I was thinking this morning about what contionually draws me to fix up and repair, at nearly any cost, my aging 240. She's an 89 wagon, with 210,000 miles, and I can't see myself ever giving up on her. I was lucky enough to get my car, which has spent its whole life in Massachusetts, from my parents, and they meticulously serviced the car, always at the dealer, for its first ten years of life. This Volvo was the car I drove in high school, and there was something about her that I always liked. Definately not the car on the typical high school kids wish list, but still, I always thought it would be a great car to own. A couple of years ago, when I moved to Michigan, my parents, having been converted to minivan owners, gave me the Volvo. So packed to the gills, I left for Ann Arbor, with my trusty old Volvo. Due to neccessity, when things started to break, I decided to try and fix somethings DIY. I stumbled upon the brickboard, and learned that there was this incredible network of entusiasts that shared the same love for 240s that I have. I've never seen a forum like this for any other car. So, I'm really grateful for this immense pool of knowledge that is at my fingertips 24/7.

Mike

Its really cool to see I'm not alone in my entusiasm for these big ole bricks of steel. Happy Bricking!
Mikey B

Earlier this spring I spent several evenings scrubbing my Volvo's ceiling with a toothbrush and Simple Green to clean up those little nooks and crannies. Now my plastic white liner is...white! Used to be dingy gray.

Now I'm spray-painting my steel wheel rims to get rid of that dingy, rusty look.

I ran into an old friend recently and she said, "You still driving that Volvo?!"

Remember that slogan for Toyota years ago, "Oh, what a feeling - Toyota!" Put Volvo in place of Toyota for us brickheads.
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Mike F - 1984 244 DL - 214,000 miles (give or take)

That intangible volvo lead to the purchase of my 245 about a year and a half ago... this spring the intangible volvo feeling result in my 245 having a new friend, Kurvy... my 1960 544.

Friends laughed at my 245 when I bought it, asking "when are the wife, kids and white picket fence coming?"... they were the same ones that wanted me to carry their skiis and ski gear when it wouldn't fit in their VW's and Honda's this winter! ;)

I owned a '72 Chevy truck before my wagon, I thought I would eventually purchase another truck, but I don't think so... my 245 can do almost everything my truck could do except get 15 mpg! ;)

My 245 is great... my 6'2" frame can sleep in the back, my windsurfer fits in the back, lumber goes in the back, mtn bike fits in, the dog fits in and spare 544 parts fit there too! ;)


Okay, time to stop rambling...

Cheers,

Jaak

--> almost forgot, there's a certain intangible feeling amoungst volvo owners... definitely a helpful, easy-going group of folks...

You can show your appreciation of the Brickboard here: contribute Jarrod needs the support for this great forum!

Amen to that! Time to pony up, readers.

I am too very, very impressed by the collective competence of this forum. It must be one of the greatest of its kind, and I count myself lucky having accidentally stumbled across it.

...The only thing worrying me slightly after wading through all those postings, is that I never imagined that so many bad things could happen to my beloved Sven Göran!

Erling.

feels really good to just be knowing it's brick solid at 231K miles....
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www.fidalgo.net/~brook4

Amen.

IF ONLY WE COULD TRANSPLANT THIS LOVE TO ALL OTHER FACETS OF LIFE .....WELCOME TO THE BRICK CLUB

I have loved my 245 even before it was mine. It was my best friends car for 5 years prior to my ownership. He stole away quite a few of my girls so it was about time I returned the favor. And I agree about the brickboard being awsome. I have only been here about 2 months but in that time I have not encountered one ricer or other troll unlike every other car board on the net.

Remy