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Started by Caaine, Oct 15 2004 06:51 PM

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#1 Caaine

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Posted 15 October 2004 - 06:51 PM

Hi,

Some may remember me from before. I had an 850 (prolly still in signature) but got rid of it late summer. Well, I just purchased a new car online and now I just need to figure out how to get it shipped to Iceland! biggrin.gif

Here is a piccie from the seller:


(1999 S80 T6, 107k miles, loaded with everything...)

Not much info in S80īs available, but I will probably starting modifying it soonish. Will start off mildly with the modifications then increase it probably when itīs spring time again.

Well, just wanted to say "Hi again!" and be sure to expect lots of questions from me again, hehe.... biggrin.gif

Edited by Caaine, 15 October 2004 - 07:27 PM.

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Posted 15 October 2004 - 10:05 PM

where is it located?
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Posted 15 October 2004 - 10:11 PM

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South carolina... he's gettin peggies too! Seriously... anyone want to donate into my mod fund?
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Posted 15 October 2004 - 10:25 PM

pegs look great on the s80, some one on the board had that setup. Hmm, shipping a car to iceland eh? That sounds pricey.....
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Posted 15 October 2004 - 10:26 PM

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pegs look great on the s80, some one on the board had that setup. Hmm, shipping a car to iceland eh? That sounds pricey.....
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I know... jeez... wonder how long that would take? They must put it in a container or something.
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Posted 15 October 2004 - 10:39 PM

Heh,

Actually I can get it to Iceland within a week, but itīs costly. Itīs in South Carolina, near Greenville at the moment.

The peggies look excellent on the S80 in my opinions, see Junīs Volvo.

The shipping isnīt all that pricey, but if you add the insane Icelandic taxes the thumb rule is, USA price x 2.5 for Icelandic on-the-street price. Basically means, a 10.000USD car in the US would cost me 25.000USD after shipping, taxes etc.

I can fly the car to Iceland from NY, takes less than a week or via a ship, takes about 2 weeks. Could probaly FedEx it too for less than 3 day delivery, hehe! biggrin.gif (Pricey!)
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Posted 15 October 2004 - 11:52 PM

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Posted 16 October 2004 - 02:44 AM

Man, they do look sick with pegs. blink.gif


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Posted 16 October 2004 - 02:54 AM

i betcha the 19" pegs would look most decent on this car!

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Posted 16 October 2004 - 05:01 AM

I do think 18" Pegs look nice on the S80, but the stock rims look REALLLY beautiful after you wash the car and put some shiner on there. I honestly never would have replaced them. Plus, if that *is* the same color as mine it doesn't look sporty really so a sporty wheel won't match so well, IMO.
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Posted 16 October 2004 - 12:09 PM

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Posted 16 October 2004 - 01:33 PM

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I do think 18" Pegs look nice on the S80, but the stock rims look REALLLY beautiful after you wash the car and put some shiner on there.  I honestly never would have replaced them.  Plus, if that *is* the same color as mine it doesn't look sporty really so a sporty wheel won't match so well, IMO.
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I can't think of ANY stock S80 rim that I would keep... What rim are you talking about?! blink.gif

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Posted 16 October 2004 - 08:45 PM

QUOTE(Jamaica2G @ Oct 16 2004, 06:33 AM)
QUOTE(Legend854T5R @ Oct 15 2004, 11:01 PM)
I do think 18" Pegs look nice on the S80, but the stock rims look REALLLY beautiful after you wash the car and put some shiner on there.  I honestly never would have replaced them.  Plus, if that *is* the same color as mine it doesn't look sporty really so a sporty wheel won't match so well, IMO.
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I can't think of ANY stock S80 rim that I would keep... What rim are you talking about?! blink.gif

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he's right.. every S80 rim is disgusting...
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Posted 16 October 2004 - 09:06 PM

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Posted 17 October 2004 - 12:24 AM

I'm 20 minutes from Greenville right now-- if you'd like me to go and check it out I'd be glad to smile.gif
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Posted 17 October 2004 - 05:49 PM

Thanks for offering to check out that car, Bitjockey. But it has already been checked out locally for me.

A few of the standard S80 wheels are Okish, these being one of them (Arrakis) in my opinion. But they are meant to give an executive look not a sporty one.

I belive that the pegs will come out great even if the car is green. Here in Iceland 90% or more of the S80s have the ugliest S80 alloy wheels. I hope the guy who decided to have those wheels as standard is no longer working at Volvo, what a horrible choice! smile.gif
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Would be great having Pegasus wheels and being the only one different! biggrin.gif

Edited by Caaine, 17 October 2004 - 05:55 PM.

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Posted 19 October 2004 - 07:27 PM

shipping is not that expensive

I shipped car from new york to finland, it cost me 800 bucks. so to iceland may be even cheaper.
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Posted 19 October 2004 - 08:51 PM

Actually itīs not that cheap, itīs about 1900USD. And then add 40% customs tax and above that 24,5% sales tax. (which adds on transport within the US, from US to Iceland and the customs tax).

So that basically means, a car costs 9000USD in the US. 500 for transport within the US and after everything has been added, the on-the-street price will be...

22.650USD

Edited by Caaine, 19 October 2004 - 08:54 PM.

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