Volvo estate appreciation

That 240 linked to above is lovely, I see it’s still for sale at 11.5k tho. I suppose it just needs 1 person with that money who likes it enough to buy it, for 240 fans there have been a few in the classic car auctions, look at brightwells, Anglia car auctions..in fact don’t if you have anything else planned for today. 240s seem to go on forever if properly maintained, some are on 500k and still going strong.

I have a new-shape V60, and it’s huge. Swallows two road bikes with the wheels on with room to spare.

To give you an idea of how big the V90 is, you could probably park my V60 in the boot. I’d have had one (they’re cheaper, weirdly) but I couldn’t face doing a three-point-turn to get around every ramp in the multistory car park at work.

Polestar V90

Gnrk.

Aye Flashy, for a Volvo, they’re a nice looking thing 🙃

CFH Can you get the Polestar V90 in the UK?

Still missing the leather armchairs in my last XC60 🙁

My lad’s V50.
1.6d, £30 tax, cheap insurance, easily takes 2 enduro bikes inside.

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User of old Volvo estates here.

My previous one was a 2093 xc70 which I took up to 260k then ‘treated it’ to a service and air locked it after changing diesel filter and it’s never moved since.

Currently using a 2003 V70 pre-dpf with 194k. Flywheel knocking (doesn’t bother me not worth doing) but is great to drive, can sleep in it, great sound system, and computer says 53mpg which is hard to believe,maybe it was chipped as someone mentioned earlier.

If I won the lottery I’d have that Polestar V90 in a heartbeat.

Long time admirer of all things Volvo, driven a few but never owned one.

240s may be mechanically tough, but they rust like a mother.. which is why very few are still around.

V90 is very average to poor for a load lugging estate , BIL works for Volvo and has had all the V70 variants , he got a V90 last year and it’s got a massive bonnet but the boot and rear roof line really compromise it.

If I won the lottery I’d have that Polestar V90 in a heartbeat.

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I’m not that sure.

I had an XC90 T8 last year for a bit whilst mine was in. It had a 2L diesel of 180 ish BHP and approx another 220 BHP of electricery; ~410 in all. It was fast enough, electric only up to about 30 mph then banzai dependant on foot/accelerator interface.

Most of the time I was plodding about on a 4 pot 2L diesel which is a bit shit in a vehicle of that type which wa one of my reservations on the v90 as they’ve stopped doing the ‘nice’ engines…

This is my first Volvo and I’m quite besotted with it. 2007 XC70 D5, 160K.
Currently sporting some bigger AT tyres (235/65/17) and I’ve a 30mm lift kit to fit when I get some time off. It does get used off road occasionally…and it’s surprisingly good at it.

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That looks reet tidy 👍

That is purdy.

Love Volvo’s new and old, Even battered old 240’s in hearing aid beige. Got a C30 R design at the moment, just a Focus in a party frock but its a handsome thing. We’re wanting an XC40 next. Been tempted to sack off the works van and buy a big old 740 estate for work but it’d just get ruined

I’m on my third XC70…love them, traded the previous one 18 months ago for 4year old one with only 19k on it…should last me a few years (tho this one is an auto, so maybe not! 😀)
I can’t understand why Volvo stopped making the XC70

Thread update!
Took our V70 (first post in this thread) off the road at the begining of the year as the steering rack was starting to leak and I knew it would fail it’s MOT.
Its a 2004 year with 190k miles. So its been on axle stands in our garage/tinkering room/studio downstairs having a well deserved mini restoration.

Both bumpers off and repainted.
Front wheels re-powder coated,
Steering rack professionally rebuilt,
Urethane wishbone bushes installed,
Subframe bushes changed,
New shocks, springs, top strut bearings, gaitors and bump stops all round,
New track rods, roll bar bushes, drop links etc,
New outer CV’s, new inner boots
New front wheel bearings
New engine mounts
Full discs and pads all round
New handbrake shoes, backing plates and cables
New leather gearshifter and handbrake gaitors.
New fuel flap hinge and dangly
Gearbox flushed and regular oil and filter service.
Alarm sounder back up battery replaced
Bonnet catch alarm switch repaired.

All wheel arch liners and exhaust removed, any surface rust removed followed by Fertan, 4x coats of zinc rich epoxy followed by Dinitrol. Looks better than new underneath now.

Some things didn’t need changing – the wheel bearings were fine for example but seeing as it’s done 190k and is in bits it makes sense to change most things.
Only two bolts were seized in all the jobs- the best engineered and built car I’ve ever owned.

Economically it’s not worth doing – I’ve spent ~£2.5k on parts and 3rd parties (bumpers painted & steering rack) but the car does everything we ask of it and it didn’t make ecological sense to scrap it.

Here’s to another 17 years with Vlad!

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Final Dinitrol application before arch liners go back.



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That’s a lot of work – yet so much cheaper than a new wagon.

Great job RNP, I really hope some idiot doesn’t trash your hard work!

That’s a lot of work – yet so much cheaper than a new wagon.

Yep! I have the space, tools, time, no kids, I’m happy tinkering and it’s MrsRNP’s car and she loves the thing. Plus used car prices are mental right now.

