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garethreece
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by garethreece » 11 Feb 2008 02:24 pm
Im sat here at lunch reading the fleet managers Fleet news and came across this under "my 1st company car"
My first job as language sales manager in 1988 included a Volvo 340. With a 1.7-litre engine, it was never going to break any speed records going along the M62.
However it was a step up from my 1974 Mini.
The Volvo had one particular advantage and that was it could cope with copious amounts of translated literature in the nicely sized boot.
As I recall, it was quite comfy - and it wasnt taxed so much in those days
Dont know how he managed the engine but its nice to see a good write up of the 340

B980EAV '85 340 GL
SMO58Y '83 360 GLS
VK06FKP '06 Suzuki Swift 1.5 5dr
N62NTG '96 Ford Mondeo 1.8TD
And only 2 of them are on the road

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foggyjames
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by foggyjames » 11 Feb 2008 11:03 pm
You've lost me....what's up with the engine?
cheers
James
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MJ
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by MJ » 12 Feb 2008 12:10 am
I was going to say that, but I guessed it must be a fleet manager in joke

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redline
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by redline » 12 Feb 2008 09:09 am
could Gareth mean the 1.7 - litre bit
i.e. 1.7 minus
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garethreece
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by garethreece » 14 Feb 2008 11:09 am
Okay I may of missed out the key word

He said it was
Diesel
B980EAV '85 340 GL
SMO58Y '83 360 GLS
VK06FKP '06 Suzuki Swift 1.5 5dr
N62NTG '96 Ford Mondeo 1.8TD
And only 2 of them are on the road

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MJ
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by MJ » 14 Feb 2008 11:33 am
Ah, that explains it

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garethreece
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by garethreece » 14 Feb 2008 05:00 pm
Sorry copying / reading /supposed to be working
I cant multitask like that
Still nice to see a positive write up of the 300
B980EAV '85 340 GL
SMO58Y '83 360 GLS
VK06FKP '06 Suzuki Swift 1.5 5dr
N62NTG '96 Ford Mondeo 1.8TD
And only 2 of them are on the road
