volvo 360 gle

Post by **340GLT** » 14 Feb 2006 09:43 pm

Cool another member to the group!!!
Welcome mate!!
Cheers Adam

Post by **foggyjames** » 15 Feb 2006 01:36 pm

Welcome! A B200K powered saloon is probably the best model there is to own, all-round...as long as you don't need to transport large items

cheers

James

Post by **Chris_C** » 15 Feb 2006 02:18 pm

How is a saloon the best to own Fogs

At least the shocks arn't too bad, well, compared to Kar's... waiting to see what Fake's like on the new Monroes

Post by **SteveP** » 15 Feb 2006 02:19 pm

Foggy is right... in my experience the saloon is MUCH quieter than any other hatch I've been in

Coupled to B200K economy.. yes please!

Post by **Chris_C** » 15 Feb 2006 02:20 pm

Not true... this one has a sunroof! And sealed sunroof at that, and still windnoise there. Not as quite as Kar's glass roof (specially with the re-circ button pressed), or non roofed

Post by **SteveP** » 15 Feb 2006 02:22 pm

Sealed sunroof = broken sunroof = windnoise

My hatch vs saloon both with properly adjusted Golde roofs: Saloon > Hatch for quietness

IMO the bulk of the windnoise in a 300 is NOT from the sunroof atall.

Post by **Chris_C** » 15 Feb 2006 02:26 pm

Hmmm, thats an intriguing one... ahh, your one MSN.. save filling this up, and we'll post results of our *discussion* later

Post by **SteveP** » 15 Feb 2006 02:27 pm

Simple fact, Chris is a saloon hater!

Post by **Chris_C** » 15 Feb 2006 02:38 pm

Yes, but I'm not going with that for this arguement

They do have advantages... and I'm waiting for a pimp slammed black one with skirts to arrive, else I'm going to have to do it. The main reason I dislike them is they look an afterthought, and theres no way I can transport anything in them, either day to day, or the killer, kite stuff and boards. For me, there are few advantages (the only one I can think of involves the slamming mentioned earlier) and lots of disadvantages.

As too noise.. the discusion is still continuing

Post by **foggyjames** » 15 Feb 2006 07:07 pm

Despite having knackered door pins, Nessy is MUCH quieter than the 360 at speed, and as far as I can make out, the only difference is the sunroof.

cheers

James

Post by **petefarrell360** » 15 Feb 2006 08:20 pm

IMO the sunroof makes a major difference, but if the guttering up the front of the car is ill fitting or damaged, that will make a lot of noise, as will bad seals on the doors. I must say Steve is right, there is more to it than just the sunroof. I've had a noisy badly adjusted broken sunroof, and yes, that's noisy, but there other things adding to it, such as how well the vents close off and if they whistle!
Pete

Post by **Chris_C** » 15 Feb 2006 09:18 pm

Glass sunroof, new door seals, make sure the window seals are good, add re-circ, and you too could have a quiet 300

Seriously, I have done the door seals, and it did make a difference, and as I've said before, since my snowcap, the re-circ is needed sometimes. There are a few more plans I have to make Kar even quieter, but they'll have to wait until it can make noise

Post by **redline** » 15 Feb 2006 11:48 pm

foggyjames wrote:Welcome! A B200K powered saloon is probably the best model there is to own, cheers James

now you bloody tell me lol

Post by **340GLT** » 16 Feb 2006 01:36 am

Ha ha Chris you just wait until i build my saloon mate!!!!

Cheers Adam