Mine was up for £750 without any of the extra work done. But luckily I knew the guy and when he said I could have it for £400 I wasn't gonna say no!!

The early ones were indeed just a 'T5', as far as I know. Later on you could get a T5 with 'S' spec (manual rear windows, etc) through to CD trim with a power driver's seat, etc.

cheers

James

Ah, well it's above S spec as it's got leccy rear windows

26.9mpg is good!

i like those figures!

and £500!!!!!!! i would take that!!!

well now i have my eyes open for one wish they were rear drive though

if they were rear drive i would - as the rest of the world - snap them up!

be a monster car with massive tuning potential

[quote="Ricatron"]if they were rear drive i would - as the rest of the world - snap them up!/quote]

get a 960 then 2.5 or 3.0 of 24 valve rwd loveliness
the last proper volvo

and in my opinion better looks ( sorry Carl )

yeah the 960 is the one to have

the tuning swedes love them fot good reason.

right now i need to get my 335i on the road but who know for the future as i do love a sleeper

Yeah they are nice I have to admit. But I don't reckon they'd have quite the same 'punch' behind them - feel free to correct me though as I've never tried one!! Although if it had been a 960 for £400 I'd have definitely taken that anyway

Yeah, even a 3.0 manual isn't going to be that brisk.... certainly not T5 pace! T6 a 960 however....

A 3.0 manual S90 (as 960 saloons were badged after...97?) is just a shade slower than my S70 2.5 20v....so a fair bit slower than a T5.

cheers

James

its not just about the speed though is it

We were talking about speed!

The 960/x90 series cars are more refined in terms of engine and driveline noise & vibration....other than that, the S/V70s have them licked on almost every count.

cheers

James

redline wrote:its not just about the speed though is it

Yes it is

yeah it is about speed but how many of the cars there are rear wheel drive?

960 only and is it not true there is a turbo 960 thats the one with MASSIVE tuning potential and thats what im thinking about

Ricatron wrote:960 only and is it not true there is a turbo 960 thats the one with MASSIVE tuning potential and thats what im thinking about

Yeah well the 960 turbo is just a 2.3 redblock turbo again... same tuning potential as any 700/900 tbh

The 960 (auto) is a quick car in fainess. Strap on a turbo or blower and you can have a mental car.

If I had teh coice between the 960 and T5 I would go for the 960 - if the T5 had the engien fitted correctly that desision could be different