RE: Volvo 850 T-5R | PH Auction Block
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Has the article been written to specifically try to justify the price? Is someone paying for this? Becasue there's a reason there were "only" 113 in this colour with the auto box and it's not a good one!
I'd also like to know who these "collectors" are who are willing to pay near £25k for a 118k auto one...
Don't get me wrong, cool car (with a manual) but an auto T-5R in this colour would have to be your absolute dream car to consider this price.
Perhaps I'm out of touch though. Does look a very honest car but perhaps at a different price range.
I'd also like to know who these "collectors" are who are willing to pay near £25k for a 118k auto one...
Don't get me wrong, cool car (with a manual) but an auto T-5R in this colour would have to be your absolute dream car to consider this price.
Perhaps I'm out of touch though. Does look a very honest car but perhaps at a different price range.
Does anybody really drop £20K on a big, comfy estate car with an automatic gearbox and instantly feel they've turned into Rickard Rydell or Jan Lammers?
This is too nice, too expensive and (probably) too automatic to be turned into an ironic-but-amusing BTCC replica and, for me anyway, too ordinary to be a collector's item.
This is too nice, too expensive and (probably) too automatic to be turned into an ironic-but-amusing BTCC replica and, for me anyway, too ordinary to be a collector's item.
Who sets the guide prince? PH Auctions, or the seller? If I were selling that, I'd be frankly embarrassed if PH put that as a guide price - and a bit annoyed, most of the comments are about how ridiculous it is, instead of talking about how they were pretty awesome back in the day. I mean, an electric Fiat 500 would piss all over it away from the traffic lights nowadays, but as a product of it's time, a great thing.
My friends dad had a Yellow T5-R when I was in college. The few times we had a ride in it was amazing when I was 17. When he tickled the throttle, you saw the boost gauge spike and the car took off. The noise was epic from the 5 cylinder. I loved that car and it broke my heart when it was T-boned and it was written off....Everyone was ok.
But as people have said, it's the wrong colour and transmission. And a paint huffing price!
But as people have said, it's the wrong colour and transmission. And a paint huffing price!
akashzimzimma said:
The 4 speed auto struggled to break into the 7sec region for 0-60, no where near a 6 second time!
Even the manuals were closer to 7 then 6, with lots of torque steer and wheelspin.
Yep Autocar only managed 7.3 for their manual version. It did get to 144 on the Millbrook bowl so it might have got near 150 on a long straight where the tyre scrub is not an issue Even the manuals were closer to 7 then 6, with lots of torque steer and wheelspin.
Perhaps faster when run in….. but then applies across the board
Turbobanana said:
Does anybody really drop £20K on a big, comfy estate car with an automatic gearbox and instantly feel they've turned into Rickard Rydell or Jan Lammers?
This is too nice, too expensive and (probably) too automatic to be turned into an ironic-but-amusing BTCC replica and, for me anyway, too ordinary to be a collector's item.
Yep. It’s a nice example but price seems very high.This is too nice, too expensive and (probably) too automatic to be turned into an ironic-but-amusing BTCC replica and, for me anyway, too ordinary to be a collector's item.
"This delightful fast long-roof is in such lovely condition that we can only assume the owner has gone back in time and nabbed a nearly new car."
At 121k miles with probably no suspension or any other refresh, I think not.
Will likely drive like an old dog if good money has not been spent on it.
At 121k miles with probably no suspension or any other refresh, I think not.
Will likely drive like an old dog if good money has not been spent on it.
Looks to me like a sponsored/targeted advert.
The auto does without the LSD and although they’re kind of an “auto” car, you really want the manual in these.
The auto is an old school slushmatic and totally kills the performance.
The seats are the same as a regular model so not sure about some of these facts going on in the article.
They are cool, but this a very silly price.
The auto does without the LSD and although they’re kind of an “auto” car, you really want the manual in these.
The auto is an old school slushmatic and totally kills the performance.
The seats are the same as a regular model so not sure about some of these facts going on in the article.
They are cool, but this a very silly price.
I remember taking one out for a test drive from a Volvo dealer back in the day. It was quite fun, but only that. I thought the BMW's of the time were a better overall proposition and ended up with a B10 Alpina.
Who would want this now ? It's not really a Sunday morning blast sort of car, and there are now so many better fast estates for far less money now. It's not really one for a collector.
Even given the comments that it is way overpriced, not sure who would want it at half the price.
Who would want this now ? It's not really a Sunday morning blast sort of car, and there are now so many better fast estates for far less money now. It's not really one for a collector.
Even given the comments that it is way overpriced, not sure who would want it at half the price.
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