340, ugly? Surely not!

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Edcase 300
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Post by Edcase 300 » 20 Nov 2008 10:07 pm

indeed i must say that styling generally depends on the person-its incredible how the media can dictate and force opinions of what they think looks good.

trabitom99 sir i must say that the silver volvo 360 is wonderful :D I would love both the Silver Volvo 360 and the Red 340 for myself very very much 8)

Have any of you guys/gals had any people come up to you in the carpark to say "I used to have one" -That alone makes this car so great 8) I defo consider the volvo 300 series a classic design and a wonderful little gentleman of car :D
F reg Volvo 360 GLT 118k miles (My first car) RIP
G reg Volvo 340 1.7 122k miles (Started my Interest in Volvo 300s) RIP
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Post by trabitom99 » 20 Nov 2008 10:13 pm

Edcase 300 wrote:Have any of you guys/gals had any people come up to you in the carpark to say "I used to have one" -That alone makes this car so great 8)
I drive a Trabant as a daily driver, and it can get REALLY annoying attracting too much attention sometimes ... I love getting back into the anonymity of my Volvo 360 where no-one knows what it is or gives a damn ...

Having said that though, after many years of 300-motoring, I recieved the first positive comment about the car from some random stranger while filling up recently ...

Tom
343 GL Touring B14.1E CVT (155) 98000kms 1980 (sold)
343 L Junior B14.3E MT4 (155) 229000kms 1981 (scrapped)
343 DLS B19A MT4 (155) 167900kms 1982
360 GL Injection B200F MT5 (231) 348598kms 1988 (scrapped)
360 GLT B200F MT5 (302) 230000kms 1988

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Post by SteveP » 20 Nov 2008 11:21 pm

That silver GLT looks lovely...

Some people hate the 300 series, some people love it... I was driving along a year or so ago in my old saloon and some guy in a van in the next lane was frantically waving at me, who then shouted out his window to ask if I would sell it. :lol:
1989 - Volvo 360 GLT
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Edcase 300
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Post by Edcase 300 » 20 Nov 2008 11:25 pm

:D
F reg Volvo 360 GLT 118k miles (My first car) RIP
G reg Volvo 340 1.7 122k miles (Started my Interest in Volvo 300s) RIP
Currently Driving a Citroen AX 1.0 'Eco-Box Stopgap' :-i
One Day... Volvo 360 Turbo ;-)

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hatch360
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Post by hatch360 » 21 Nov 2008 12:06 am

maybe its why they only ridicule the 340

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