Highest mileage Volvo 850 in the country... MOT verdict and update
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- After buying the highest mileage Volvo 850 T5 in the country in Part 1, in Part 2 we take a look at the MOT debacle, and see whether I've managed to get a fresh ticket on the old girl. 462,000 miles is quite an achievement for an old car, so we'll have a browse around the Volvo, go for a little drive, eat some cake and talk about the plans for the future.
With absolutely ZERO conspiracy theories! Well, apart from two teasers of upcoming videos and a very open ended question about contrails. Sorry, I mean chemtrails. No wait, I do mean contrails. I think...?
Enjoy!
(PS for those of you who noticed it went on RUclips and then disappeared, only to pop back again... it was because I'd left out the cut away shot of the new numberplates, and felt it worth a reupload to put that in!)
#Volvo850 #HighMiles #HighMileHero
Watch the full series of videos on this car!
1. Getting it
• I bought the HIGHEST M...
2. MOTing it
• Highest mileage Volvo ...
3. Road trippin' in the Black Country
• Volvo 850 T5 in the Bl...
4. Dyno Day
• How much power has my ...
5. Making Pressed Numberplates
• Making a set of Presse...
Sorry Geoff, I've got to correct you slightly. It's not conspiracy theories, conspiracy facts!!!
Two Rogers don't make a right! Thanks Geoff! You're spot on.
@@GeoffBuysCars There's too many self indulgent wieners in this city with too much BLOODY MONEY. Now...
You’re a connoisseur Geoff!
Geoff where’s my cake 🇬🇧👍
conspiracy theory "numpties" like you, make me laugh,
are YOU "crappin yer pants", that in 2 years time,
yer ONLY gonna be allowed out for yer own home,
for 15 minutes per day,
THAT is "complete and utter BOLLOCKS"
450,000 and counting! I don’t know why people always always talk German cars for quality , I personally think the Swedes have got them licked . Keep her going Geoff, BTW like your number plates …save the planet buy a Volvo.
Cheers Martin!
Trading on reputation from a long time ago. I drove and nearly bought a Merc W124 300TD with 620,000 miles! They said high mileage in the advert and I didn’t ask, assumed they meant about 200k.
these are the new condensation trails that help fight overpopulation and global warming.
Ah thanks so much for clarifying! Do they also dim the sun so we get less of it's healing power via Vitamin D..? Just checking.
Love the comments on your number plate. Have a couple more : 1). Be kind to animals, kiss a Frog .. 2). Save trees, eat a Beaver .. [ only joking ]
Because their definitely NOT doing any geo engineering, OK 👍
Absolutely not Ron! Sorry Rob. Google ‘Ron Stoner’. Look at his photos. Beautiful representations of California in the 1960s.
@@GeoffBuysCars sorry if you just got a random message, wouldn't let me reply for a while.
Have to agree some cool pics, not heard of Ron before. I usually get "do you know Rob Stoner the American musician" or Casey Stoner the Australian motorcycle racer, or simply people wanting to know if I smoke weed, to which I usually reply Stoner by name Stoner by nature. Nice to get something different for a change, thanks Geoff.
Its still cheaper than buying a new car or that EV classic Mini I spotted on eBay the other day, over £59,000 they wanted for it and it was even more expensive than a fully restored 1960's Mini with its original rebuilt engine. Who is insane enough to want to buy it?
By the way love the number plates.
Love your videos,make me laugh in Clown World.
Thank you! definitely is a clown world right now, except without the laughter.
Intermittent ABS light on an 850 is normally down to the ABS module bolted on the pump mate, The soldered joints inside deteriorate due to age, All you need to do is get inside it and reflow the solder with a soldering iron, It worked for my T5 8 years ago and i've had no problems ever since 👌As for this 850 T5 you've got you must get it to 500K miles! Check the PCV system is OK, Give it a decent oil and filter change and give it an autobox trans flush if the oil looks brownish!
Or I have found placing a plastic peg such as it puts pressure on the ABS module, perhaps twisting it ever so slightly, has worked for me. Dodgy I know.
