Brian Damaged
West Midlands
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Volvo 940....am I mad?Brian Damaged
@damaged
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Dec 25, 2010 15:36:22 GMT
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Fed up with scanning Auto Trader and Gumtree for another rancid old snotter....the more I think about it, the more I'm thinking 'sod it, I want something a bit nicer'. Just about to have a decent payrise at work, so fuel consumption's not quite the issue it was....and although I've had 3 360's in the past I've never owned a big Swede.....and they don't come much bigger than a 9-series. ;D  Seen a really nice one for sale. '92 940 2.0 Wentworth manual which I believe is the old B200 redblock with turbo. One owner, 94k, FSH. Guy wants £495 for it with a year's ticket. 155bhp of RWD wafty loveliness. I hope.  Not this one...but virtually identical (and virtually as tidy, too). Anyone with any first-hand experience of these beasties? What are they like to live with? I'm 46, and drive cars like I drive HGV's (my day job). Slowly. Already got an insurance quote (they're Grp16)....£227 Fully Comp. I like being old..... A favourable response means a roadtrip up to Wigan sometime next week......  |
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Rich
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Volvo 940....am I mad?Rich
@foxmcintyre
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Dec 25, 2010 16:11:09 GMT
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No idea what they are like to live with but that first one is ace! Do something like that with one! ;D
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Dec 25, 2010 16:34:38 GMT
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awsome motors,motorway trips are just like being sat in your front room but without the telly....go for it ;D
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1984 Subaru GLF Hatch
1983 Skoda 120LE Super estelle
1977 Subaru DL Wagon
1978 Datsun 120Y Coupe
1995 Skoda favorit estate
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Volvo 940....am I mad?BenzBoy
@benzboy
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Dec 25, 2010 17:16:24 GMT
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My sorted my old man out with a 940 with a 2.3 lump which looked very similar to the silver one posted above. Went well, good and solid - last of the "proper" Volvos I reckon. Very wallowy suspension just like the 240 / 740 but then nobody buys a big Volvo and expects anything else! They're very capable cars and I can't think of any "achilles heels" that they have apart from the usual rust that any car of a certain age gets. I'd say the only reason not to go for one would be down to personal preferences on how you like a car to drive. If it's been looked after and big, wafty, solid, boxy saloons are your thang then you can't go wrong!  |
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Volvo 940....am I mad?Robinxr4i
@robinxr4i
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Dec 25, 2010 18:49:44 GMT
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I really like them, much better built than the small Volvos IMO, saloons seem to go for such little money considering how much car you get for the money and the quality of the build too. Parts aren't too horrific either. The ride is MEGA floaty probably the softest I've ever experienced.
I keep meaning to buy a 940 Turbo, but something else always turns up before I find one!
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Sierra - here we go again! He has an illness, it's not his fault.
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Dec 25, 2010 18:58:19 GMT
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In town runnabout? perhaps not, tbh, but on anything like a longer journey, very little comes close for comfort and waftability for the money.
Pretty much bomb-proof, its old enough to not be over-complicated by too much electronic nonsense without compromising efficiency or comfort.
The interiors are like being at your grans house, minus the smell of wee and a disapproving kitty. Add doilies to the headrests to complete the feeling.
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1986 Panda 4x4.
