V60 Polestar

[chopper602]

The big meeting of Polestars is on again this year - same venue - Duxford Sunday 15th April - PM me for more details

[chopper602]

It might be about time for my Polestar to go off to another owner - if anyone is interested please PM me, will have MOT and year three service middle of next month. 1 of only 141 UK registered 6 cylinder cars

£POA

Go on - you now you want to !

[irish boy]

chopper602 said:

It might be about time for my Polestar to go off to another owner - if anyone is interested please PM me, will have MOT and year three service middle of next month. 1 of only 141 UK registered 6 cylinder cars

£POA

Go on - you now you want to !

What are you thinking of moving onto Tim?

[chopper602]

irish boy said:

What are you thinking of moving onto Tim?

Something smaller and more economical (MrsTheWife recently bought a bigger car and this is too big to mostly ferry me around in)

[irish boy]

chopper602 said:

Something smaller and more economical (MrsTheWife recently bought a bigger car and this is too big to mostly ferry me around in)

Ah you’ll regret it some day! Were you on the polestar Nurburgring trip? Looked a lot of fun!

[chopper602]

irish boy said:

Ah you’ll regret it some day! Were you on the polestar Nurburgring trip? Looked a lot of fun!

I was indeed, it was a great weekend. Pity I was the furthest north and had to leave the fun early. Did 500 miles home in a day!

[Stephanie Plum]

Did you sell it ok in the end? We're about to put ours on classifieds - six cylinder like yours in blue. Great car but need to make space for an impending purchase! We whipped down to Classic Le Mans in it for a swansong - air con swung it for the trip with this current hot spell

[ucb]

Anybody on here own the white Polestar I've seen in Ripon?
Reg plate has an 03 on it I think

[chopper602]

Stephanie Plum said:

Did you sell it ok in the end? We're about to put ours on classifieds - six cylinder like yours in blue. Great car but need to make space for an impending purchase! We whipped down to Classic Le Mans in it for a swansong - air con swung it for the trip with this current hot spell

Yes, it went to a Volvo fan from the Nottingham area - came to view it on a Sunday, left a deposit and after bank transfer drove it home on the Wednesday.

You might have a job selling privately, I had to drop the price lower than I'd have liked (not by haggling) to get any interest. Problem is even three years old they are still quite high value and people tend to want finance and warranty which a private seller can't supply.

Got this beauty now though . . .


anyone would think I like blue cars or something . . .missing some of the six cylinder grunt but not the MPG

[chopper602]

ucb said:

Anybody on here own the white Polestar I've seen in Ripon?
Reg plate has an 03 on it I think

He's just joined the Polestars UK group on Facebook - it's a 65 plate, so a 6 cylinder

Edited by chopper602 on Wednesday 11th July 22:11

[norchi]

chopper602 said:

Yes, it went to a Volvo fan from the Nottingham area - came to view it on a Sunday, left a deposit and after bank transfer drove it home on the Wednesday.

You might have a job selling privately, I had to drop the price lower than I'd have liked (not by haggling) to get any interest. Problem is even three years old they are still quite high value and people tend to want finance and warranty which a private seller can't supply.

Got this beauty now though . . .


anyone would think I like blue cars or something . . .missing some of the six cylinder grunt but not the MPG

Interesting that you bought a Giulia as after 20 years in the Volvo community I too have bought one, a Quadrifoglio last august.

Don.

[Stephanie Plum]

chopper602 said:

Yes, it went to a Volvo fan from the Nottingham area - came to view it on a Sunday, left a deposit and after bank transfer drove it home on the Wednesday.

You might have a job selling privately, I had to drop the price lower than I'd have liked (not by haggling) to get any interest. Problem is even three years old they are still quite high value and people tend to want finance and warranty which a private seller can't supply.

Got this beauty now though . . .


anyone would think I like blue cars or something . . .missing some of the six cylinder grunt but not the MPG

Lovely. I do like those cars! I have a bright blue Alpine coming so not dissimilar to you! Hope you enjoy it.

Good point about the private sale thing. I'll have to give it some thought. Cheers.

[chopper602]

Stephanie Plum said:

Good point about the private sale thing. I'll have to give it some thought. Cheers.

I had the car on Autotrader and here on Pistonheads. The buyer saw it on a Facebook Volvo group and contacted me via the Autotrader advert.

[Stephanie Plum]

chopper602 said:

Stephanie Plum said:

Good point about the private sale thing. I'll have to give it some thought. Cheers.

I had the car on Autotrader and here on Pistonheads. The buyer saw it on a Facebook Volvo group and contacted me via the Autotrader advert.

Cool ta.

[stroller]

Hi all. I’ve had an eye on these for a couple of years now and keep looking at them. Not been out in the 2.0, what is the general consensus on them?
It will be my daily driver so the improved mpg would be helpful. What do they really typically return on average?
Anyone know the rebel blue car for sale at dealers in Bedford?
I’m not on Facebook so can’t access the owners group.
Presume no meetings planned over winter?
Thanks

[chopper602]

18 months out of the loop, so can't really answer your question. The 6 is better to drive and sounds great. But the 4 ends up with more power and better MPG. The best I ever got from my 6 was 35mpg on a really slow run down to the Eurotunnel. Commute to work about 20.

[stroller]

Thanks, do you miss yours? Still enjoying the Alfa?

[chopper602]

stroller said:

Thanks, do you miss yours? Still enjoying the Alfa?

It's one car (I've had a few) that I miss, but it was going to start costing me big money (£1600 for front disc and pads), plus the MPG and VED

The Alfa is great - much better on fuel, nice interior, beautiful direct steering.

[stroller]

chopper602 said:

It's one car (I've had a few) that I miss, but it was going to start costing me big money (£1600 for front disc and pads), plus the MPG and VED

The Alfa is great - much better on fuel, nice interior, beautiful direct steering.

Yep that makes sense. Those brakes aren’t cheap! Thanks for the info.

[mustdash]

stroller said:

Thanks, do you miss yours? Still enjoying the Alfa?

I sold my 6cyl Polestar in August and also went down the Alfa Giulia route (ended up in a Quadrifoglio). The Volvo was/is a great all round car, and I'll be the first to admit that I do miss the practicality of it. The Alfa though is a different level of car. For me, the things that defined my Volvo ownership experience were:

+ Q car looks / great performance / practical
- Poor dealership experience / expensive front brakes (to get the brakes changed all round on the Alfa is cheaper than just the fronts on the Volvo) / poor turning circle

The above being said, I would definitely consider another Polestar if I was to go down that route again.