Buying / owning a classic estate

[GingerMagic]

Originally Posted by Steve 940

Very good point Andrew.

Everyone to their own, but in my experience I chose a fairly basic 940 to get myself out of a ruinously expensive Audi A6 allroad that was loaded with bells and whistles.

So far it's been just what I was looking for.

Cheers
Steve

Agreed.
If I want all the mod cons and I'm in the mood for hooning around then I use my dump trip express that is the 406.

If I want smooth comfortable and effortless long distance driving then I use the Volvo, similar power outputs but very different driving experience.

[baggy798]

Fuel comp guide for 1995. I cut out the 400 and 800 series riff raff otherwise the height gimps the size on postimage, and there were no 940 saloons listed.

[Moomoo]

Useful!👍👍👍

[360beast]

Very interesting that the engine code for the diseasel is B24TIC not D24TIC.

[andij]

Originally Posted by Moomoo

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/195475526...Bk9SR6bD_92SYQ

Can’t find a lot wrong with this one , at the present money! 😀

It certainly looked good at £1750, but it's now at £3600 with 4 days still left to run.

[Moomoo]

Originally Posted by andij

It certainly looked good at £1750, but it's now at £3600 with 4 days still left to run.

They always say something is worth what folks are prepared to pay!

How much Eurobox would you get for £3600?

[SalvadorP]

Originally Posted by andij

It certainly looked good at £1750, but it's now at £3600 with 4 days still left to run.

I guess you guys are finally getting a taste of what I call the "Iberian Volvo Price Gauging".

[andij]

Originally Posted by Moomoo

I see a danger in test driving this one. It’ll be so sublime compared with modern offerings it will be viewed through Rose Coloured specs.

Originally Posted by Steve 940

Very good point Andrew.

Everyone to their own, but in my experience I chose a fairly basic 940 to get myself out of a ruinously expensive Audi A6 allroad that was loaded with bells and whistles.

So far it's been just what I was looking for.

Cheers
Steve

I hadn't thought of this happening, but I see your point. It's kind of interesting how the psyche works.

This brings back a vague memory of my Dads 260 and my Mums 745. Even as a kid I preferred the 260.

Right now I have a 2007 Audi S4 quattro saloon with a 4.2L V8 tiptronic that I've had for 8 years.

[Moomoo]

Originally Posted by andij

I hadn't thought of this happening, but I see your point. It's kind of interesting how the psyche works.

This brings back a vague memory of my Dads 260 and my Mums 745. Even as a kid I preferred the 260.

Right now I have a 2007 Audi S4 quattro saloon with a 4.2L V8 tiptronic that I've had for 8 years.

The right motor, put right,kept right will repay you in spades. It’ll be a treat to pick up the keys on every occasion. About the drive, not the destination.

I’m welling up!🥲

[andij]

Originally Posted by baggy798

Expect about 3-5 mpg less than a 2.0/2.3 redblock turbo in each category, no matter how gentle you drive.

I usually get about 24 mpg with a lot of short 6 mile round trips. A 40 mile journey probably around 29-32 mpg.

Achieved a record 41 mpg this year (and three lots of 40 mpg) on several 200 mile round trip motorway journeys, which is bloody amazing for a redblock turbo. Slight caveat though: this was at a slow 50 mph gps on cruise control but I really wanted to see the maximum it could get and I had time to burn, M90L2 manual, tyres at 38/38, and it was the height of summer.

One time in the same journey I got stuck in traffic, so for 40 of of those 200 miles I was going at 80-90 odd (max of 97 according to digihud), that dropped it to 34 mpg.

A 960 is heavier, an extra 2 cylinders and 0.7 litres that constantly needs feeding, and being an auto really saps everything too. Now I think modern autos can get the same as manuals all being equal, but not these ones. These 960s were available when 4 star petrol was under 60p a litre and were aimed at people like William Doyle!

"William Doyle? Good ol' Bill Doyle. You know, that sounds like a hell of a good name to me! Probably connected with the Boston Doyles. Old money, blue chip stock. I think it's all beginning to come back to me now.."

If your heart is set on a 960 then take a good look at the IRS/rear suspension area for the corrosion listed. The IRS is more complex, has a composite leaf spring setup which is NLA, although it handles and rides good apparently.

£2500 is a bit high for a 940/960 with that many miles, unless it's in great condition and doesn't smell like an elderly male yak has taken a leak in both the door pockets!

Fantastic fuel economy information! Thank you.

I'm not dead set on buying a 960, I'm more in favour of a 940 especially given the information and advice in this thread.

As you say, with a price tag of £2500 and with 230k miles, it's not necessarily going to be a reliable tank, more of a temperamental juggernaut.