Phwoar....

[arbitor]

soz matt d

[J4MES]

What a piece of junk.

Did you rip off the guy you bought it from as well?

And why are you posting pictures of the banger you've bought when you say you can't use the internet for 'leisure activities?'

hmm. small p*nis?


nice first car btw - deffo 'left field' choice!

[muddyfox470]

dont worry i dont mind other people posting their pics in the thread

not off to a good start

yeah it does resemble the c30 quite a bit imo, and it drives sweetly, insurance starts next monday, though it isn't extremely cheap though for my first policy its acceptable. some people were quoting 2-4k for the 480 or mx5

took a while to find one with a suitable price

ian

The computer on my mums worked fine and was really quite useful! Its a shame you only find similar systems now on BMW's and lexus's I think back then they were seen as causing a lot of problems so sort of died as a concept, I could be wrong though!

When I have my info centre working I'll report back to you, believe it or not there is a 480 owners club so I'm getting a bit of help from them lot; another friendly bunch Quite a few faults with these because they were 'ahead of their time' - strange they put them on the 480 but not on the 440/460.

nice first car btw - deffo 'left field' choice!

Ta, I wanted something a bit different and for the money I think I've got a pretty good car, its only done 70k and last volvo service was at 54k, the second owner took care of things himself...
Plus it carries a few more people and luggage than the mx5 (the other one i was looking at)

[arbitor]

yeh you just have to drop your standards unfortunalty.

its always more of a problem for you guys who arent 17 because all your mates that passed at 17 have now got nice cars and you wanna be like that but insurance wont let you

[kickstart 1]

Nothing wrong with £300 for a car , if you like it and it does the job then thats all that counts , being a girlie i find if its got an engine that runs and four wheels it will do for me , i wish i could have found that for £300

[muddyfox470]

Nothing wrong with £300 for a car , if you like it and it does the job then thats all that counts , being a girlie i find if its got an engine that runs and four wheels it will do for me , i wish i could have found that for £300

I probably paid over the odds a lot of them seem to go for around £200 and those advertised on autotrader are just wishing for too much

I quite like the car, its extremely comfortable and should be ok to maintain To be honest a lot of more expensive cars would have been cheaper to insure this 480 is insurance group 12!! And would is costing me around the same as a jap import mx5 would have.

It doesn't seem that bad a car for the price. I'm gonna give her a proper clean after ive got all my bits together I'm pretty much like you kickstart, its my first motor and i hope it to last me 3 to 4 years (which it should do without a lot needing to be changed), I can't really complain, just the goddamn dog hairs are everywhere, i cannot believe how resilient they are to coming out of the seats! lol

Ian

[kickstart 1]

I dont have any problems with insurance for any car tbh , seeing i am ..ahem over 21 i just dont get it spending thousands of pounds on a car ? If it gets me from A to B thats all that matters , i cant see the point in getting into thousands of pounds worth of debt for a car , who cares ? Is it just an ego thing with guys? You stick with your 'new car ', do what you can/afford to keep it on the road and have many hours fun being mobile now !!

[redlight]

I wish my first car looked like that. Mine was a purple and white Triumph Herald and cost me £30. My weekly wage was £15 so not really cheap. I wonder how much I would get for it now.
I can just about remember that first car feeling. It felt a bit like that other first time(I think).

[arbitor]

I dont have any problems with insurance for any car tbh , seeing i am ..ahem over 21 i just dont get it spending thousands of pounds on a car ? If it gets me from A to B thats all that matters , i cant see the point in getting into thousands of pounds worth of debt for a car , who cares ? Is it just an ego thing with guys? You stick with your 'new car ', do what you can/afford to keep it on the road and have many hours fun being mobile now !!

just because you cant see the point doesnt make it so for everyone does it, would have thought people would realise that in a public forum by now lol.

Im sure you have hobbies interests that others would say are a waste of time it always works both ways

[Howard]

cost me £30. My weekly wage was £15 so not really cheap.

Not really cheap? I wish I could buy a car on two week's wages that won't fall to bits as soon as I got it home! Bloody inflation

[redlight]

I forgot it had an 8track in it so that made it a bargain.

[finlay666]

Lovely lovely Volvo 480 ES 2.0i

I hate you!

I always wanted one as my first car

I got stuck with a corsa/polo combination (corsa had to go as I was physically too tall for it )

Hope its a nice drive, my parents are looking to get a volvo soon which I'll be insured on

[kaillum]

bonny looking first car m8e!!

When I was learning to drive the guy who fitted my mum and dads central heating had a black 480 1.7 Turbo with blacked out windows... I adored that car!! Never got to drive one... I had to make do with a Talbot Samba Trio with rusted door hindges!! but at least I was mobile at 17!!

[Jay]

just because you cant see the point doesnt make it so for everyone does it, would have thought people would realise that in a public forum by now lol.

Im sure you have hobbies interests that others would say are a waste of time it always works both ways

very opinionated!!

bonny looking first car m8e!!

When I was learning to drive the guy who fitted my mum and dads central heating had a black 480 1.7 Turbo with blacked out windows... I adored that car!! Never got to drive one... I had to make do with a Talbot Samba Trio with rusted door hindges!! but at least I was mobile at 17!!

did they not make a rally edition of this car? Or was that the Sunbeam?

*Edit*

It was the Sunbeam

[muddyfox470]

Just got it taxed so will be able to fill her up and take her for a proper drive saturday/sunday.

I spent 7 hours yesterday replacing the headlight mechanism, and despite it being a right farce it was well worth it as it all works

Super happy because of that, managed to get them working and popping up etc, tis well awesome

It's not the turbo but still has some grunt, it should do me well tho fuel economy isn't going to be top notch; however I'm no boy racer so it should do me well for a few years.

Proper chuffed to have a car to my name now

Ian

[J4MES]

Aren't they weber twin choke jobbies?