Category Archives: Cars Bought So Far

2002 Ford Focus ST170 I had to take my Volvo up to Squire Automotive aka Midland Volvo Specialists and wanted to buy a car up that way for the 1hr and a bit drive home. After spending an evening browsing the usual Geoff fodder of Swedes, Wagons and Cabriolets, I found this…

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1997 Volvo V70 2.5 N/A Manual… Silver with Beige Cloth Interior, 180k ish miles, 1 day remaining on the MOT (but I’m MOTing this one, can’t be wasting old cars now can we!). Very clean and straight car, drives well, expect it needs an antiroll bar and a tyre or two for the MOT butContinue reading “1997 Volvo V70 2.5 N/A Manual”

Miles? 135,830MOT? Yup, 24th Jan 2023History? A small pile. Not war and peace, but better than the Hilux Surf.Owners? Not sure at the mo, i’ll ask Paul later on…Engine? 2.3 Turbo, so not an Aero Hot, but mapped to Stage 1, so 275hp ish.0-60? Oh hell yes. In not much time at all.Modifications? Noob tuneContinue reading “2003 Saab 9-5 2.3T Estate”

Miles? All of em. MOT? Yup, just done. History? About 7 scraps of paper and an MOT certificateOwners? About 12, plus 1 Geoff… Engine? 2.4 turbo diesel. 0-60? Maybe on a downhill, and in neutral.Modifications? Someone took the Lighthouse Family literally. We could be Lifted. Plus, it’s getting a full Geoff makeover and it’s bookedContinue reading “1991 Toyota Hilux Surf”

1999 Jaguar XK8 (X100) 4.0 litre naturally aspirated V8, Silver with Oatmeal Leather140,000 miles, MOT until 3rd November 2022

1998 Ford Explorer 4.0 litre Cologne V6, Silver Green with Beige Leather130,000 miles, MOT until September 2022 This car belongs to Geoffista Chris. Chris and I have some car history together, he bought the Daimler from the chap I sold it to, then bought the SLK and CLK from me. I’ve had the S ClassContinue reading “1998 Ford Explorer”

1998 Citroen ZX 1.9 non turbo diesel 148,000 miles, owned by the same family since new. Purchased from one of the mums at my kids school, her father in law bought this car brand new in 1998 for £10,000. MOT’d until February 2023, it’s a great little simple car that’ll cost pennies to run! WatchContinue reading “1998 Citroen ZX”

2007 Alfa Romeo 147 Collezione, 90k miles, MOT until October 2022 “Limited to only 500 vehicles, featuring leather interior, exclusive 17” alloys and lots of style, the new Alfa 147 Collezione starts from only £13,950.00” “Behind the wheel, drivers will benefit from air conditioning and steering wheel mounted controls for the CD player, plus theContinue reading “2007 Alfa Romeo 147 Collezione”