FOR SALE - My 480 Turbo

Cleaned up the garage, found parts laying around, but it turned out to be a complete Volvo 480? If you want to sell your car (480 only) you can place an advert here.

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FOR SALE - My 480 Turbo

Post by owen080808 » Sun Apr 13, 2008 10:05 pm

For Sale: My 480 Turbo with a full years MOT

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The time has come for me to move on to pastures new, I've got quite attached to my 480 and I'm sure I will own another one at some time in the future but for now its time for a change. As of the first week in May my work is moving to a new office in the city centre with no parking, so the decision has pretty much been made for me that from now on I will be going on my bike. If I was going to use it then I would be keeping the car but I hardly get to drive it as it is.

I've owned the car for just over 2 years, and have expended a lot of time and effort (and money!) to keep it running as well as it does today.

It has had recently:

New exhaust (everything from cat back)
New front disks
New front pads
New Dist cap & rotor arm
New crank position sensor

And also in my ownership:
New starter motor
New clutch
New cv joint boots
New speedometer sensor
New braided stainless steel turbo oil feed line
New volvo replacement turbo oil drain hose
New rear brake lines
Oil and filter changed every 4-6k miles

Replacement gearbox
Replacement aux water pump
Replacement ignition coil
Replacement brake master cylinder

Just before I got it the car had:

Both rear calipers replaced
New handbrake cables
New timing belt etc.

Now the pics!

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The car also has

MOT untill 22/04/09 (12 months!) and the mileage is currently about 114k.
Almost NO rust, I bought it from the south of england and it shows that it hasnt lived a life on salty scottish roads
a nice half leather interior, in pretty good condition
a volvo option momo wheel (rare!)
the excellent 'richmod' ecu (hard to get!)
a fully working info centre
fully working pop-up lights
digital clock/timer (cool!)
an mp3 cd player/radio (with sub and amp in the boot)
boot load cover

front tyres are toyo proxes
on the rear are one yokohama and one cheapo (the matching yoko just got a nail in it grr!)
it has 4 atlas alloys in nice condition (one needs swapping due to aforementioned nail but i'm going to do this in the next few days so please ignore the rat wheel in the pic)

The car drives really well, always boosts nicely with a fair surge of acceleration if you need it. It uses no oil and I always run it on v-power. It can be quite economical, driving sensibly a motorway run will approach 40mpg (my record is a run of about 85 miles of mixed driving reading out 44.6mpg average) but this all depends on how heavy your right foot is, either way its not likely to go much below 30mpg unless you are the stig!

the paintwork is not the best ever, due to the age of the car and the fact that its red there are a few blemishes. I ground away a small patch of rust from the drivers side rear arch, so the paint doesnt match here (but its better than the rust taking hold!) and someone before me has tryed to re-spray the roof,badly.

There are coutless other little bits and bobs i've replaced and im bound to have forgotten something, but i'm making every effort to be as honest as possible.

The known bad bits are:
missing front spoiler (available from lee for a good price)
cracked dash surround (like almost all 480's)
radio ariel doesn't fully retract

None of these things detract from the car (as you can see in the pics) it still looks very good for the age that it is now. Anyone who wants to come and have a look/test drive is more than welcome, just get in touch (pm or email me).

I'll even throw in my haynes manual, and a standard airbox if the cone filter isn't to your taste.

Thanks for looking, any questions or more pics required just let me know.

Owen
Last edited by owen080808 on Sat May 17, 2008 10:21 am, edited 1 time in total.
Currently car-less

| '92 turbo + Rich mod | Sold

| '90 turbo + Seized engine | gone to the volvo dealer in the sky

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Post by piper1st » Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:21 am

looking good owen! It must be something in the air up here! :lol:

Good luck with the sale, i'm sure it won't be on here for long!
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1994 (M) Flame Red Metallic 480GT
1992 (J) Black Metallic 480ES 1.7i

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Post by David » Tue Apr 15, 2008 1:57 pm

you have a pm!

