Volvo 480 Club Europe

Just noticed this on Ebay! £5k!! I asked if they had made a mistake i.e. £500.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Volvo-480-es ... Sw3ppgSkYg

If this is for real I am gobsmacked!

Anthony

Let me guess the film title mmm The Sting,Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,or The Usual Suspects?

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Let me guess the film title mmm The Sting,Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,or The Usual Suspects?
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Haha! Maybe the film 'Dreamer'!

My god, I thought I was bad at bodywork.....

Clearly polyfilla have had a sale on!

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My god, I thought I was bad at bodywork.....

Clearly polyfilla have had a sale on!
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It’s all fake for a film... Underneath must be mint ! Haha

Haha, it does make you wonder what planet some folks are on...

I've posted a question to the seller on eBay.. just for shits and giggles, of course

Hello there,

Did you make an error with the price? A £5k car would be pristine, full history, undergone restoration, photographed properly described in fulsome detail and not for sale 'as a film prop now surplus to requirements'!

More like £500 - 700 in that condition, I'm afraid. For comparison, have a look at another white 480 that has been on sale here since early last year which was also initially priced at a crazy sum (£8k I believe!) and is still unrealistic and no takers at £1990. Also there is another tatty ES on at £876 but overpriced for what it is..

Good luck with your wacky plan!

Martin

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Haha, it does make you wonder what planet some folks are on...

I've posted a question to the seller on eBay.. just for shits and giggles, of course

[i]Hello there,

Did you make an error with the price? A £5k car would be pristine, full history, undergone restoration, photographed properly described in fulsome detail and not for sale 'as a film prop now surplus to requirements'!

More like £500 - 700 in that condition, I'm afraid. For comparison, have a look at another white 480 that has been on sale here since early last year which was also initially priced at a crazy sum (£8k I believe!) and is still unrealistic and no takers at £1990. Also there is another tatty ES on at £876 but overpriced for what it is..

Good luck with your wacky plan!

Martin[/i]
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Haha! I did the exact thing last night! I asked if he meant £500 not £5000! Haha!

Oh dear he will be disappointed!

never mind looks OK at 'twenty paces' thats about twenty yards!!

£5k

A bargain, clearly...

Nice green GT going here for £25,000...

David

Selling my old Turbo

Cracked windscreen, leaks, doesn't run but still looks good at a glance...

Looking around £45,000 or nearest offer.

dcwalker wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 12, 2021 10:36 pm

A bargain, clearly...

Nice green GT going here for £25,000...

David

Worth every penny David (your GT I mean ) ..you could eat your dinner off your engine bay

tevred turbo wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 12, 2021 10:55 pm

Selling my old Turbo

Cracked windscreen, leaks, doesn't run but still looks good at a glance...

Looking around £45,000 or nearest offer.

Aye, but what films has it been in? "Not Gone with the Wind", "Doesn'TRON", "Ice Cold in Alex", "Gladiator part deux - The Return Valve of the non-native" "The Deep end"?

Come on folks, surely you can do better than those?

Martin Mc wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 13, 2021 8:18 am

tevred turbo wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 12, 2021 10:55 pm

Selling my old Turbo

Cracked windscreen, leaks, doesn't run but still looks good at a glance...

Looking around £45,000 or nearest offer.

Aye, but what films has it been in? "Not Gone with the Wind", "Doesn'TRON", "Ice Cold in Alex", "Gladiator part deux - The Return Valve of the non-native" "The Deep end"?

Come on folks, surely you can do better than those?

How about the "Sometimes Living Day(time running)Lights"

If this baby hits 88* you're gonna see some serious shit...










*£88

If my calculations are correct, this would mean I have a 20k car sitting on my road...

Clearly this car is not worth £5000.
However, I'm not sure the Benefit in emailing him to say it's only worth £500!
Surely it has to be worth more than £500.....
Scrap value is around £200/300.
We have to believe cars like this are worth being alive thus worth more otherwise sellers want bother and just scrap it.
If we don't believe in these cars who will?

nigel poustie wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 13, 2021 10:47 am

Clearly this car is not worth £5000.
However, I'm not sure the Benefit in emailing him to say it's only worth £500!
Surely it has to be worth more than £500.....
Scrap value is around £200/300. ri
We have to believe cars like this are worth being alive thus worth more otherwise sellers want bother and just scrap it.
If we don't believe in these cars who will?

Which is why, whenever I've sold a car (including in the past a wedgie or two) I've always started the auction at 99p and gone with what the market believes the car is worth. This nonsense of sticking a ridiculous notional value on a 480 just because they are rare seems to undermine their true value even more than letting them go for buttons, in my view.

In any case, it is just lazy puntery, using a platform like fleaBay to chance your arm. Spoils things for the serious buyers and sellers.

^^^^ that ^^^^^

I hate people asking “what’s it worth”

For insurance purposes it’s irrelevant because they’ll ignore anything you say. For selling it’s about finding the right person at the right time. Case in point, KGF celeb.

jifflemon wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 13, 2021 11:40 am

^^^^ that ^^^^^

I hate people asking “what’s it worth”

For insurance purposes it’s irrelevant because they’ll ignore anything you say. For selling it’s about finding the right person at the right time. Case in point, KGF celeb.

And don’t forget; me! ‍♀️

That’s the truth. If you are lucky enough to have £6000 to spend at that time that car comes up, which is the best on offer at the time you’re looking, you’re gonna buy it.

I’ve seen a few since buying mine that I’d have preferred but; decision made and now I have a nice 480 and it’s mine. That’s the best bit.

Same goes for someone who has £1500 to spend, everyone wants the best they can get for their available balance when they’re looking. You might get lucky, you might not. We’ve all seen good ones go for £2500 and not so good ones (cough) go for £5000 (and subsequently another £5000 spent...).

Don’t know how much longer I dare hold onto mine as it really needs to be garaged. 🥺 Even the Carcoon isn’t helping too much with the rust spots appearing.

Back to the original point though. Yes, £5000 is a lot of money for not much 480. It could be worth thousands if you have the expertise to fix everything and do all the body work for yourself and you just want to keep it. It’s, wotsit called? ......subjective? They all are recently! All over the shop in condition and asking price aren’t they?

Also, those who know very little about cars or 480s may simply search what the last ones have sold for and are up for and just whack the same price on because it’s the same car!

Roll up, roll up Ladies & Gents, this 480 ES 1.8 (sic) with a years MoT (February) with "good overall appearance" has a whopping £4000 off

Woop woop!! Haha