My first 480 was old and rusty, didn’t have many miles on it but had clearly been used by a bricky, this being because the boot was full of cement and broken bricks. Needless to say I didn’t keep it for long, infact I didn’t even take a picture of it because I was worried it would break my camera.
So onto my first half functioning 480 my 480 S,
Did a 560 mile round trip to get this and it turned out the seller had slightly exaggerated its condition, I put some things right but it really did have to go. And this is where we move on to my current car
My 480 Celebration:
Bought this of fellow club member dragon and have sworn never to part with it, so far I have kept my word. I bought it at 48,000 miles it is now on 72,000 the first bubble of rust is starting to show
Even though I have not sold the Celebration I don’t like it being on the road in the winter months so I decided to buy a winter car, naturally it had to be a 480. My 480 ES
The special thing about this car for me was, it’s the first time I have owned an automatic, I have to say I prefer them to manuals for the daily commute to work where you just want to get from A to B but when it came to the weekends it was a bit boring, however it had extensive service history as it had previously been owned by an enthusiast (non club member) so this was quite a buy, it did have 113,000 miles on the clock but it had had a new gearbox 7,000 miles before, this is what made me decide to buy it. I reluctantly sold it simply due to the fact it was costing to much in fuel to use as a work horse doing 55 miles a day, I still miss it now.
So rather than posting a thread full of old stuff, for mods and stuff currently done see my website:
Celebration - http://www.volvo480wales.com/480celebration.htm
ES - http://www.volvo480wales.com/480es.htm