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Post by Oscar WS » Wed Apr 16, 2008 4:15 pm

Hi Owen,

Hope the sale goes well.

I'm replying simply because - by complete coincidence - I've just read the piece you wrote on the 480 on 'Ciao' website. I think you captured the feel of owning/driving a 480 perfectly. Particularly liked it 'bringing a smile to your face'. That's waht my 480s have always done for me.

Hope you come back to the fold one day.

Be lucky!


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    Post by owen080808 » Wed Apr 16, 2008 6:46 pm

    Thanks for the kind words (and pm's) all of you.

    I really hope she goes to a good home :)

    Cheers,

    Owen
    Currently car-less

    | '92 turbo + Rich mod | Sold

    | '90 turbo + Seized engine | gone to the volvo dealer in the sky

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    Post by owen080808 » Sat May 03, 2008 1:55 pm

    Bump

    Still for sale, just put fresh tax on her which i will include with the car. Price unchanged, a bargin surely? ;)

    Cheers,

    Owen
    Currently car-less

    | '92 turbo + Rich mod | Sold

    | '90 turbo + Seized engine | gone to the volvo dealer in the sky

    [img]http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d4/owen080808/480%20turbo/avatar.jpg[/img]

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    Post by owen080808 » Wed May 14, 2008 9:47 pm

    Bump again,

    now on eBay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0233123054

    with a very reasonable reserve ;)
    Currently car-less

    | '92 turbo + Rich mod | Sold

    | '90 turbo + Seized engine | gone to the volvo dealer in the sky

    [img]http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d4/owen080808/480%20turbo/avatar.jpg[/img]

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    Post by piper1st » Thu May 15, 2008 5:42 pm

    Ha ... i'm still car-less at the moment ... so i'll be bidding ... missing the 480 terrible! :lol:
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    BMW E46 330i SE Touring
    VW Mk4 Golf V6 4Motion
    Toyota Celica GT-FOUR ST205 WRC
    1995 (M) Dark Grey Metallic 480 Turbo
    1994 (M) Flame Red Metallic 480GT
    1992 (J) Black Metallic 480ES 1.7i

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    Post by owen080808 » Thu May 22, 2008 8:05 pm

    Now SOLD!

    Have to say the finishing price wasn't quite what I was hoping for, such is the way with ebay i suppose.

    The good news is that its gone to a very friendly new owner, Kevin, who I hope will enjoy her as much as I did, and i hope also will make himself known here.

    It was VERY hard to watch her drive away for the last time, my 480 was the first car i owned, and i really did feel an attachment to her, but i have to admit it isn't very practical for me to pay so much to have a car sitting outside that i hardly use, so for now it had to be.

    Surprisingly emotional!!
    Currently car-less

    | '92 turbo + Rich mod | Sold

    | '90 turbo + Seized engine | gone to the volvo dealer in the sky

    [img]http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d4/owen080808/480%20turbo/avatar.jpg[/img]

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    Post by David » Thu May 22, 2008 10:35 pm

    Hey Owen,

    You were v. helpfull to me when I was on the hunt for my first 480 so I'm really happy for ya that you got her a good home.

    Best of luck with what ever you move on to next!

    David.

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    Post by piper1st » Fri May 23, 2008 9:40 am

    owen080808 wrote: It was VERY hard to watch her drive away for the last time
    Yup ... i'm with you there ... still, now you have the joys of being car-less, but with the perks of never having to count the beers! :D

    the week after i sold my 480 i had an idle minute and thought "there must be something i need to do on the car", then there was a smile as i remembered i didn't have a car, then the realisation that I couldn't go anywhere with my new found spare time as i didn't have a car to take me there! :lol:
    Current:
    Honda Civic ES I-VTEC
    Image
    previous:
    BMW E46 330i SE Touring
    VW Mk4 Golf V6 4Motion
    Toyota Celica GT-FOUR ST205 WRC
    1995 (M) Dark Grey Metallic 480 Turbo
    1994 (M) Flame Red Metallic 480GT
    1992 (J) Black Metallic 480ES 1.7i

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