Now driving a brick

[DrewQ45]

Picked up a 93' Volvo 240 yesterday. It's got like 185K and runs like a top. The Q has been my daily driver for years but I needed something easier on gas and this was a great choice. Yeah yeah, go ahead and laugh, but those who know about the "brick" know that this car is the shhhh. BTW, these cars (200 series) had a production run from 1974 - 1993 with no major changes. Volvo intended to end production in 1982 but the car was such a good seller that it ran another 11 yrs!

Excellent reliability, maximum crash protection, rock solid drivetrain, good mileage and a glut of used parts. I did my research!

The Q gets a rest. ...Drew.....

[qship96]

"the anti-q" lol

[maxnix]

Yeah, got to love the flat side windows.

My parents had a Volvo 164 with a 5 speed. Nice interior, good brakes, kind of like a more intelligent Ford Galaxie. Kept that car for a little less than two years and traded it for a BMW 2800 CSa, which we kept for 32 years.

The Volos will run forever, just never really well in a refined sense.
Modified by maxnix at 9:51 PM 11/19/2006

[NHNissanFan85]

Volvo intended to end production in 1982

I've been a brick fan from the beginning, and I never knew that little factoid.

I like the 200 series. I'd like another '90 760, but they're the rarest of the breed and old bricks are dropping like flies.

Is yours a manual or an auto? Mine's a manual. M47 baby!

Now you need to turbo it. :P

maxnix: what year was the 164? I still lust after a '75 with an M41 transmission. 175hp and I think close to 200lb/ft torque. That was a lot back then for a european car.

[DrewQ45]

I've been a brick fan from the beginning, and I never knew that little factoid.

I like the 200 series. I'd like another '90 760, but they're the rarest of the breed and old bricks are dropping like flies.

Is yours a manual or an auto? Mine's a manual. M47 baby!

Now you need to turbo it. :P

maxnix: what year was the 164? I still lust after a '75 with an M41 transmission. 175hp and I think close to 200lb/ft torque. That was a lot back then for a european car.

It's an auto... I'm in ATL (traffic). I'm gonna give it to my daughter next spring... can't think of a safer first car. I stayed away from the Turbos as those are the ones dropping like flies. Normally aspirated have been really reliable on a whole.

[BOOMSHAKALAKA]

Nice ride...those things can withstand damn near anything.

[NHNissanFan85]

It's an auto... I'm in ATL (traffic). I'm gonna give it to my daughter next spring... can't think of a safer first car. I stayed away from the Turbos as those are the ones dropping like flies. Normally aspirated have been really reliable on a whole.

Around here, they're all dropping like flies, with the turbos going at a slower rate than the N/As...then again, this is the rust belt. The turbos are perfectly reliable, just as much as the N/As IMHO, as long as you don't do stupid **** with them. Run them on premium and only premium, let them warm up before thrashing them(especially in the winter), let them cool down before shutting them off(especially after a hard thrashing), run synthetic oil and change it every 3k, resist the urge to crank the boost to infinity, etc(12psi was PLENTY) and they're good cars. I'd know - I had 3 of 'em. One of them had 270,000 on the clock, when I hit black ice, slid off the road and smashed it into a huge rock. Ran perfect up to that.

[maxnix]

maxnix: what year was the 164? I still lust after a '75 with an M41 transmission. 175hp and I think close to 200lb/ft torque. That was a lot back then for a european car.

I think it was a 1969, but might have been a 1970.

[lino]

Congratulations on the car. I always wanted one of thoe, for real. Just please don't spend your Q dollars on it and turn it into one of these:

[BOOMSHAKALAKA]

If you ever plan on doing some mods to it...go a little eurostyle on it.