The message to which you are about to reply is shown first. GO TO REPLY FORM



 VIEW    REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE    PRINT   SAVE 

240s are really well designed for fender benders 200

posted by  Jessie on  Mon May 1 12:52 CST 2006
Author: [PROFILE] [EVERY POST] [THREADS] [BEST POSTS] RSS Feed     [IGNORE ALL POSTS]
last visit: Tue Jan 18 17:45 CST 2011
[RELATED]

Three months ago my father in law borrowed my 240 and hooked the front bumper on another car. I was really impressed with how the bumper cover popped off with no damage to the body or the bumper cover. I bolted the cover back on, and you can't tell it was ever hit.

Today my wife clipped the rear bumper of the same 89 240. She hit it quite a bit harder, and she connected with the aluminum bumper underneath. Again I was amazed how little damage was done. The cover popped off, and the aluminum bumper sheared off its mounts with no damage to the body, bumper cover or bumper mounts. Sure I need a new bumper, but I don't need any bodywork or paint. I am starting to realize that all those plastic trim pieces it thought were purely esthetic, are strategically placed to protect the body.

I wish the wifes Honda Civic fared as well. Its going to need bodywork and a paintjob from this little fender bender.






USERNAME
Use "claim to be" below if you don't want to log in.
PASSWORD
I don't have an account. Sign me up.
CLAIM TO BE
Use only if you don't want to login (post anonymously).
ENTER CAPTCHA CODE
This is required for posting anonymously.
OPTIONS notify by email
Available only to user accounts.
SUBJECT
MODEL/YEAR
MESSAGE

DICTIONARY
LABEL(S) +
IMAGE URL *
[IMAGE LIBRARY (UPLOAD/SELECT)]

* = Field is optional.

+ = Enter space delimited labels for this post. An example entry: 240 muffler


©Jarrod Stenberg 1997-2022. All material except where indicated.


All participants agree to these terms.

Brickboard.com is not affiliated with nor sponsored by AB Volvo, Volvo Car Corporation, Volvo Cars of North America, Inc. or Ford Motor Company. Brickboard.com is a Volvo owner/enthusiast site, similar to a club, and does not intend to pose as an official Volvo site. The official Volvo site can be found here.