and supermarkets both of which are unaffected in recession) anyway after 8 years of ordinaryness I have finally secured a much better deal which has provided me with a budget for some new wheels.I negociated my new deal at the end of January and on the 3rd of February I went to Birmingham to collect this.....
Because of the weather I've wimped out and stored it in my garage -I've literally driven it 60 miles back from brum and plonked in the garage since 3rd Feb
Teh interior....
Teh engine
There's my 406 too
Here's where I bought it - its outside the window there to the right
It's a T5 SE 2.5ltr Turbo, 1 owner, 23,930 miles, 6-speed, full history, with a 12 month Volvo Warrenty for £6,987.00
Now I saw this car a couple of weeks ago and missed out on it, then the dealer rang me to say the other buyer can't get the finance so I reserved it and went over on Saturday 31st Jan and bought it
I paid for one of those Glasses valuations (£3.50) and it came up as £9,960.00 from a dealer
the Dealer has decided to churn out cars at a modest return rather than sit there staring out the window (the place was crammed with punters).It has all the comfort and extras of a 406 exec but has a sporting edge with it being based on the current Focus chassis.
Running costs will be pretty good with just basic fluid changes for the next few years (cam belt is at 112000 miles or 10 years
) and I've worked out that the fuel will cost an extra £8.00 per week for unleaded or £10.00 for Super. I've worked out the fuel based on 24 mpg against the 38 of the HDi but the Volvo was showing 27 mpg average when I bought it and this went up to 28 on the way home
actually the Volvo T5 can be economical (apparently).Oh and for a laugh I got the dealer to value my 406......£375.00
I'm still using the 406 for another week or so and then I'll put it in Autotrader for sale
Hope you will forgive me? and I am sooooo not going anywhere cos I like you all too much
Welly
