I've just purchased my first 940 after decades and dozens of 240s. (Clean, one owner 240s are getting very hard to find and this 940 was a deal) The 940 seems much more substantive electrically speaking and while there are more electrical options to go wrong, overall it seems more robust than a comparable year 240.

I'm deciding if to go all the way with this 940 or flip it and revert to the tried and true 240s.

You seem to have a long relationship with both, what's your opinion? More is better or KISS?

hello
i have a 94 945 turbo and a 95 944 turbo and spend much less time fixin stuff than any of the 6 or 7 240s we owned.
maybe because they are newer, i dont think you will be reverting.
good luck
Mike

I've really very little experience with the 940. Just had a few years maintaining the MIL's '92, which is still newer than any 240 I've worked on.

What I did notice, in what little I had to get into, was better wire, more reliable-looking connectors - better protection from the elements. Like they learned something. I didn't much care for the ashtray fuse box, which seemed to be the #1 electrical objective of the boneyard scavengers. Taillight connectors were starting to look almost Japanese in quality - and that, unfortunately, is a compliment. Truth is I don't know the state of the art, having been immersed in 240s for ten years now. Sure there's more to go wrong; power seats, power sunroof, lots of courtesy lighting, but it is all to be enjoyed.
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Art Benstein near Baltimore

Never miss a good chance to shut up.

+1 keeping 940.

The 940 just seems more "complex". The 740/940 really aren't any more complicated than the 240. They may even be *less* complicated.

The *only* drawback to 740/940's is that they're not as purty as the 240. :-)

-Ryan

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Athens, Ohio
1987 245 DL 314k, Dog-mobile
1990 245 DL 134k M47, E-codes, GT Sway Bars, GT Braces, Draco Wheels
1991 745 GL 300k, Regina, 23/21mm Turbo Sway Bars

A 940 will be easier to maintain than a 240; electrics are more rational, and suspension is easier to work on.
Don't get me started on fuses!