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"We are benefiting from the yuppie craze of the mid and late 1980's. Many upwardly mobile folks at the time wanted luxury and many of them bought RWD Volvos. Now we have them, on the cheap. Lucky us, as long as we can keep them going."
Yep. I'm one of those benefactors. My mom bought a 1984 244 because it was fashionable. (This was confirmed with a trip to Los Angeles, where it seemed like every third car on the road was a 240.) In 1991, she gave me the 240 with less than 40,000 miles on it and bought herself a BMW 325. To this day, she says that the 240 has more personality than her Beemer.
My plans for my 240 is to keep it running as long as practical. Like I told my neighbor this past weekend when I was doing bodywork on it, the core elements of the car - engine, tranny and rest of the drivetrain - are very durable and will last a long time. But many 240s die a premature rusty death. So I'll do as much bodywork and preventive maintenance on it to keep it alive. If and when it goes (assuming that the car may outlive me), I'll try to get another RWD Volvo.
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Mike F - 1984 244 DL - 261,000 miles
Original engine, transmission, drive train, alternator, starter
Undergoing reconstructive surgery with POR-15
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