1990 Metro Sport.
1999 Ford Escort estate.
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Brian Damaged
West Midlands
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Volvo 940....am I mad?Brian Damaged
@damaged
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Dec 25, 2010 19:20:24 GMT
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It would be used for commuting to work, but out of the 18 miles I have to travel 14 of them are motorway miles....so it wouldn't be slogging it out in heavy traffic all that much. Provided I could get 25mpg out of it doing that, then it wouldn't really be much of an issue. Even when I'm on the motorway you won't find me above 65-70 that often. Think I'll give the guy a ring on Tuesday and have a wazz up the M6 for a shufty. Cheers guys! |
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benzine
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Volvo 940....am I mad?benzine
@benzine
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Dec 25, 2010 19:55:09 GMT
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I had a 2.3 turbo 940, I loved it. 150k on the clock and didn't miss a beat (my 740 has 179k and my 960 has 184k, both fly through MOT tests still) I took my 940 estate to the nurburgring and back, got some great looks going round the ring with passenger and car full of camping gear. I drove at 55mph all the way there and back and managed 38mpg
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namless
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Volvo 940....am I mad?namless
@namless
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Dec 25, 2010 20:10:33 GMT
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all i can say they are brilliant
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stwat
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Dec 25, 2010 23:49:20 GMT
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Fantastic cars. My old man bought a 2.3 low pressure turbo estate for towing his massive trailer for a year. It was faultless, luxurious and did good MPG on long runs. He had a 740 estate for years before that too. I used to love driving them The 740 had done astronomical miles 400.000+ but still drove nice and tight and was totally rust free when he sold it. He sold the 940 on for a profit after he had done with it. He is all posh now and drives a fully loaded V70 D5 SE LUX but still talks about the 740 and 940 fondly with a gleam in his eye ;D |
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1992 190E 1.8 manual
1989 300SE Low mileage LuxoBarge
1988 190e 2.6. 1988 190 2.3-16 Cosworth
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10mpg
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Volvo 940....am I mad?10mpg
@10mpg
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Dec 26, 2010 21:13:18 GMT
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I had a 960 3.0 24v straight 6 estate, superb car had every toy and oodles of grunt comfy as hell, handled well, huge inside, good on juice for a big old wafter as well, i'm not a fan of small turbo lumps when you can get a lovely big n/a tourqe monster instead I drive the ar$e of everything, never been known to cruise at anything even remotely legal speedwise, plus round the doors I boot it all the time using kickdown at most pullaways/junctions/traffic lights and it still managaed low/mid 20's mpg average, my mrs who is a whole lot more restrained with her right foot (though she still cruises at 90+ and like to overtake) and got an average 29/30mpg on her commute with it, so I guess you'd be more than happy mpg wise if you're a gentle driver. Wish I still had it  |
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Dec 26, 2010 21:25:00 GMT
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you will fall in love with it for sure .very nice motor been thinking of selling the T5 and getting one myself .enjoy !
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Some people are like Slinkies - they serve no useful purpose, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them downstairs.
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Brian Damaged
West Midlands
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Volvo 940....am I mad?Brian Damaged
@damaged
Club Retro Rides Member 33
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Dec 26, 2010 21:35:35 GMT
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Will give the guy a ring on Tuesday morning and go have a good look at it. If we don't get snowed in again. Sick to death of this bl00dy weather!!!!  |
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Dec 26, 2010 22:10:09 GMT
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Volvos seem remarkably rust resistant. A girl I know has a G reg 740 and it's not really rusting yet.
I would go for a wagon if I was buying a car that size (then you can justify it as a practical vehicle) but Its one of the cars I was considering recently, I borrowed an early V70, which wasn't bad, apart from unable to read the OBDII codes, and actually went for a late model V70 D5 in the end. Volvo seem to put good standard stereo systems in their cars. The one in mine is really good.
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Last Edit: Dec 26, 2010 22:20:52 GMT by datman
69 Plymouth Fury Convertible 75 Range Rover 2 door 82 Range Rover 4 door
84 Range Rover 4 door 78 Datsun 120Y 2 door 78 Datsun 120Y Coupe
78 Datsun 620 Pickup 81 Datsun Urvan E23 86 Datsun Vanette van
98 Electric Citroen Berlingo 00 Electric Peugeot Partner 02 Electric Citroen Berlingo 76 Honda C50
04 Berlingo Multispace petrol 07 Land Rover 130 15 Nissan E-NV200 15 Fiat Ducato
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Dec 27, 2010 10:08:49 GMT
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I'm probably telling you stuff you already know, but the 940 has different rear suspension to the 960. IIRC the '40 is an extension of the 700 design, which IIRC was itself based on the 200 (which in-turn went back to the 100), so quite an old design!
The '60 had IRS, but I don't knows any more details as I've never owned or even driven a 900.
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Dec 27, 2010 10:18:11 GMT
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I've got a 740 wagon and even though it's got a live rear axle, it doesn't clonk over bumps. Once you adapt your driving style to what the car wants, it's brilliant.
Mine's got a 4 speed with overdrive, later ones have real 5 speed boxes. The only thing to watch out for is water leaks and electrics (particularly dash gauges) working properly.
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Dec 27, 2010 16:43:45 GMT
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Mate of mine goes through them like hot dinners, and they've never been great MPG-wise. 25MPG when he was playing the economy-game - much less when used hard. He's in a diesel 440 at the minute, and that is good, but obviosuly not as fast or enjoyable as the other 2 or 3 or whatever many he has this week.
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