HisaLenart
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Hi all,
I am looking into swapping my daily driver / work car. It is an old V70 2001 D5 volvo, which has been good since the first time it came in the family. I learned to drive in that thing 20 years ago and still love it. But with a 3th child seat needed soon it becomes a bit small on the back seat and I want to swap to something bigger. We have a small homestead like property and I use my V70 as a proper workhorse, using the towbar as it is designed for and from time to time using every square inch of that box sized boot. Looked at a XC90, but got a tip to look into LR3's too. And I must say I like them over the XC due to the more use rear seat. any way, so far for the intro. How did I make it into the first thread.
I found a decent looking add online, 2006 SE model, 240k km, great looks outside(metalic green) and inside (beige leather) on the picture. Had a good advertisement written and I made the call to hear.
2 typical problems :
1 air suspension does not work anymore after he swapped the battery. so it is sitting low
2. electronic handbreak has some faults in it. but it is not stuck atm.
I must say it is a great looking car, supposing on its second owner (seller now) and the maintenance book has been all nicely stamped until 175k.
we had some language difficulties. Frenchies aren't so good in Englisch and my french dates back to the time I did my driver license so that did not help soo much. But it was clear he wanted to let go of this vehicle, rather then throwing money in the hole.
So I read some threads, I did my best to find some basic info on costs for repairs etc. I am pretty handy and have been doing up my john deere 2140 over the last year. So a screw driver and wrench aren't strange to me.
But, what is this car worth ? Online it was written 7500euro, but it seemed to be a car you turn the key and drove off. Now I know it is a car with some of the typical repairs the LR3 is known for. 1200 for the complete hand brake set if its all gone, 750 for a compressor of it is the compressor. some small parts here and there and of course : labor.
What would you fairly offer for the car ? (added two of the basic pics to give an idea of the vehicles state)
thanks you folks for giving my your ideas.
yes you can also say : run forest !
I am looking into swapping my daily driver / work car. It is an old V70 2001 D5 volvo, which has been good since the first time it came in the family. I learned to drive in that thing 20 years ago and still love it. But with a 3th child seat needed soon it becomes a bit small on the back seat and I want to swap to something bigger. We have a small homestead like property and I use my V70 as a proper workhorse, using the towbar as it is designed for and from time to time using every square inch of that box sized boot. Looked at a XC90, but got a tip to look into LR3's too. And I must say I like them over the XC due to the more use rear seat. any way, so far for the intro. How did I make it into the first thread.
I found a decent looking add online, 2006 SE model, 240k km, great looks outside(metalic green) and inside (beige leather) on the picture. Had a good advertisement written and I made the call to hear.
2 typical problems :
1 air suspension does not work anymore after he swapped the battery. so it is sitting low
2. electronic handbreak has some faults in it. but it is not stuck atm.
I must say it is a great looking car, supposing on its second owner (seller now) and the maintenance book has been all nicely stamped until 175k.
we had some language difficulties. Frenchies aren't so good in Englisch and my french dates back to the time I did my driver license so that did not help soo much. But it was clear he wanted to let go of this vehicle, rather then throwing money in the hole.
So I read some threads, I did my best to find some basic info on costs for repairs etc. I am pretty handy and have been doing up my john deere 2140 over the last year. So a screw driver and wrench aren't strange to me.
But, what is this car worth ? Online it was written 7500euro, but it seemed to be a car you turn the key and drove off. Now I know it is a car with some of the typical repairs the LR3 is known for. 1200 for the complete hand brake set if its all gone, 750 for a compressor of it is the compressor. some small parts here and there and of course : labor.
What would you fairly offer for the car ? (added two of the basic pics to give an idea of the vehicles state)
thanks you folks for giving my your ideas.
yes you can also say : run forest !
