Point has been crossed

[jtbo]

I think that it starts now be the time, in here Finland at least, that buying good 360 is rather impossible. When I see seller ads, majority of cars are in very bad shape, it is also quite impossible to find 3 door models in original condition, teenagers have laid their marks to majority of them.

Also even my 360 is not in perfect condition, it seem to have better shell than most on sale today, if I would like to get one as good (or bad) as my current one, then more would be needed than just browsing seller ads.

So I think that point of rarity starts to be crossed at these days, that could also mean that prices of good ones are getting higher (I have already seen cars selling for over 2k). Might be that spare part situation starts to go even faster to non existent and more frequently some old chap at petrol station comes to say he have not seen one of those in years.

Could be different in UK, maybe takes bit longer because of the number of cars.

Selling one in this point, would be then quite bad move, getting similar to replace one, that is sold, would be almost impossible. I don't know how long it will take, but maybe in 5 years, all good ones have found their homes and drifstroying of these ends.

Everyone who has chance, pick as many as you can to store them as soon there is nothing else than garbage at market

[trabitom99]

In Germany too, the market for cat-equipped B200F 360s has been totally swept clean (only these cars are any use if you have to get a younger V300 into an "Umweltzone"). If you're lucky, one pops up every 6 months or so, usually in questionable condition.

TBH, my 360 GLi is getting a little tired now, every panel in sight is rusting, the car's done 326500 kms and still has its original engine (of course ) gearbox, diff, clutch, wheel bearings ... If there were any other B200Fs around it would be silly to put any more effort into it, but I'm still going to keep it going, there's just no alternative in sight.

The same is true for any Mk1 or any GLT. If you want a German-registered one, you need to take what you can get and plan for a lot of work.

Tom

[SteveP]

Probably not so bad in the UK... it's harder to find GLT's and Mk2's but they do pop up. To be honest things like the popularity ebay and online free ads means that some cars that would've only been sold locally will come up for all to see. I bought my GLS at the beginning of the year and it's by far the nicest 300 I've had, and I've had one since about 6 years ago!

Still, alot of Mk2's are becoming rarer and rarer.. shame as these are my favourite! You might get one or two Mk1's pop up for sale each year, but often they are scruffy by now

[jtbo]

This is where almost all cars go on sale today here, there is now 10 360's, which from 40% has been put into very sad state by 'fun' factor (well at least one look like well made).
http://www.nettiauto.com/volvo/360/

No single GLT, has been a while since I have seen one, B19 injection engine version is something I have been semilooking for years, none seen.

Only 8 340's in whole country:
http://www.nettiauto.com/volvo/340/
There is one really nice 340 1.4CVT however, not many like that are on sale in whole year, seller also knows it and price is something like 2k for that one.

Here it has gone quite bad already, if you still have mk2 and GLT versions up for sale grab them while you can.

[volvosneverdie]

I WANT THAT WHITE SNOWRACER!!!!!

http://www.nettiauto.com/volvo/360/3124915

[jtbo]

I WANT THAT WHITE SNOWRACER!!!!!

http://www.nettiauto.com/volvo/360/3124915

It has twin carb setup from Honda and it costs 2k, which is more you can afford

That is real rallycar, welded reinforced body, rollcage etc. Not badly made, but what if it was made from mint original low mileage car?

[volvosneverdie]

I WANT THAT WHITE SNOWRACER!!!!!

http://www.nettiauto.com/volvo/360/3124915

It has twin carb setup from Honda and it costs 2k, which is more you can afford

That is real rallycar, welded reinforced body, rollcage etc. Not badly made, but what if it was made from mint original low mileage car?

Thats a shame, but it looks VERY awesome.

If i did have 2k, that car would be a very good way to spend it!

[trabitom99]

There are 2x B200F 360s for sale in Germany right now which surprised me a bit. One crashed GLT (pity!) starting bid 50 Euros up:
http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... 0462946919

and one 360 B200F GLE saloon, for 2000€ :
http://www.autoscout24.de/Details.aspx?id=vhnn2ic3mgom

As for the rest:

1x ratty Mk1,
1x crash-damaged Mk2,
9x MkIII 340s (about half of them varios),
1x non-cat MkIII 360 GLE saloon.

Thats it ATM ...

Tom

[jtbo]

Starts to be quite low numbers in Germany too, hopefully most have been put to garages and not crushed