Hi I'm new

[af1]

After living my formative motoring years in the land of autoshite, I finally splashed out on a mk5 golf Gti... Low mileage 1 previous owner etc. etc.

 

Trouble free motoring I thought with its full main dealer service history.., well after 9 months of ownership it went pop! Warranty void etc.. Luckily I learnt a bit about mechanics with all my old cars and slowly but surely have been repairing it! But there are fair few specialist tools I have had to purchase a long th way

 

I did buy an mgf as a run about... Awesome car but needs about 300 spent on it for mot (DIY) so had a look on the bay and became smitten

 

2 previous owners

87k

Full service history

Mot till July

And In the colour of the moment - white!!!

 

I had to snap it up.. I went into the Main dealers, debit card In hand, he had recently taken it in as px. With a bit of choke the beast fired its 1.7 engine into life!

My decision was then cemented!!!

It has rusty door bottoms and the sills are a bit questionable but not rotten, it's 21 years old

It was up for £500 so i gave him £250 of my hard earnt and drove it home

 

To be honest it drove like a bag of crap and I flooded the engine with the choke.. My driving licence is dated 2005 that's well into the age of fuel injection!

It kangerooed constantly and tried to die when I pulled away at any junction at sensible revs

 

Anyway I knew it was just poorly so when I got home I popped the bonnet, I don't need an obd port, my dad didn't rebuild a Morris traveller in his late teens just to see his son plug a laptop into his car, oh no!!!!

I saw it straight away, the cold start tube had been replaced with a bit of induction kit piping!! And it had frayed away.. No problem I said as I went to my shed and got another bit of induction kit cold air feed tube.. Perfect diameter, popped it on and went for a drive!!!

YES I said.. I had fixed it the car ran smooth as possible! It was treated to full service in July

 

The moral of this tale is, I love my H reg volvo 440 with manual steering, sunroof, heated seats and no central locking

 

Be seeing you cool cats around

In the immortal words of ringo Starr 'peace an love, peace an love'

 

 

 

 

Right where's my Ritalin tablets

[dollywobbler]

Naturally pictures are demanded but well done for diving into the world of Autoshite. A proper Volvo should actually have large chucks of Frenchness in it for extra shite points. And be built by reefer-smoking, crazy Dutchmen.

[af1]

What's a Volvo if it hasn't got a Renault engine!!?

 

Pictures will have to come when I'm not on an iPhone

[af1]

God bless Instagram

http://instagr.am/p/QIcjbOGGa3/

[dollywobbler]

I dunno. That's tricky to get pics out of.

 

Top shite!

[bub2006]

Can't beat a Sweden tank

[Spiny Norman]

Can't beat a Sweden tank

 

+1

 

That 440 really does look tragic, most excellent!

On a more serious note, it's already lasted twice as long as anything it'll have been traded in for at that Puggy dealership ever will....

[bub2006]

I'll never get rust on my car ill have to paint some on

[DSdriver]

I'll never get rust on my car ill have to paint some on

 

[af1]

It's awesome!!!

[CreepingJesus]

Welcome aboard. Nice buy - if I saw that in a car park, it would make me smile, and demand I took pictures of it!

 

A proper Volvo should actually have large chucks of Frenchness in it for extra shite points. And be built by reefer-smoking, crazy Dutchmen.

 

This is true.

[af1]

I actually learnt a lot of mechanics on a 440turbo as a kid, me neighbour gave me one when I was 16 much to my dads disapproval... I never fixed it but had good fun trying and learning, I had 2 st one point... Probably rare cars now oops

 

Anyway turns out this car was free as I just changed insurance over (had it on day insure to pick it up) and they have me £270 rebate so that's enough to buy some jungle

[Negative Creep]

There's a white 440 out the back of my parent's house which belongs to someone who lives a few doors down. Unfortunately it's been there for over 5 years and is being enveloped by the local flora. It is a real eyesore and does need to be fragged, but since it's on private land there's nothing that can be done. He does also have a Carlton estate that never moves, but is taxed. I did offer to buy it, but he wasn't interested.