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I hate working on CV joints, it is abominably messy. Yes I am wear gloves but everything gets covered anyway - tools, bench, car, then you rip a glove so you end up with grease inside and outside the glove anyway, and a huge pile of toxic filthy waste to dispose of.
And I inevitably damage the joint reassembling it so have to do it again.
A timely thread! There is a V70 on the street near me for sale, petrol and auto, one owner, all the trimmings, clean MOT with no advisories, full service history, asking £1750. The catch, if it is one, is that it’s done 315,000 miles.
I haven’t been underneath or poked around the engine yet but outside and inside look immaculate. I’d guess it’s been doing long airport runs or similar.
Am I mad to be thinking about it?! Would be and daily commuter (30 miles round trip) and weekend bike mover. Part of me would love to see how high I could get the mileage!
We recently sold our 8th gen civic with 205,000 on it. Pretty sad to see it go but it was showing symptoms of dual mass flywheel failure which really isn't a DIY driveway job, this coupled with all the peeling lacquer and thoroughly kerbed alloys meant it was quite scruffy. I'd replaced all the suspension and the rear axle over the years so mechanically it was pretty good.
Replaced with a Volvo V40 which is definitely a more sedate driving experience than Civic which which was always goading you to boot it out of each roundabout to the redline (even though it was a non-sporty 2.2cdti)
auto
No.
315,000 miles
Certainly no.
£1750
Absolutely no chance - and I love Volvo's.
That’s very clear, thanks! 👍
I agree with RNP.