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



 VIEW    REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE    PRINT   SAVE 

Best Engines for 900

uid 25912's pic
posted by  Sven's Maintainer on  Thu Mar 31 07:08 CST 2005
Author: [PROFILE] [EVERY POST] [THREADS] [BEST POSTS] RSS Feed     [IGNORE ALL POSTS]
last visit: Sun Sep 16 20:44 CST 2012
[RELATED]

This post received 6 replies so far - thank you for all.

Re. the fuel economy tangent that's been discussed - - -
nearly any other newer mid-size or smaller front-drive car will get better gas mileage than a rear-drive Volvo. The real mileage champs don't provide as much safety as I'd like, and the remaining contenders are so close to the 940's in mpg that I'm willing to overlook the difference.

Spending that much time driving, I really want a safe, protective car. No tin box for me!

I don't like giving up 8-10% of my fuel economy to 4-wheel drive. Rear drive with 2 or 4 snows has been great for 10 years of New England winters.

Of the current high-reliability cars, I think that only the Toyota Camry/Solara are contenders in terms of safety. If not for the waste of 4WD, 4Runner and Rav4 would be contenders (quite safe by the IIHS Driver Fatality statistics, see www.iihs.org). Subaru is a reliability contender but not a safety one. Honda Accord is apparently nearly as safe as Camry, but not as easy to work on.

Takes me back to 940's and Camry's.

While we're on the topic, the hybrid engines get their best mpg in city driving. On the highway, they're not too different from a regular engine of similar power. And of course, you can't yet buy them for just a couple thousand dollars.

So that seems to bring it around to a 940 or a Camry if I'll change models from 240's.






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.