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Feb 23rd, 2008, 23:44 | #1 |
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240 verses 940
hi,
I have a volvo 240 1987 with 112000 miles bought 6 years ago for £350. Fitted a new radiator, headlight and did the cambelt. Recently the exhaust failed and since it has considerable rust/rot along the back end where the bumper trim meets the body and has started rotting at the rear of the drivers cill I thought well it owes me nothing and time for a change. So... I bought a 95 940s lpt with 120000 with good service history. I bought it with out seeing it, my father went and had a look at it. A nice car, been kept outside, leather interior. Had a couple of problems, leaking heater matrix and radiator. Fixed the heater matrix and radiator, then if you follow the thread for 940 will not accelerate you can see the problems I had. These seem fixed though with new distrubutor cap, rotor arm, leads and plugs. It is now running like a good une. However, whilst fixing the 940 had to get the 240 back on the road and have put a new exhaust on. Basically what do the forum think about which to keep and which to sell? I reckon the 240 will hold together for another year or two. I like the 940 but the experince is bad but with the vechile registration duty we have to pay on Jersey and the parts stands me in at nearly £2000! Advice and thoughts please. Regards jerseyvolvo |
Feb 23rd, 2008, 23:56 | #2 |
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Keep the 240 , though i would say that as im slightly biassed !
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Feb 24th, 2008, 00:01 | #3 |
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Likewise, I have to say, having just gone back to driving a 240 from a 740, I prefer it.
Maybe just what I'm used to after 17 odd years with a 240, but it just seems more solid somehow. |
Feb 24th, 2008, 00:06 | #4 |
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240 versus 940
I have a K reg 940 and L reg 240 and when driving the 940 I feel that people are looking at me sympathetically because they think I'm driving it because I can't afford anything better but when driving the 240 I feel as though I am announcing myself as a free-thinker who is driving this iconic masterpiece as a matter of choice. 240s have a pedigree, 940s don't.
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Feb 24th, 2008, 00:12 | #5 |
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Although I own a 940, I used to own a 240. I would keep the 240 too loved mine when I had it, and really want to get another, but will hold out until I find a really good one, then Swedenise it like my 940 is, with the tints and so on. Went to Sweden three years on the trot a number of years ago, and loved the way the Swedes tarted theirs up. Deffinately keep the 240.
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Feb 24th, 2008, 00:23 | #6 |
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240 wins hands down every time
......biased opinion of course!
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Feb 24th, 2008, 00:56 | #7 |
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The 940 is a better car in every respect, but its not a 240!
The 240 just has something about it.
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Feb 24th, 2008, 09:45 | #8 |
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I sold my first 240 and regretted it as the guy was driving it away. I am now happy and content again with my 2nd. A 240 is for life .......
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Feb 24th, 2008, 10:17 | #9 |
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You won't get £2k back on the 940... so combine both, build a 240 turbo (with the rust fixed) then sell off surplus parts to get some of the costs back!
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Feb 24th, 2008, 11:29 | #10 |
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Just to add something here , I have a 240 and a 740 both saloons and both 2.0 litres . The 740 has nearly 200,000 miles on it while the 240 has around 110,000 . they are boith road legal and shared between me and the wifey , BUT I do drive the 240 more , while the 740 is comfy theres just something quirky about driving the 240 .
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