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Is that a first?A Volvo, doing doughnuts?
It seems to blow a little bit of smoke from the exhaust.....
Yes I think we could all have a few good conversations over a quiet one (or two).If I had my way I'd never sell my cars. I have a big shed but not that big, so unfortunately the 1800 will probably have to find a new home. It needs a full resto, although it is complete, but I have too many other things on the go to do that in the forseeable future.I agree that a lot of the AU range was under-rated. I had a dedicated LPG (no petrol) AU sedan and that is now in the hands of my eldest daughter. It has done @ 450,000 kms and hasn't even had the head off it. The peripherals have gone, such as auto trans needed rebuilding, as did the diff, cooling sytem etc but the engine runs like new. It always had proper servicing, quality oils etc.I replaced it with a BA dedicated LPG and it was nowhere near as good. I have sold it now (with about 230,000kms) but it was never a really good car.I love the AU TL50 though, they are pure luxury mixed with performance. You can pick up good ones around $20,000 and considering they were $77500 when new it is pretty good value, especially when you consider they only ever made 58 of them, all individually numbered. I'll never sell this one.The NL Fairlanes were just a great model i think, one of the best they built. I like ZDs, NLs & AUs.
Yes, I agree. I love driving my i30. I've had it for two and a half months now, have done just over 10,000 kms and it feels to be freeing up a bit, more responsive, nicer gear changes and a bit better fuel economy, so I hope that trend continues to unfold.
Great pictures of these old Volvo cars. I had many of these over the years. Very very good cars (impossible to kill) but since Ford bought the company 1999, the cars cost to much and have all sorts of electrical and other problems. My first car was a Volvo Amazon 121 and my last Volvo was a 940. But i liked the 164E best.Cheers!
Amazon is one of the ones still on my list to acquire. Awesome machines.
Quote from: MRH130 on July 14, 2009, 23:19:38Amazon is one of the ones still on my list to acquire. Awesome machines. Amazon.. ? what's that about