Thanks for this, I intend to hit 500k!
Thanks for that. I'll check that next time I'm under the bonnet. Fixed an LPG valve on it the other weekend and now Asda LPG pump is out of service again.
I had assumed that the ABS intermittent fault was a dirty ring at a wheel.
I'm only on 306,000 so still a way to go.
Yes soldering is the answer for the ABS module. 🎉😂
I have a 95 950 Estate, it's done around 210000 miles and is in fairly good condition for it's age. Brought it cheap15years ago and it owes me nothing. Worse thing about it is that it doesn't do many miles to the gallon so it's on a SORN at the moment. Amazing how much stuff you can get in these old Volvos.
Absolutely. Modern cars are reverse tardis’s.... huge outside, tiny inside.
Geoff where's my smack. I paid you didn't I? or maybe it was someone else, I can't be sure, because I take smack.
How about a wrap instead of touching up and a respray
I think it ends up more expensive. Unless I can find a wrapping company who wants to work with me!!
@Geoff Buys Cars
Yeah, have a go, a bit of free promotion for someone 😀
Condensation trails 😂. Don’t be surprised if it clouds over in that area. Nice number plate message
@5:24 As long as the banger is not banging on the ground, it should be okay. 😘
@6:20 LPG, that is smart, so you will be able to run this car on a budget because LPG is cheap.
@6:44 Safety sits behind the steering wheel but it needs to stop properly and doesn't fall apart while doing so. Working AC would be nice, too. 👍
The rear bumper drooping down is rotten mounting brackets which bolt on, the volvo bolts are a fortune so I used equivalent stainless at a fraction of the cost.
Too the “MOON” and back 😅
👌😎🤘m-E-m
Yeah exactly..!
@@GeoffBuysCars 🎂 🍰 🧁
👌😎🤘m-E-m
I didn't want cake anyway. I'm on a diet
What more red pilling vids coming up.
Smart Motorways and the new London Road Charge Scheme (makes ULEZ expansion look like a picnic)
Nice looking motor Geoff .I've had issues with the. a b s pick up rings and sensor on my v70 it's one of the few things to fail on these big old volvo but still good value for your money..Did you check the tax status with the LPG and age of the car ??😜
If you Brits get a tax discount on LPG, you are better off than us krauts.
trucker of 25 yrs, last 12 yrs on m6 night trunk, smart motorways are dangerous....nothing more to say.
Yeah Kevin you nailed it. There really is nothing more to say but sadly we have to keep saying it!! It’s crZy.
This man has talent. Did you see how he took off a bra with only one hand
Where’s my bloody cake Geoff? 😂
Oi Geoff, where’s my cake? What shocks you using?
Can't remember. Ha ha.
Good to hear she's road legal now , so one piece at a time , a body shop will charge fortunes get a wheel repair to do them had a set done cost 180 , defo look round for cheaper
180 is more like it...!
I got 430,000 out of a 2008 V70. It was still going strong.
What happened to it...?
@@GeoffBuysCars It's still in my front garden, too busy to get rid at the time I bought a Merc E class (now on 334,000). The V70 hasn't run for years, so a bit sad at the moment!
9:55 mUh ChEmTrAiLs
Came for the V70 info, subscribed for the deep and serious stuff….. you are spot on with everything you say 👍
Smart motorways, did you see the near miss I had on the M25? it was on my Bitchute channel (the Aldous Huxley link you asked for)👍
No I didn't actually... Email me the link to it again? Might have to use it in my Smart Motorways video
@@GeoffBuysCars I'll send you the link, it's in a compilation so you can edit the other clips out, your welcome to use it (if its not good enough quality let me know and I'll re upload it) Got shit 4G signal on my narrow boat🙄 so lowered the quality.
GBC, where IS MY cake?? Keep that Volvo shaped monument to automotive resilience going to 500k… no software updates, no fly by wire, no radar cruise or lane keep assistance to worry about… it just simply does what is says on that gold 850 shaped tin!
