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Post 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 :roll:
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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Post by foggyjames » 11 Feb 2008 11:03 pm

You've lost me....what's up with the engine?

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James
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'89 740 Turbo Intercooler
'88 360 Turbo Intercooler
'85 360 GLT
'81 343 GLS R-Sport
'79 343 DL
'70 164
...and some modern FWD nonsense to get me to work...

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Post 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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Post 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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Post by garethreece » 14 Feb 2008 11:09 am

Okay I may of missed out the key word :oops: 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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Post by MJ » 14 Feb 2008 11:33 am

Ah, that explains it :)
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Post by garethreece » 14 Feb 2008 05:00 pm

Sorry copying / reading /supposed to be working :wink:

I cant multitask like that :roll:

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 :(

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