Speedy88 wrote:potential bkv winner alert. Nice car!

oooo yeah, get it entered next year!

Jay managed to track down a 1.4 vario with only 1500 miles on it, but that's a close second. Makes my 1980 343 with 11k on it seem like it's half worn out!

Welcome. I see you fitting in nicely

cheers

James

I had a '74 ex-fire brigade Ford Transit a few years back. Bought it with about 10,000kms on the clock and doubled it within a few months

Tom

Hi mate and welcome.
Some car for the mileage.
I was at ballymena classic car show recently and there was a 1977 VW Beetle there
with less than 40 yes 40 miles on the clock.
The car has spent all its life in the show room.33years.
Cheers Mark.

Hi again all. Thanks for makin me and the "old girl" feel so welcome! Almost an extra 300 miles already, and counting!

There's a place in London selling a load of delivery-mileage Austin Minis at the moment (for about £12-13k each), but the most epic one I've seen was a barn find - two E30 M3s and a 190E Cosworth Evo 2, all with delivery mileage. There was also an RS200, but that had been used...albeit not very much!

cheers

James

Hi again all! I just returned to free time, after around a year of overwork, and no free internet time.

Just an update : The old girl now has 22K, from her original 5k. Not TOO bad for around 18 months.

And she is still original to the bone, apart from an ariel replacement ( thanks local chavs, you dicks ), and the plugs/leads/exhaust i had to do when i got her ). Even the wheels are original and NO dents! ( oh, and i changed the cassette deck stereo, after a second trip to scotland with just medium wave radio i HAD too...hehe )

Anyway, feels good to be back, and i am looking forward to catching up here. :)

( edited to add the bit about the stereo )

Good to see you back dude.

Nice to have a bit of free time, but youve got barely anything to do (to the car).

Hehe! Thanks volvosneverdie !

Nope, i want to keep her as she is, i have been told to anyway.

It IS tempting to drop a "lump" into her, but i don't have the need. She does over a ton ( eventually, as i found out after the service man on the last MOT told me to "give her some on the motorway to clear her out a bit ). And i am far from a boy racer now, and certainly don't want to drift. ( After bikes though it DOES feel like i am steering a ship more than driving a car, hehe )

But it IS good to be back, i am having lotsa fun lurking around here again ( even though i feel a TINY bit out of place because i don't want to weld diff, add a lump, lower my suspension etc ).

jjonn wrote:
But it IS good to be back, i am having lotsa fun lurking around here again ( even though i feel a TINY bit out of place because i don't want to weld diff, add a lump, lower my suspension etc ).

Theres always been a 50/50 ish mix between modders and "origonals" on here, so no need to feel out of place.

Thank you volvosneverdie again!

Actually, i do feel " at home " here, and i did when i first posted 18 months ago, but i still feel a little out of place : I am not a mechanic, electrician, do not track race, drift, and i am happy ( ish, hehehe ) with everything, and i like the idea of being an "original" :)

It really is that i am ( was ) a biker at heart, but actually i now love being in a heated vehicle, with space for 4 passengers, and a HUGE boot! I just also feel a little greedy for always asking, never offering information to you guys ( and gals i guess). Oh yeah, and it also feels in the car like i am sat in a sofa seat, not a drivers seat ( no i wont change my seat! )

Hi mate.
Welcome back. I wondered where that motor had gone. Glad to see its alive and well.
Don't worry about the drift thing. Everyone has a place here.I used to slag of the drifters
but since becomeing an old fart , i think its a good way to keep the younger
blokes interested in the 300 cars. Plus i went rallying this year and it was bloody good fun
Cheers Mark.

Well, hurrah! My brake lights stopped working last night, and the indicator was being "silly". Called out a good friend, because i am a numpty when it comes to cars, and it turned out to be an "earth " problem. Oh, and some "adjustments" the old boy that owned her made before i got her., All sorted, 8 pounds.

So, 1 exhaust ( all 3 bits, bummer), 1 windscreen repair, plugs, leads, fuel lines, filters, oil change etc, and, 18k added after i got her with 2 trips to Scottish highlands since, from Southampton, 18 months i guess, she now at 22k, and she never once failed to start. Good girl:):)

Body etc still perfect, and one day i may clean the engine ( is there a point? dunno...)

Seat is still like a sofa cushion, and handling a little like a boat, but i love her ( awwwwww). Yes, i am still talking about the car.......

You based in Soton then? Not seen her about!

Hiya all!

Been a long time since i posted, but the car is still perfect, running, and still mine.

I never believed that i would keep it, truth be told, but:

I did, i still drive daily, and wow, for such a silly old thing ya wouldn't believe the attention it gets:

I was in traffic, no movement for a couple of minutes, and then a taxi driver got out of his car 2 lanes across, and stomped across to me: i dont mind admitting i half shat myself. He knocked on the window and started saying how much he liked them ( volvo340gle, lol),

I was in a certain fast food place with my brother, he jumped up after looking out the window thinking someone was trying to steal the car, hahaha! Turned out to be just a 340 fan i guess..

And finally, was in Locks Heath the other day, and was waiting to pull out ( the car, naughty!) , when a guy shouted and ran out into the road at me ( safely of course ) and, long story short, his name was Mike, he is a member on another Volvo forum, and had seen the car around, but never got the chance to "pull me over". Hehehehehe

Anyway, soz ta bore