Geoff. Thanks for another entertaining youtube film, would love a volvo 850 and seen afew on facebook market and ebay. What would you recommend either a diesel or petrol
Kind regards
Chris
Chris you’ll find the diesels are hard to find. There’s a black one on eBay right now. My two pence? Buy it. It’s worth £4500.
Geof where is my SKODA , when is the draw please ,My E38 is on 200,000 now mint green and mint in manchester .Euro carparts has lost the plot ,2012 mini head light £35 now it is £198,00 ,My E38 window regulator with motor £25,47p ,Now its back up to £318,19p batteries were £17 last week now back to £77.00 something not correct with Eurocar parts .
Tonight!
@@GeoffBuysCars my e38
Those Condensation trails look very similar to Aluminsation, Bariumsation or Strontiumsation trails. Very beneficial for the climate apparently!........ not so beneficial to one's health mind.
Geoff, what are VOLVO like for getting parts? For example, Older cars?
I have a 2004 C70. Some parts are no longer available, like the steering column and lock. Look up Brookhouse Volvo in Ipswich. They supply older parts, and even make stuff to supply to Volvo..
Stop looking up noticing things Geoff. Geoff wheres my Cake
It is alll getting a bit 'dont look up' isnt it...!
I have volvo 740 carburator car. Ive been driving it after my dad for 10 years now. It has 999 999+ miles never had any problems with it. Its so good not to have abs, electronics, katalysator, airbag... It has saved me so much money so I have bought ridiculous luxury items for it like full new truck A/C kit, new webasto, now Im planning to install new titanium exhaust to it just to make the car inspector laugh a bit more. It has working monroe rear shocks on it after 35 years of service just completely ridiculously strong car and original untouched rear axle, gearbox, motor (had new gasgets installed). And good zinc coding from factory so no rust holes except 1 under drivers shoes.
Geoff where’s my cake it’s my birthday so I’ve had some you keep it n also my Volvo front right has a leak/slowie too but I’m running focus mk2 steely 5 spokes on my V70 🤣👍✌️
Both my ULEZ casualty cars had 256k miles 29 y/o and 234k miles 24 y/o on them.
Contrails: persistent and non-persistent (or short-lived). All to do with the tropopause and humidity of the air mass. Now, where’s my cake…
Asking for a friend, if I say Monroe three times whilst looking in the mirror will they send some new shocks and springs? They definitely wouldn't be for my V70 which currently rides like a shopping trolley going down a flight of stairs...
I need to see if I can get some discount codes established.
I'm 56, and I can tell you as a child I used to watch the planes in the sky, whilst lying in the sun, and reading my comics. Not too far from Birmingham airport. I can definitely tell you the trails were nothing like they are now.
Given you a little thumb love. I hope my cake is in the post. Put it in an airlock bag as it takes time for mail to get to Grenada. W.I. Looks chilly where you are.... LoL.
Geoff, Gritter Turdburg says it is old and dirty and you must change it for a new electric car… or YOU have destroyed her future.
Geoff not sure how close to B"ham you are but I have used these guys several times citywheelrefurbishment £25 a wheel good service but advise you sand the worst bits down yourself before taking them over.
170k on a 2001 V70... guzzles a bit, but worth it for the sound and smooth ride. This channel justifies my purchase ( for £500 last August )
If it had a LPG conversion, the guzzling doesn't really matter because LPG is half the price of fuel ... mostly.
Hello Geoff that 400k miles has been clocked its got more on it the digits are not perfectly level which means it's been clocked a bit like all the police cars the digits must be perfectly level yours are not just goes to show how good Volvos really are
Condensation trails hang around up there because it's a lot colder so the water vapour stays condensed. Like clouds.
I'll help you with the wheels IV done two sets myself 😃
Where are you based tho, the moon?
Hey Geoff. Where did you buy your shirt from/what brand is it? Thanks
Geoff wheres my cake lol love the new plates that will piss people off keep older cars on road we all dont want electric cars i enjoy working on mine and keeping it going, cant wait for the new videos looks like im not the only one who thinks smart motorways are daft.