Great job RNP, I really hope some idiot doesn’t trash your hard work!

Thanks, I rebuilt the whole front end early on when MrsRNP knocked a wall down with it when she got ‘D’ and ‘R’ mixed up looked over her shoulder and drove straight ahead into a brick wall…

It also had a medically unwell old guy drive into the back end. And was rebuilt.

Its like a tank underneath.

I love a Volvo, this is ours (rolling work in progress/restoration) –

We had a 90-something S40 a few years ago which was great fun.

Relative newcomer to the whole Volvo appreciation thing but I have to say that this is amongst the most capable, comfortable and pleasant to drive cars I’ve ever had.

Here in full on holiday mode, covered in leaves and dead bugs from Cornish lanes

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This is a friend of mines 245

Very rare Volvo OEM wheels, modified 940 turbo b230 engine, modified suspension, Alfa Romeo seats. Looks quite stock to most people but do not try and beat it at the lights, you will lose unless you driving something special.
It’s his daily driver, nice and comfy, not a race special and is very nicely appointed inside.

That’s a nice refresh RNP.
We’ve an old XC90, taken it from 14k, currently on 200k, and trying to work out whether it’s worth saving. Needs a power-steering pump and the clutch on the aircon compressor is slipping, so air-con doesn’t function when it gets over about 25 degrees.
Car’s worthless, and even though it’s been dead reliable over the years, it’s got a lot of little niggles, and it normally costs in the region of a grand to get it through MOT- there’s always something in suspension/steering/braking that needs replacement with it being such a heavy car. Part of me wants to just carry on keeping it running, but I’m not sure that financially it’s worthwhile.

That’s a nice refresh RNP.
We’ve an old XC90, taken it from 14k, currently on 200k, and trying to work out whether it’s worth saving. Needs a power-steering pump and the clutch on the aircon compressor is slipping, so air-con doesn’t function when it gets over about 25 degrees.
Car’s worthless, and even though it’s been dead reliable over the years, it’s got a lot of little niggles, and it normally costs in the region of a grand to get it through MOT- there’s always something in suspension/steering/braking that needs replacement with it being such a heavy car. Part of me wants to just carry on keeping it running, but I’m not sure that financially it’s worthwhile.

As I see it, generally, it’s better the devil you know in the case of cars- you already have the car so there’s no PITA dealing with Other People and trying to find a replacement (possible paying some kind of covid tax on top?), you know it and its foibles, your insurance is already sorted, it’s taxed, you have the V5 etc… If you see it as a grand to keep the thing safe and legal and ready to go if you need/want it and if you mentally break that grand down into £85 per month for that convenience rather than a lump sum then it makes sense to keep it, I reckon anyway.

I really wanted our last car to be our last car ever, I was done and nicely out of it thank you (at least until we could afford an electric one anyway) but OH talked me into getting a classic he can job on with.

I’m a bit like you vinnyeh, our V70 has just nudged over the 195,000 miles.
My OH keeps showing me cars on Marketplace.
My thinking is if we can keep the Volvo going and it’s not costing us a ridiculous amount in garage bills, we should keep it.

Can’t be many cars that would have coped with the load on our family holiday this year.
5 adults, 2 dogs, 3 bikes, iSUP, surfboard!

This is a friend of mines 245

I must have that.

I must have that.

Best not show you mine then…. mines not as good though.

We once got one as a hire car when 3 of us took bikes and tents etc to Les Gets a few years back.

For that it was brilliant, comfortable, stable, big etc, just sat at 80mph and soaked up the miles. Only downside was the awful handling, it was a true barge.

Last week though I drove an XC90 it didnt really engage me in the same way and I was a little disappointed.

@kayla1 that. is. lovely.

@thenorthwind

that. is. lovely.

Iiiiiiiiitt’s ok… Better than it was when we got it at least!

Best not show you mine then…. mines not as good though.

I had a red 240 estate years ago. It was the most comfortable car I ever had. I wasn’t a complete Volvo fanatic but I knew a man who was. He had a unit full of fast Volvo’s and a bunch of parts lined up for me including a T5 engine and a 960 gearbox.

One day I came out of a mates house to find the side of the car totally crushed by some mysterious impact. So my turbo charged, drift bus never happened. The 740 I had next was alright with a bigger turbo and boost controller but my heart wasn’t in it.

For that it was brilliant, comfortable, stable, big etc, just sat at 80mph and soaked up the miles. Only downside was the awful handling, it was a true barge.

+1 they are built for long distance comfort, the subframes are bush mounted to the bodies and the wishbone bushes are quite compliant.

You can get ‘police spec’ Meyle wishbones and PU inserts for the subframe mounts but they all add NVH to the passenger cell.

If anyone else was wondering, that’s noise, vibration and harshness…

So finally finished Vlads rebuild after months of work and took it for it’s MOT yesterday……

….and it failed😢

Offside headlight bulb wasn’t seated properly and was throwing the beam pattern out. My usual MOT place was short-staffed so failed it rather than having a look for me. Passed today.

Here’s to another 17years of shrugging abuse and miles off

Anyone got a recent V60? I fancy one when time comes to replace the blue whale (AKA Passat estate).