Anyone watching Fifth Gear?

Post by **5150** » 15 Oct 2007 09:36 pm

They're interviewing Blur's Alex James - who appears to have an old, tarpaulin-covered red Volvo 440 in a barn on his farm!

Post by **Ricatron** » 17 Oct 2007 12:48 pm

didnt see the volvo on 5th gear but to be honest i hate the 440.

its a volvo but its a front drive volvo

good car to do many many miles but end of.

good drifting on 5th gear

tramp drift goodness

Post by **Ronnie** » 18 Oct 2007 09:50 am

I bought a rusty white 440 GLT with multipoint injection for £90 years ago. It wasn't a great car, but it was decent enough cheap transport - very easy to spin the front o/s wheel. I wasn't sad when I scrapped it though to be honest

Post by **Ricatron** » 18 Oct 2007 10:27 am

yeah the kind of car that just does miles on the motorway for a good price

you car park it anywhere and not care because it wont get stole etc.

if it was rear drive i would see it in a very different light

it would get seen as a cheap tramp drift car

buy it, drift it, scrap it

Post by **SteveP** » 18 Oct 2007 10:41 am

Cant see the 400 series ever getting such a following like the 3's apart maybe from the 480... but then thats a boring fwd car in a quirky shell...

Post by **Chris_C** » 18 Oct 2007 11:01 am

400's must appeal to someone, those people who don't like any feel in there driving maybe. The 480 was much better to drive that the facelift 440, driven 3 early 480T's and only 1 440, but did 500ish miles in each. Strange considering its the same car...

Best part ever on the 440 was asking the guy who owned what the screaching noise was, and him calmly telling me in was understeering. Couldn't feel it was as the steering was so light, only agreed when I look out the window at the angle of the front wheel. Very silly car.

I missed the Blur bit somehow, drifting was muchos funny though, apart from the roll(s)

Post by **trabitom99** » 18 Oct 2007 11:03 am

A well-equipped "phase one" 440 Turbo might be collectable one day. The rest of the range doesn't have much of a future IMO ...

Tom

Post by **Ronnie** » 18 Oct 2007 11:09 am

trabitom99 wrote:A well-equipped "phase one" 440 Turbo might be collectable one day.

That's if there's any left! They've either been stacked or have rusted away

Post by **trabitom99** » 18 Oct 2007 11:20 am

There are five on sale in Germany at the moment. Only one has an MOT.

Hang on, that's in my town

Maybe I'll check it out ...
http://eng.autoscout24.com/home/index/d ... 4feeqr3dcp

Tom

Post by **Ricatron** » 18 Oct 2007 11:43 am

would that turbo engine fit into a 300? what gearbox is the question but the engine must be tunable in some way, its a turbo

Post by **trabitom99** » 18 Oct 2007 11:56 am

A few have done the conversion, check out some of these posts:
http://www.google.com/search?&q=1.7+tur ... 0mania.com

Tom

Post by **Chris_C** » 18 Oct 2007 01:54 pm

Yeah, for the long answer have a flick through, for the short answer:
yes
stock
google Richmod

Post by **germ** » 18 Oct 2007 02:59 pm

^^btw hows it going chris?

Post by **Ricatron** » 18 Oct 2007 03:41 pm

sweet chris if you have this conversion

so there is a good reason for the 440 but thats it.
unless you want to drive a million miles on the motorway

im going to google Richmod now

Post by **SteveP** » 18 Oct 2007 03:56 pm

Ricatron wrote:unless you want to drive a million miles on the motorway

I think pretty much any car in its class would outdo it at this too...