Geoff where’s my cake
Do you know much about the history of the T5? Definitely feels like spring is in the air…along with the con trails
Allegedly it has stacks and stacks of history, and a V5... sadly neither of them can be located right now... I am hoping this will change!! Spring has sprung but i was very disappointed when it went freezing cold by 5pm
@@GeoffBuysCars Sorry to sound negative but don't count your spring chickens yet as it's only mid February and there's plenty of time ahead for some crappy weather.
Love the T5.
Geoff where's my cake!!!!! 🤣 great news about the t5
6:30 - Do you keep your other flannel shirt in the back seat? Is there another one in the trunk?
I love cake, where's my cake, bollocks I'll have a scone with clotted cream and jam.
Hey. Big G I bought a 2008 Yaris …. Good so far.
Geoff, You know I'm a fat fuck, where's my cake!
She’ll turn out absolutely fine, with you at the ‘recovery helm’ - by the way Geoff, Where’s my Cake ?!😂
Really nice view for sure. Nice car. It will work when most will not! JEFF!!
Where's my cake!!
Geoff Where's my cake ? 🎂 🥮
It'll be at the Geoff Buys Cars, Cake and Coffee event... date TBC!
unless the wheels need straightening or welding then £100 per corner is a bit much. if your on a budget, remove the tyres and clean the rim where the bead sits down to bare metal and re-paint all off the inside. the problem is corrosion gets under the beads and lifts the paint from the rim, even when they paint that black rubber sealant on, unless they fully clean the bead seat, it just sits on the lifted paint.
I hope you enjoyed your cake 👍
I did actually... sticky toffee, with a coffee.
Totally agree about the pollution created by making new cars instead of not scrapping old ones Geoff. With regard to the ABS warning light; I had similar problems on my 1997 V70, I removed the ABS module, opened it up and re-soldered the joints where the multi-way plug attaches this fixed my issues. I'm lucky that I have a microscope and could see numerous cracks in the solder joints, so I was confident this was the problem, it isn't always though but may be worth checking, here's a video where this and another fix was attempted but unfortunately did not remedy the issue but it will show you what was involved: ruclips.net/video/8yWUVzlNskA/видео.html. Hope that may help.......I see others did the same fix with success
Geoff's "old high mileage Volvo"
is actually FAR WORSE for the Environment than an EV,
HERE is HOW that is calculated,
first there is the initial environmental footprint,
concerning the manufacturing of the vehicle,
it takes less resources to make an ICE vehicle compared to an EV,
BUT, as soon as both of these vehicles hit the road,
the ICE vehicle has a far heavier environmental footprint,
compared to an EV and after about 3 years on the road,
as the ICE vehicle OVERTAKES the EV
in the "heavier environmental footprint" department,
as the ICE vehicle "continues to pump out CO2 and NOx"
during its entire lifespan, therefore the more miles it does,
the worse it is for the Planet.
Thanks Kevin
Fair point. Currently the UK generates about 29% of it electricity from fossil fuels as I understand it, so not all use of EV's is CO2 free, but I get what you are saying, assuming that they cover similar mileages per year. However, I believe lots of these old classics are only used occasionally (my 1997 V70 did about 1500 miles last year) so if they do less than 1/3 the mileage of an everyday use, 12,000 mile, EV we are in the same carbon emission ballpark -maybe just me trying to justify my earlier comment but just a thought......I do indeed look forward to a time when all power generation is carbon free and EV's have comparable range and there is a comprehensive charging network, I also welcome better battery technology where it would be less problematic to recycle. On a social point however, it appears that many of the EV's produced are prestige items, and purchase costs are beyond many less well off members of society, so although ICE's may be worse, for many they are the only current (no pun intended!) choice for those who need mobility but who are struggling financially. It would be better in my opinion to make smaller, non-SUV sized EV's which had scaled back performance (we all know how fast some EV's are, ridiculous in some instances) lighter weight with a presumably then better range. Hopefully this would mean they would also be more affordable rather than status symbols? I'd certainly buy one if the price was more competitive.
