Peter Frederick wrote:
I still see lots of 740/760s around -- probably the best car Volvo ever
made, my family has had three or four, and they all have 200,000 miles
or more with little other than regular maintenance.
Never driven a 740, but I drove a 940 as a loaner car once. Nice car.
someone claiming to be [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Never driven a 740, but I drove a 940 as a loaner car once. Nice car.
It's no Mercedes, but it ain't bad. I had a 240 wagon for a while and
it was the most comfortable pickup truck I ever drove. ;)
Old Swedish joke: Volvo -- Sweden's most
actually a lot of people did not like the volvo 240 series much, especially
those who bought early ones... they were plagued with problems in their
first year or so, very odd actually given that much of the car had already
been in production for at least 8 years... i was working as car jockey for
Snarf
My auntie had a volvo. Nasty car. Moved from a Mercury Mark IV or
something. For me, the best looking Volvo was the P1800
My sister, the commie pinko granola vegan got a Volvo wagon a few
years ago when she popped out a kid. Moved out of the ethnically
diverse neighborhood for
Fact of the matter is that there are MANY people who owned Volvos from
the late 60's to the late 80's who just drove them forever -- my
neighbors traded their 245 (with 275,000 miles on it) on an 850. Big
mistake, the 850 was junk in comparison.
I still see lots of 740/760s around --
My folks had a '69 Volvo 164--the first year. The car was unbelivably
fast for the time--0-60 in 8.8 seconds. 45-75 mph passing was
particularly thrilling. The thing would easily outrun american big
blocks. Ours developed a bad knock at 45k miles and we sold it. There
were a bunch of other
You are too funny.
--R
redghost wrote:
Snarf
My auntie had a volvo. Nasty car. Moved from a Mercury Mark IV or
something. For me, the best looking Volvo was the P1800
My sister, the commie pinko granola vegan got a Volvo wagon a few
years ago when she popped out a kid. Moved out of
