah the info is true, i live in north wales just by chester so a 2hr drive to pick her up haha

cheers, and try not to slate me too much *awaits abuse *

seannaayy

Glad it turned out well dude. Think its a record for a non t and t mk3 manydoor, so you're down in the history books.

Main thing is, that you're happy with it. Which is great to hear.

Welcome to the forum man. Get some pics up.

tis a 3-door but yeah im happy, could have turned out badly, but if it wasnt as described id have walked away, but it is an honest little car tbf, and cheers

Why did I think it was a 5 door?!
I fail.

Any plans for it then? Don't be shy.

haha im not sure but ill double check it just incase it grows some more haha and not a lot tbh, however imo every car looks better lowered so it will go lower, with some nice wheels, (although im thinking black banded spacesavers at the minute 15x7 or 8 ) and may weld the diff, i did buy it for some rwd fun, but its almost too nice to f*ck with, so other than that, i doubt ill do much, keep it as a nice usable daily, just not sure how long to go yet s i usually go stupidly low, but the new job means a few more miles through lanes so maybe an emergency amount of space underneath may be needed incase of stones etc

3" is about the limit without tubbing or turret mods. They do look lower on 15s compared to 13dr too.
Like the banded s/s man. Wish I had the cash for that!

Hi mate and welcome.
Brave man and good luck with the car.
Cheers Mark.