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Hiya Mr. Walker!
Happy Thursday (all day long)!
Thank you.
The Regular Car Reviews host guy is maybe writing comedy or comedic car reviews? Yet in some of his reviews for other makes and models, he is rather well studied so far as I know about the model history and *usually* relates the driving experience quality well.
On the Regular Car Reviews YouTube page are two reviews of Volvo 240. One is rather full of colorful if blue comments. The other relate the experience of driving a 240 in a plausible condition. I linked the colorful Volvo 240 review and Phil Machine Man was rightly unimpressed. I find the review funny if uninformative yet relates the history from hipsters to enthusiasts. The vacuum lines in a 1990+ 240 are not as complicated as the human circulatory system! The PVC piping can be a bother!
There is a service and sales shop here in arches and NHL blues town saying the early S40 is the new 240. Sort of doubt it a bit. Non Turbo early 2000s with manual transmission. It was alright.
Though agree with you that 850 mostly and early S70 / V70 that are FWD and manual transmission are a good bet. How the Regular Car Reviews guy mentions the engine torque, less so horsepower, and the wide power band is what I recall. I'd encountered that with 60s/70s US V8 cars. Yet I rarely if ever floor it beyond merging into a highway.
Yet may be too late in 2019? The reviews guys mentions the terrible 'cash for klunkers' off'd many cars.
I'd consider 850 ownership with a place for proper care for stage zero tune as the goal. Need a garage. The three 240s need a lot of work and without a garage ...
Hopefully jd620 gets useful help here. If jd620 can perform the mechanical restoration work on 850 - S/V 70, maybe a worthy goal.
Though a poster in jd620's post / thread mentions a BMW E46. I fancy older BMW models that are more self serviceable than the newer models. Yet may go to FWD Volvo.
The AWD systems read as problematic. Maybe the AWD systems are neglected? I was told about the angle gear from the transmission to the AWD systems 'transfer case'? Maybe we could use a AWD/FWD FAQ?
https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/angle-gear-leak-fix.html
Like Turbo, I can probably do without AWD. That 2003 FWD white S60 non-Turbo with M56 (?) at West County Volvo in 2004-2005 was alright. I went there to visit a well-rusted 1990s 240. Rusted on the passenger side.
Sorry to go on so long again. Need a job. Work to get the compulsive QWERTY time done.
Thank you Mr. Walker!
Happy Holiday Seasonings!
Earl Grey Tea Boy (with Eggnog during the Eggnog Holidays? Eggnog helps tough to take coffee also!)
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Jonathan Harshman Winters III: The Mightiest, Greatest, & Most Powerful North American Comedian & Comedic Actor in Perpetuity
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