RE: Shed Of The Week: Volvo 940

[ChrisnChris]

Since 1986 I have had the following Volvo estates...245, 740, 960, 850 (and only one other car to date...except the TVR)

The 960 I had for 6 weeks, horrible slippery leather seats & a fuel gauge that you could see moving to zero. Absolutely hateful fuel economy for a workhorse.

The 245 was fantastic.

[Frimley111R]

'...veritable hoot to drive, ....'

[Frimley111R]

crofty1984 said:

I want that car so hard!

What does that even mean?

[Dr Mike Oxgreen]

For me, I prefer this one. Virtually the same car, admittedly slightly more money but still Shed money, but it's a manual!

[Oddball RS]

Im ooottt....

I understand its tough but so is a stone in my shoe, I don't want that either. As I see it Shed should be for fun not for punishment.

[Blackpuddin]

Dr Mike Oxgreen said:

For me, I prefer this one. Virtually the same car, admittedly slightly more money but still Shed money, but it's a manual!

How interesting, very similar reg no to the Shed.

[bob1179]

Excellent shed.

I have the earlier version - a 1990 760. Looks exactly the same except mine has the older 2.8 Douvrin V6 under the bonnet.

I love it.

[daveco]

My old man had one as a replacement vehicle while his W126 Merc was getting an engine overhaul.

I looked forward to drives in it, the most comfortable car I'd ever sat in as a kid!

[pSyCoSiS]

Solid old barges.

Goes to prove that high mileage on a well-built and well-maintained car is nothing to worry about.

Still makes me crack up when people start shaking when they hear a car has done over 100k miles! My last commuter car, a 2002 E39 530d, had done over 290k miles and it never missed a beat on a 200 mile daily commute. At that mileage, all the common and major fail points would be well-addressed and this gives the car many more miles of motoring.

I truly believe that you are better off buying a well maintained high mileage motor, than a low mileage neglected example.

[crofty1984]

Frimley111R said:

What does that even mean?

It's a toungue-in-cheek manipulation of grammar rules. Such as "She tried so hard" - in which the "so hard" is used as an intensifier.

I like the car in question and would like to have ownership of it. Rather than simply writing "I want that", I chose to use the above intensifier to stress the degree to which I like the car, even though it is not technically correct from a prescriptivist standpoint.

The fact that it jars slightly when compared against typical usage was intentional.

Hope that helps.

[Lowtimer]

Lovely old survivor of a thing. Hope it makes the half-million.

[Blackpuddin]

crofty1984 said:

Frimley111R said:

What does that even mean?

It's a toungue-in-cheek manipulation of grammar rules. Such as "She tried so hard" - in which the "so hard" is used as an intensifier.

I like the car in question and would like to have ownership of it. Rather than simply writing "I want that", I chose to use the above intensifier to stress the degree to which I like the car, even though it is not technically correct from a prescriptivist standpoint.

The fact that it jars slightly when compared against typical usage was intentional.

Hope that helps.

[Dion20vt]

Chances are this is the LPT model? Or did I miss where it said HPT? Either way its 135bhp or 165ish bhp. Simple mods will se these up to 200bhp, not much more as the little 13c turbo struggles after 190bhp.

You will find a lot of these being broken for the engine and box. As I have done to fit the engine into my 245, this seems to be the trend now.replace the b230e to the b230FK engine, H cam, 15G Turbo (from 850 T5), T5 injectors and a host of other upgrades will see my 240 running 230-240bhp easily.

The 940 will never be "old skool", 740 maybe... but the true "old skool" volvo brage is the 240

Good shed!

[pti]

crofty1984 said:

Frimley111R said:

What does that even mean?

It's a toungue-in-cheek manipulation of grammar rules. Such as "She tried so hard" - in which the "so hard" is used as an intensifier.

I like the car in question and would like to have ownership of it. Rather than simply writing "I want that", I chose to use the above intensifier to stress the degree to which I like the car, even though it is not technically correct from a prescriptivist standpoint.

The fact that it jars slightly when compared against typical usage was intentional.

Hope that helps.

Brilliant

[grumpy52]

Time I had a 9 !
Had 200,700,850,70,360,
But it needs to be a saloon.
With every estate I have ever owned I end up carting everything for other people .

[dbdb]

If quality is determined by durability, then these Volvos were the best quality mass produced car of their time.

[Ved]

"Like Mrs Shed, his van keeps on going even
though it is utterly unloved, has a huge mileage
under its belt and would probably benefit from
some internal re-sleeving."

Magnificent

[klunkT5]

J4CKO said:

But why would you, the 2.3 High Pressure Turbo is the pick of the engines in these, the V6 isnt very tunable, it wont do this for example,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhUIcJUKBMI

At least not as well

Think you will find the 9 series are inline, 24V 6's

[misterchase]

X5TUU said:

"Internal resleeving" love it and spat my cereal everywhere lol

Me too, great stuff Shed.

[unsprung]

"Like Mrs Shed, his van keeps on going even though it is utterly unloved, has a huge mileage under its belt and would probably benefit from some internal re-sleeving."

lol!!!

ps: drop an LS-series V8 in there.