240 as a daily driver?

[SteveP]

Originally Posted by Steve and his 244

Turbo swapped LPG 240 estate as my only car here. Is and always will be my daily. Used to do 25k a year

Its quicker than 80% of cars on the roads
Its on LPG so costs the same to run as a 45mpg car
Gets smiles and comments everywhere
Lugs furniture and car parts all over the country
Is great fun and characterful
and it still goes to all the car shows and gets respect.

I heard it's quite good offroad too, eh?

[Splinelube]

Daily driver unless winter weather as I do not want to start replacing body panels. 300,000 plus miles and still 31 on highway. Manual and just replaced the clutch last year - burns me up that these cars did not come with a lifetime clutch. LOL

[240T]

I haven't driven my 240 in about 3 weeks (marooned at home since museum closed and no luck finding a job yet), but with the 2.0 it's a nice engine, once past 3k of course. Bit gutless around town frankly, wonder how many horses have run away over the years..

Tim

[Angie]

Since buying the car in 2010 I've covered about 60,000 miles, and I still feel pleasure at the prospect of driving such an amazing car. 23 years old, nearly 200,000 miles, and still gliding along in warmth and comfort, and quiet enough to have a normal converation, even with rear passengers. Yes, petrol consumption isn't perhaps quite as good as modern equivalents but maintenance is relatively inexpensive and purchase price, even allowing for increasing values, at around £1,000, you can do an awful lot of miles to make up the difference with a modern car at around £30-40,000! And it's 'green' motoring too, low emissions and none of the pollution caused by the production of a new car.

I really don't find the 2ltr underpowered, even in this hilly part of the country. Yes, you need to use the gears a bit, but the old car if it's really 'driven' can show a clean pair of heels to a lot of run-of-the-mill modern ones.

[emmanuel2023]

Hello all, I am new to the forum
Just bought a 244 DL6 1983 with 170,000 km on it. Was well maintained by the guy I bought it from. He collected them and did the work himself (a mechanic himself).
Wanted to know if any of you ever did long trips with a 244 DL6 (200km+) and if its safe to do so. Wouldnt want to break down in the middle of nowhere.
Cheers - Emmanuel

[Wagon Sailor]

Originally Posted by emmanuel2023

Hello all, I am new to the forum
Just bought a 244 DL6 1983 with 170,000 km on it. Was well maintained by the guy I bought it from. He collected them and did the work himself (a mechanic himself).
Wanted to know if any of you ever did long trips with a 244 DL6 (200km+) and if its safe to do so. Wouldnt want to break down in the middle of nowhere.
Cheers - Emmanuel

Yes


(see your other post)

[Dastardly Diesel]

I used a 240 wagon for many years as my daily. It was thirsty ish, but the price of fuel was a helluva lot less than the £250-£500 a month the repayments in a new car would have cost.

[classicswede]

Originally Posted by emmanuel2023

Hello all, I am new to the forum
Just bought a 244 DL6 1983 with 170,000 km on it. Was well maintained by the guy I bought it from. He collected them and did the work himself (a mechanic himself).
Wanted to know if any of you ever did long trips with a 244 DL6 (200km+) and if its safe to do so. Wouldnt want to break down in the middle of nowhere.
Cheers - Emmanuel

Thats only about 120 Miles so we do that in our 240's all the time, usual trips are under 10 miles or over 300miles.
As a longer trip last year my dad used our beater 240GLT to collect a Amazon from Denmark doing over 2000miles over a few days

[mentepazza]

My 240 is running LPG since 1994. Cheap as nothing else around.
Frankly you have to be nuts as we are to drive it daily.
It's reliable as much as you spend on it to keep everything working as it should and DIY.