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I am very reluctantly putting my V70 T5 up for sale after 6 years of ownership.
I am the second owner from new, it was a demonstrator and then owned 2005 – 2019 by the same gentleman who was fastidious in maintenance and bought it to replace his 850 T5.
This is arguably the best spec there is – B5244T5 2. 4, manual gearbox, pre-2006 so lower tax bracket.
90, 300 miles
Full service history as follows:
• 10 miles, 06/ 05/ 2005 - Delivery inspection
• 8864 miles, 08/ 03/ 2006
• 12707 miles, 19/ 04/ 2007
• 17713 miles, 31/ 03/ 2008
• 25019 miles, 09/ 04/ 2009
• 32224 miles, 08/ 04/ 2010
• 38160 miles, 23/ 02/ 2011 (Cambelt)
• 41104 miles, 15/ 02/ 2012
• 44253 miles, 13/ 02/ 2013
• 47045 miles, 21/ 02/ 2014
• 48749 miles, 16/ 02/ 2015 (front 4C shock absorbers)
• 50369 miles, 11/ 02/ 2016
• 51483 miles, 15/ 02/ 2017
• 52849 miles, 13/ 02/ 2018
• 55743 miles, 19/ 02/ 2019
• 62002 miles, 01/ 12/ 2020
• 67103 miles, 24/ 01/ 2022 (Cambelt)
• 71903 miles, 16/ 12/ 2022
• 76592 miles, 22/ 09/ 2023 (Clutch & Flywheel, radiator, plugs, A/ C condenser, subframe mounts, sump o-rings)
• 84251 miles, 31/ 08/ 2024 (2x front suspension arms, 4 Goodyear Eagle F1 tyres, laser alignment)
In the last 6 months it has also had a new thermostat and housing, fuel pressure sensor and alarm siren module.
Cosmetically it is in very good condition, it polishes up nicely and is original. I did an HPI check when I bought it and it was all clear. There is a small mark to the N/ S rear bumper which I always said I’d sort and never did, a very light dent in the N/ S rear passenger door – easily removable by a dent man, and the front N/ S bumper is slightly hazy – I suspect you could machine polish it up.
The headlights are clear, they were polished recently along with new xenon bulbs.
The interior is very good, I treat it every year with leather cream, and the seats show none of the drying and cracking you see on some of these cars. The front A-pillars have started to peel slightly, find one of these cars where they haven’t…
At 76k miles it had nearly £3k of work undertaken at Shemtek Automotive in Nottinghamshire, one of the best names in the business for Volvo 5 cylinder engines. Along with the work detailed above, it had a bigger DO88 intercooler and pipework fitted (these breathe much better), and a light remap to make the most of the extra flow. It’s estimated to be around 300bhp now, and it is the most linear, smooth power delivery of any engine I’ve ever driven, along with a wonderful 5 cylinder soundtrack.
I was keen not to do any other modifications to it, and it has nothing obvious or ‘chavvy’, but suffice to say it is now a quick car.
There are a couple of niggles – there seems to be a slight leak coming into the corner of the passenger footwell – only in heavy rain, I suspect it is the rubber seals on the edge of the windscreen – common and DIY fixable – I haven’t done it as it’s mainly lived in the garage the last 2 years.
The reverse lights intermittently don't come on - suspect it is a connection, nothing serious.
MOT til 20th December. I don’t think it will need anything to pass again.
I am not in a rush to sell it and I really don’t want to, it’s the best car I’ve ever owned, but I do more mileage now and have bought an Audi A6 TDi.
