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Re: Daily 300's?

Post by 340lex » 13 Aug 2012 04:08 pm

Done 3k in my 340 1.7 since june!without many issues :) gunna waxoyl the shit out of her and keep the use minimal as the winter draws in! Could do with some hose replacements i reckon as shes been off road for 11 years :s
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Re: Daily 300's?

Post by Attack2001 » 14 Aug 2012 01:04 am

Mines my first car, and my daily car, i've got noting else to use as the insurance is MAHOOOOOOSIVE on my 'standard' 1.4dl :roll: The only bummer being that i have no idea what diff is in it (i think its a 1700 one?), i have tiny wheels with even tinier tyres, the fuel economy isnt that great on it anymore :( But hey ho its all fun and games, getting all the looks driving it around 8) Miles, i have no idea? been driving it about a month or so now and im into around 1.2k i think?

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Re: Daily 300's?

Post by SteveP » 14 Aug 2012 02:32 pm

Well good news so far is I can insure a 360 for 15k limit a year for under £300 with wheels and suspension mods declared....
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Re: Daily 300's?

Post by volvosneverdie » 14 Aug 2012 05:21 pm

SteveP wrote:Well good news so far is I can insure a 360 for 15k limit a year for under £300 with wheels and suspension mods declared....
Can you afford 15Ks worth of juice man?
My maths is cest terrible, but I work that out @ about:

£3000

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Get a diesel.
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Re: Daily 300's?

Post by Chris_C » 14 Aug 2012 06:03 pm

There is a £800 difference between insuring a 1.7 300 and the corset for me. If it wasn't for the fact I'd just start making Fake2 I'd have done it.
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Re: Daily 300's?

Post by volvosneverdie » 14 Aug 2012 06:07 pm

Chris_C wrote:There is a £800 difference between insuring a 1.7 300 and the corset for me. .
How on earth can that be possible dude?
The 1.7 is £800 more to insure than a Corsa?
My 360s have only ever been about £600 fully comp???!

You got mega points or big recent claims man?
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Re: Daily 300's?

Post by SteveP » 14 Aug 2012 07:40 pm

Well I'm currently using the T4 for the journey and I can get between 28-42mpg on my commute, depending on how relaxed I want to take it. If anything a B200K 360 should equal that (it's all country roads/dual carriageway/motorway at 50-70mph). The T4 cost around £700 to buy and hasn't needed any work, a diesel that I would want to drive would cost in excess of £2000. Kinda buys a lot of fuel... plus it's likely to need potentially more expensive repairs such as flywheels, injectors, blah blah. I figure I could 'save' £80 a month buying something that'll do 50mpg, but in that case it'll take nearly 2 years to work out as a saving at the moment... I might just stick with the T4 for now, but mega want for said 360 and I don't wanna use the GLT for mega miles.
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Re: Daily 300's?

Post by volvosneverdie » 14 Aug 2012 07:48 pm

SteveP wrote:Well I'm currently using the T4 for the journey and I can get between 28-42mpg on my commute, depending on how relaxed I want to take it. If anything a B200K 360 should equal that (it's all country roads/dual carriageway/motorway at 50-70mph). The T4 cost around £700 to buy and hasn't needed any work, a diesel that I would want to drive would cost in excess of £2000. Kinda buys a lot of fuel... plus it's likely to need potentially more expensive repairs such as flywheels, injectors, blah blah. I figure I could 'save' £80 a month buying something that'll do 50mpg, but in that case it'll take nearly 2 years to work out as a saving at the moment... I might just stick with the T4 for now, but mega want for said 360 and I don't wanna use the GLT for mega miles.
Interesting reasoning man. I'd never thought of it in those terms before.
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Re: Daily 300's?

Post by SteveP » 14 Aug 2012 08:00 pm

Ofcourse, my theory doesn't work if I bought a cheap diesel! :D But most cheap diesels are either horribly slow, bland or break regularly. Saying that, I'd take a 309 as clean as yours no problem :)

There's also another factor.. A £2k car soon becomes a £1k car. A £500-700 car if you buy smartly will rarely lose much money if you keep up the maintenance and nothing drastic goes wrong, if anything fixing a few problems might make it worth a bit more.
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Re: Daily 300's?

Post by volvosneverdie » 14 Aug 2012 08:26 pm

SteveP wrote:Ofcourse, my theory doesn't work if I bought a cheap diesel! :D But most cheap diesels are either horribly slow, bland or break regularly. Saying that, I'd take a 309 as clean as yours no problem :)
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Well if you will insist on being a fancypants big shot, and insist on a GOOD diesel.
Not tempted by a 405 man?
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Retro execubarge with uber-thrift. And a bit power. And XUDs should be compulsary for dailys.

Right, im gonna stop talking up pugs on this Volvo forum now............ :lol:
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Re: Daily 300's?

Post by SteveP » 14 Aug 2012 08:39 pm

I had a 405 petrol 1.6 pre cat for a very short spell (a month!), it drove really nice and was faster than the GLT, but it broke and felt pretty fragile. However, heard the diesel ones are a lot better but it'd have to be under 120k miles and be the top of the range for me to really consider one, most of them are pretty ropey now :(

EDIT: Your link looks like a tidy one, but non turbo?! - do you want me to kill myself? :lol:
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Re: Daily 300's?

Post by volvosneverdie » 14 Aug 2012 08:56 pm

SteveP wrote:I had a 405 petrol 1.6 pre cat for a very short spell (a month!), it drove really nice and was faster than the GLT, but it broke and felt pretty fragile. However, heard the diesel ones are a lot better but it'd have to be under 120k miles and be the top of the range for me to really consider one, most of them are pretty ropey now :(

EDIT: Your link looks like a tidy one, but non turbo?! - do you want me to kill myself? :lol:
My mate has an estate with over 250k on, thats a GLTRXTRLX top of the range job, and thats still tight as a ducks arse. they do more miles that the Mars Curiosity Rover.
But like you say, youd have to find a good one.
I didnt really have a good look at that red one man, youre right though. Fuck an n/a in something that heavy! :lol:
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Re: Daily 300's?

Post by Chris_C » 14 Aug 2012 09:27 pm

volvosneverdie wrote:
Chris_C wrote:There is a £800 difference between insuring a 1.7 300 and the corset for me. .
How on earth can that be possible dude?
The 1.7 is £800 more to insure than a Corsa?
My 360s have only ever been about £600 fully comp???!

You got mega points or big recent claims man?
Other way bud... I have the GSi engine in my corset. It's worryingly pacey for what it is. That's the other reason I havn't swapped, not sure I could deal with the 1.7 slownesses.
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Re: Daily 300's?

Post by Evoman » 14 Aug 2012 09:34 pm

My 360 has been my daily for 2 years nearly, but only about 6k miles a year. Being uni i use alot of pedal power. I find it ok for feul but the lanes around mine really cause it to drink feul. Insurance is cheap, £450 with all the extras and 9 points, I dont know of anything so fast or fun for such little insurance cost
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Re: Daily 300's?

Post by Nimminz » 14 Aug 2012 10:08 pm

my 1.2 16v corsa b is £1280 a year, whereas the GLT is £800
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