That cake was Yummy Geoff 😉
😂 love your channel, can you do a video on how to change a reg plate bulb on a Toyota carina 2 mot coming up…
Yeah, if I can find one parked up somewhere and the owner isn't looking, ha ha
The Japs know how to build cars around a light bulb 😂
Vape in sky research Kem trails
Hi Geoff, Kangoo 1.6 auto van, real van no windows (hen's teeth to find one) 220,000 miles!! Don't know if mine is the highest mileage one in the UK but someone can let me know if not. Just thought while we're talking high mileages here's mine.
Love those little things!
Geoff where's my cake? 😂
Having trouble finding something for under 2k. That's tidy. And localish. There's a V50 05 plate on eBay but it's almost to the moon on the milage.
Yeah it's really difficult. Does it need to be modern and relaible? I have a Mercedes 190e on the way to me that's in your budget...
@@GeoffBuysCars yes mate needs to be modern and reliable I like the v50 the free road tax version. just been offered a early Audi TT lady owner but the misses says I'm having a midlife crisis, she want a effing Berlingo?
I think that gold is the best 850 colour, it grew on me
Same, I'd have hated this years ago!
Geoff, where's my cake?
It is a Beige - Volvo - Station-wagon. I never though I would use those 3 words at the same time. When it first came out, people said it looked like a hearse.
Totally!
"The cake is a lie" - Doug Rattman
Ahem, more like 30k subs and rising…..Mmmm I love Monroe cake.
30k is an exciting number isn’t it...! Crikey.
Geoff wheres the f*in cake 😆
Geoff where’s my cake, new subscriber, hello there 👋🏻
Welcome Shane! Glad to have reeled you in!
I think the color looks dope. All the different shades give the car so much charisma. What a cracking car. Me want one. 🥰
It’s certainly one of a kind!
Where's my cake.
Where is that river ?
Geoff "Everyone on the floor! Just give me the WiFi code... No-one needs to get hurt, I just need your WiFi so I can post Volvo content"
Oh man I literally want to bum this comment 😂😂😂
Love the channel Geoff! Keep the Volvo vids coming! I just bought a 2002 Volvo V70 2.4 with 140k on the clock. Best decision I ever made. The most comfortable car I've ever owned I'm in love with it. Eats through petrol but I'd rather have something old with character and spend more on fuel than spend ridiculous amount of money on finance for a new car with no character or story.
Hey Geoff, I know a powder coaters that do rims at £40 a corner as long as the tyres are off.
Where are they...?
@@GeoffBuysCars Emailed you a map,
In aston
Just a sandblast and spray shouldn't be more than £60 a wheel
Nice car. I liked the 240s myself. Had a 240 saloon years ago. It was the most comfiest car ive driven. Yeah it was only £250 and lasted 6 months, but so what , im a cheapskate.
The cake is a lie!
I think you'd do a great video about the nonsense 20mph roads'... it's just a money making exercise!!
Yeah I have some more of this stuff coming this week.
@@GeoffBuysCars That's good to hear! My son's been caught twice in these 20mph roads'... I spend more time looking at my speedo than looking where I'm going! BTW... great videos'!!
Where’s my bloody cake!! Nice saving the golden 850. Cheers!!
Dude! Cake! We want the other two videos!!
Tomorrow and Thursday...
love your channel mate, good stuff.
I'm struggling to get exited about an old Volvo.
Probably cos of the many running jokes from the 80s about the kinda people that drove Volvos.
i'm sure thats all in the past, and you're not one of them.
The ABS issue will be the ABS ECU, I'd almost stake my house on it. Luckily, they are quite easily repairable and are not integral to the ABS pump itself.
I would love to know how many miles your Volvo travelled under the LPG system and did it fail or was it turned off deliberately?
My only experience of those systems from back in the eighties is that they stink when running on the LPG and that the combustion chambers run dry and hot, and had a tendency to burn out the exhaust valves, so I am amazed at the high recorded mileage. A question popped into my head as I was typing. Is it still the original engine?
I’ll answer all these things in a video :) I should have covered this in this video, I’m a bit scatty today!
