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OwenS
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Post by OwenS »

Hello everyone, Im Owen, new here. Grew up with the 300, family went through three while i was growing up: '83 y reg 340dl 3dr in beige, 360 gle/t? 5dr b or c reg with leather..i can't recall the colour either as we only had it a few weeks and some serious fault appeared and the local volvo dealer had it back and the last was an '86 360 GLE 4dr in met grey. That was a great car 'D 360 NKG' are you still out there??? Im currently running a Citroen BX but looking to get back into 300's or maybe DAF's. Great to see these cars being appreciated!! :D
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Carl
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Welcome Owen! Always seem to be quite a few 340s for sale, and regular 360s too, shouldnt be hard to find a decent one. If you check out the for sale section (I think) there was DAF in there somewhere!

Some of us appreciated BXs on here too :)
Carl
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1988 Volvo 360GLT
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OwenS
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Post by OwenS »

Thanks Carl! Im keeping my eyes peeled for any decent looking 300s, I've spotted the DAF! Nice to hear BX is appreciated too, its been a really great car.
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welcome Owen , its time we changed this to volvo300 BX mania.com
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LOL!!! Should you?
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Welcome to the forum mate.
Where are you normally based (home) midlands or wales? As i am in the same situation i live in the midlands and am at uni in swansea!!
Adam
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http://www.vehiclelicence.gov.uk/EvlPor ... le+Enquiry

(I'm afraid you'll need to copy and paste that address, it didn't want to work in the URL tags, possibly too long?)
Have a look for your old car on there mate! It'll tell you when the tax runs out if it is currently taxed, giving an indication of if it's still on the road or not and when the last owner change was. Looks like it had a cool number plate too!

Welcome to the forum. I'm sure you'll be able to get back into the 300's again and find a nice example somewhere!

Pete
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OwenS
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Post by OwenS »

340GLT wrote:Welcome to the forum mate.
Where are you normally based (home) midlands or wales? As i am in the same situation i live in the midlands and am at uni in swansea!!
Adam

Im the reverse, based in Wales (nr Abergavenny) but studying in Midlands (Herefordshire college of art and design). Thanks for the welcome 8)
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