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Want to upgrade from a 240 to 850. Warnings, thoughts? Can I find a manual 850? 850

posted by  will rehsper on  Wed Nov 29 05:56 CST 2006
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A lot of good advice has been offered up. I don't want to beat a dead horse, but I'm inclined to add to it.

In comparing the 240 vs. 850, I didn't see any mention of Rust. Having spent my fair share of time in/under a 240 to cut out, paint and replace floor and rocker panels, I appreciate that after 12 years there is not a bit of rust on the body of my 850. Also, the original exhaust shows no signs of giving up after 150K+ miles. We sold my wife's '94 850 with over 200K miles on the original exhaust. Something to consider when pondering the added maintenance cost of an 850.

I've driven both manual and slushbox 240s and yeah, 240 automatics are a drag. The manual tranny is nice to have when dealing with the modest power of the 240 engine. This isn't the case with the 850. With more power and a more refined automatic box, in my (humble) opinion, the 850 auto is pretty darn nice. My daily driver is a 5-spd 850, which I enjoy, but the performance/economy gains are little over the autobox.

Good luck finding a nice 850.

--Will






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