We had ours converted at 112,000. People thought we were nuts but the exterior was solid, interior fine, everything worked. The only bit I didn't like was the 28mpg on petrol.
We've since done nearly another 200,000 miles on LPG.
The injectors are way past renewal time but are obsolete so when it works, it works as it will but with many LPG stations shutting down, I guess it's back to petrol.
Volvo 850 estate was one of my favourite cars, the boat like nature and 5-cylinder engine, sold it for BMW 5-series tourer, my mistake.
I want my CAKE…..
Anyway; genuine question, if you have multiple cars how best to insure them, because am I wrong in that you can only use your no claims discount on one car, so doesn’t that make insuring any other bloody expense even thro you can only drive one at a time…..
So come on Geoff tell me how to insure my daily and another at a sensible price….
Cheers
Still want my Cake…..
Ah, I have done a video on this, I’m with Cherished Vehicle Insurance Services on a multi car policy, I have 4 cars insured on it. Phone them, tell them Geoff sent you and I’ll buy you some cake.
What I've done over the years is get them to do an NCD match on a new policy. I've ended up with 6 policies all with full NCD and if I change a car (quite rare which is how I've ended up with too many), a policy NCD can sit idle for a year or thereabouts before being applied again.
I've managed to get most on a multicar but three being modified usually ends up with one car being orphaned. Another is a classic so on it's own policy.
Those are the last Volvos built with legendary Viking quality. I wish 600k and more
MONROE
Unsure because of missing battery clamp...we are all exposed to great uncertainty these days. And probably even more in the future. What is certain is that our enthusiasm for cars is being made more and more difficult. But at least as sure is that we won't let that stop us and will continue to enjoy our beloved ICEs.
Geoff, where's my cake? - thanks for the update, lots of 'condensation' up here in North East
These and the P1 V70 are built like tanks... My '99 V70 had its first MOT failure last month, mainly as I hit a pot hole on the way to the test centre which took out the front strut were the spring sits. Two new struts and spring fitted and it past the retest. Interestingly both struts were the factory fitted originals. I bet cars built today won't go 24 years and 170,000 miles on their original parts.
Those columbia wheels that you have are notorious for going out of round causing the tyre not to sit right and thus slowly deflates. I replaced mine with aftermarket wheels as I was fed up having to replace front tyres so often due to the uneven wear.
462K... that must mean my V70 is just about run in then 😆
Geoff wheres my cake,I am glad the volvo is moted and road legal there is something great about a car that survives, there are people out there that scrap cars with very little needing doing ,
I bought a new car the same day you bought this Volvo and funnily enough I paid the same for it too but you beat me to it MoT wise as I am still waiting to get an MoT for mine, will be more than a month waiting in total for me. The past few weeks i been trying my hand at refurbishing alloys, with how much they cost to get done I would say give it try and see how you get on, I have two that need tidying, there's alloy sprays, paints and even putty fillers available, this task is a chance for me to gain a new skill, will see how well (or not) the results are.
Hi Geoff.
£400 to paint those wheels is cheap, but if you can do them yourself, then its £400 saved I guess.
Great video, lovely location, watch out for the chem trails.
£100 a wheel is cheap...? Seemed a lot to me!
@@GeoffBuysCars that’s a fortune Geoff locally near me North Notts for that size your looking at £280 for a full refurb £400 is ridiculous
@@GeoffBuysCars Maybe that was just to paint the front face of the wheels ?
I paid £60 per wheel for 17’s inc tyre fitting last year. Proper job, dipped & powder coated silver. I’m in Herts. Probably gone up a bit since because of energy prices etc.
@@chevchelios8582 probably has gone up a bit. I'm not involved with powder coating, but have painted countless sets of wheels.
I know people who have paid £50 a wheel, mostly car traders, and then ask me why the paint is peeling off the first time they get jet washed.
Large companies that just do wheels can be more competitive with pricing than small local paint shops.
Geoff, where's my cake?
Hope all goes well with the new project
If that is an auto box, you need to fit a battery clamp. If it moves it will land on top of the auto box and wipe out the plumbing.
Geoff, where is my cake? This is reality motoring, love it!