My new Volvo..

Post by **BillyWhizz** » 25 Oct 2004 01:10 pm

Hey. Newbie here.

Just been given a Volvo 360GLE by a mate thats emigrating to Oz. Its got 169,000 miles on the clock - I've drove it this morning to work and everything seems fine with it. He told me that it only cost him £60 to get it through its last MOT.

How long can I expect it to run for? Isn't 169k miles very high?

Post by **5lab** » 25 Oct 2004 01:27 pm

169 isnt particularly high, specially for a 360.

check there are no rust spots emerging - if there are its best to get them sorted before winter sets in. its also a good idea to get the car waxoilled before winter, to seal the underside

Post by **Duvel78** » 25 Oct 2004 02:21 pm

Hello and welcome!

You can expect 500.000 km with a B19 / B200 engine, that's the highest mileage I know (360 GLT from the member Knüt on the french forum)

Post by **BillyWhizz** » 25 Oct 2004 02:43 pm

Duvel78 wrote:Hello and welcome!

You can expect 500.000 km with a B19 / B200 engine,

WOW!

Sounds good.

They're very comfortable to drive too aren't they? I'm very impressed.

Post by **Duvel78** » 25 Oct 2004 02:52 pm

BillyWhizz wrote:
They're very comfortable to drive too aren't they? I'm very impressed.

True! We were talking about that here:

http://www.volvo300mania.com/forum2/vie ... =3994#3994

Post by **5lab** » 26 Oct 2004 08:43 am

500,000km is pretty extreme - didnt know any had made it that far.

having said that, if nessy was younger she'd easily have made it to 400,000km - she made it up to 292k already

Post by **foggyjames** » 31 Oct 2004 06:04 pm

250,000 is easy for a 360 - but do the obvious checks....cambelt age is the main one! Also if you've just picked it up, do yourself a favour and give it a service.

Come to the meet next weekend - see the thread in 'Events'!

cheers

James