340gl hatchback

[volvosneverdie]

Yeah dude, 850 740 940, im monitoring all fields of volvo vision.

[whiskeyonesix]

740 turbo estate. the early ones, some odd reason, 1985-era estates half a second 0-60 quicker than the saloon ones.....

OR...

Pity you're not over here..........
http://www.tradingpost.com.au/Automotiv ... esult=true
This is for sale not far from me, I'm frantically saving up the pennies, but I doubt I'll ever get to buy it......... only 600 imported in......

[volvosneverdie]

I like this sucka:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0328341362

word has it the inj system was made of turds and theyre thirstier than a morning after the night before.

*edit*- that 242 is epic!

[whiskeyonesix]

Yes and yes. I had two of that vintage, one a manwell, and one a waft-o-matic, both with B200E and fairly underpowered in my book, tho best sampled as waft-o-matic motorway barge. the B200 seem to be the most common, I could never seem to find a 2.3 or the 760 V6 (best avoided from what I've heard)
Never had any issues with the injection systems on mine tho (but I did manage to crack the inlet manifold - gawd knows how....)

p.s. won't Peterwhatshisface be bothered we've hijacked his thread?

p.p.s. I WILL own that 242GT one day - then I'll spend the rest of my life trying to track down parts for it!

[volvosneverdie]

2672 threads succesfully jacked, with 0% complaint so far...................................................

Sell all your other cars dude!
2 door 200s are like, the pinacle of boxy volvo asthetic luuuuurve.

[nomead]

About the threadjack, the original poster probably won't mind, as the original message is over 5 years old...

[tommysb]

Yeah dude, 850 740 940, im monitoring all fields of volvo vision.

FWIW I have an 850, and it's about 10x more comfortable than the 340. That's 10dB, if comfort is a power. I also sold the dog gaurd it came with for £100

[volvosneverdie]

Yeah dude, 850 740 940, im monitoring all fields of volvo vision.

FWIW I have an 850, and it's about 10x more comfortable than the 340. That's 10dB, if comfort is a power. I also sold the dog gaurd it came with for £100

had much bother with it tom?

[volvodspec]

*edit*- that 242 is epic!

if you like a 242, i know a very good and very dawm rare one for sale in holland:
http://link.marktplaats.nl/263890411

[tommysb]

Erm, yes. But not MAJOR bother. Just things that go on a car when it's 15 years old. In the 2 years I've had it, I've had new brakes all round, a new clutch, and a new exhaust. (which altogether, cost more than what I paid for the car! But you can't put a price on having brakes which stop you properly in an emergency) Apart from that, it's absolutely great. Pretty confident in it's abilities to keep running for a good few more years. If you can get one which has had those kind of major jobs done I think it's well worth it. It is basically a luxury car after all, and you can pick a nice one up for a few hundred pounds. They handle pretty well, it's strange going back to it having not driven it for a few months, from a stock 340, with its power steering etc!

[volvosneverdie]

*edit*- that 242 is epic!

if you like a 242, i know a very good and very dawm rare one for sale in holland:
http://link.marktplaats.nl/263890411

yummy.
3000 euros is hillarious though.
if you add up the total cost of every car ive ever bought, its still less than 3000.

could never afford to pay that for a car.
no matter how awesome.

[volvosneverdie]

Erm, yes. But not MAJOR bother. Just things that go on a car when it's 15 years old. In the 2 years I've had it, I've had new brakes all round, a new clutch, and a new exhaust. (which altogether, cost more than what I paid for the car! But you can't put a price on having brakes which stop you properly in an emergency) Apart from that, it's absolutely great. Pretty confident in it's abilities to keep running for a good few more years. If you can get one which has had those kind of major jobs done I think it's well worth it. It is basically a luxury car after all, and you can pick a nice one up for a few hundred pounds. They handle pretty well, it's strange going back to it having not driven it for a few months, from a stock 340, with its power steering etc!

cheers tom.
good to know man.

[whiskeyonesix]

Is that Dutch 242 a turbo? Hells Bells! I can't think of a reason why I would NOT want this!

p.s. whats a "drukgroep en koppelingsplaat" ?

p.p.s. ah, the ignoble art of Thread Hijack

[volvosneverdie]

p.s. whats a "drukgroep en koppelingsplaat" ?

Translates as:

'Drunk-grope with knobsplat.'

[volvodspec]

yes, it's a 242 turbo! he's been very busy with it, but i don't know if he sells it at current speclist or with the upgraded parts..
here's a thread about it http://forum.volvo300club.nl/showthread.php?t=4591

drukgroep en koppelingsplaat = pressure plate and clutch plate