Post 760882 by Ettienne on 2015-02-25 17:51:13
http://www.gumtree.com/p/volvo/volvo-850r-not-t5-850/1101277978 My friend had it 18months old and slammed into a central reservation at high speed, I posted pics on here a few years back.
http://www.gumtree.com/p/volvo/volvo-850r-not-t5-850/1101277978 My friend had it 18months old and slammed into a central reservation at high speed, I posted pics on here a few years back.
Find the carnage pics. £3k for a screwed 850r
[QUOTE=Timo.;760884]Find the carnage pics. £3k for a screwed 850r[/QUOTE] Will do, possibly a mod might be able to help? Or I'll have to look around the house.
If you saw the pics that would surprise you, must have been borderline cat c
[QUOTE=Ettienne;760896]If you saw the pics that would surprise you, must have been borderline cat c[/QUOTE] dont confuse cat c's with being anymore worse than a cat d cos they aint, my citroen c6 was written off cat c but only had two dents in the roof and a few marks on it, its whatever the examiner decides to do
Well it's in relation to value and cost of repair. When this was 18 months old it would have still been worth a few £££
I actually remember what happened now. A414 from Wgc to hertford, in the rain driving fast, lost it hit a peugeot 405 estate with kids in (shortened the car to where they were sitting in the back) then hit the left Armco for a good 100yds. Huw was nearly sent to prison for dangerous driving, ended up doing community service in a charity shop.
i linked this up in sales section:troutslap but i remember pics of it was pritty mangled!
[QUOTE=martybelfastt5;760919]i linked this up in sales section:troutslap but i remember pics of it was pritty mangled![/QUOTE] I can't find the pic but was posted on here
you say that was 18 mths ago ..this guy has owned it for 30 mths.....?
[QUOTE=The Flying Banana;760929]you say that was 18 mths ago ..this guy has owned it for 30 mths.....?[/QUOTE] Accident was when the car was 18mnths old
ahhhh....gedditt now :)
[QUOTE=The Flying Banana;760935]ahhhh....gedditt now :)[/QUOTE] I had to read Steve's post a couple of times - hard to imagine an 18 month old 850!!
Found pics, old and faded now and just quickly copied them onto my iphone
holy jeezus! bet that drives as stable as a ikea flatpack table! that is a bad one =(
In all fairness it didn't do to badly the passenger compartment stayed well intact
Good thing you know that Steve as you'd probably never know it by looking at it unless you really looked for crash damage. It's also funny how almost every modified T5 etc advertised ooutside of the form is "300 plus bhp".
I thought I'd point it out as someone could be mislead, the bonnet is very bent and the pics don't show the damage that well tbh. It looked much worse standing next to it. I'd worry about if it was involved in another crash or rust coming through, poor repair etc Definately hurts the value IMHO
[QUOTE=MRTREE;760946]In all fairness it didn't do to badly the passenger compartment stayed well intact[/QUOTE] I bet that wouldn't be the opinion for the same accident/car nowadays - the high value of the car at the time will have made the loss adjusters under pressure to recover something
Oh don't get me wrong a cracked bumper these days would get it written off lol they are too keen now, I'm just saying from the point of view of the driver at the time it seems like he had a lucky escape.
[QUOTE=MRTREE;760955]Oh don't get me wrong a cracked bumper these days would get it written off lol they are too keen now, I'm just saying from the point of view of the driver at the time it seems like he had a lucky escape.[/QUOTE] Lucky on more ways than one, the children were lucky escaping alive In the 405, but yes definately the car did its job
It was advertised on a forecourt a few years back and I spoke with the garage and told them, sent them a pic of the damage and they just weren't bothered and sold it as is and advertised as cat d.
my old car bought from nads on here. pics in my garage