Volvo 340 DL - fuck it, it's staying.

[purplebargeken]

Yay, found the handbooks and Volvo audio cassette. Boo, no trace of the poxing logbook still.

[bub2006]

Can anyone tell me the mpg of these?!

[BorniteIdentity]

They're pretty basic things, so I got 35 out of mine however and wherever I drove it

[bub2006]

Mmmm. I fo lots of miles though and the parts availability may be an issue

[purplebargeken]

Standard service items are easily available. You do a lot of miles though to be fair I guess.

[bub2006]

I can cover 700+ a week

[purplebargeken]

To me that is a huge amount.

[bub2006]

Mondeo had around 72800 5 week back. 76500 nearly now

[purplebargeken]

Cor.

[purplebargeken]

Still for sale folks. Come and get your rubber banded joy machine right here and now!

[purplebargeken]

Offers?

[Jim Bell]

I got about 28mpg out of mine local driving. All fun.

[derskine]

The 1.4s are reliable too. Wouldn't worry about putting lots of miles on them, the trim, bodywork etc is a bit shonky, but the mechanical parts (minus propshaft) are all fairly robust.

[Jim Bell]

Prop on a1.4 is fine.  They only spin rubber couplings when people start putting double or trebble the power and torque that the drivetrain was designed for through it.

[purplebargeken]

On the fb page for these, prop shafts on the 'upgraded' versions seem to pop every few miles. They don't seem to grasp this. My advice is to buy prop shafts for these, store them and charge top dollar when they struggle to get them anymore.

 

Seriously, prop shafts are mentioned every couple of posts. Weird.

[Jim Bell]

Yup. They cant take it. Gearbox and engine mounts can also sag and push alignment out, leading to accelerated wear on the rubbers. Usually only a bother on 1.7s. 1.4 manual and 1.7 props are different. Ive never seen a prop issue on a 1.4 running a stock engine. Doesnt mean it doesnt happen like.

[purplebargeken]

C'mon folks, the Volvo needs to move on to new pastures.  It needs to be used!!

[BorniteIdentity]

It needs to be manual.

 

Sorry man, but if it was - it'd be sat outside right now.

 

Why the rush to sell? You only just got it, it's as smart as they come and at the bottom of the price curve. What's changed?? I know you were hoping to knock work on the head a bit sooner than previously thought, but I'd be hanging onto this until the end.

[bub2006]

So much want for this too but i agree with the man above. Keep it ken.

[purplebargeken]

It'll have to leave the safety of the garage shortly and parking it outside fills me with da fear. 

 

I just want it to go to a good home and raise a few quid in the process if possible. 

[Eddie Honda]

1.4 manual and 1.7 props are different.

Er, don't think they are. 1.4 and 1.7 manual props are the same. CVT ones are different and 360 ones are torque tube.

[Jim Bell]

Really? Well every days a school day.

[Eddie Honda]

Aye (had to look it up in case I mis-remembered).

 

The Renno manual ones (that is B14 1.4, B172, 1.7 and D16 1.6 dizzler) have those clamps at either end. The CVT ones don't. Also the 300 CVT ones have about twice as many internal splines as the 66 ones.

[purplebargeken]

I've put a timescale on this. It is advertised but nothing has happened yet. If no genuine interest or actual sale after 2 weeks then she stays. She will have to live outside but I can do nothing about this.

[derskine]

It'll live outside just fine, mine do!

[purplebargeken]

Yeah, I should stop being so precious about it I suppose. Fair point.

[Jim Bell]

Its a car, why not just drive it and enjoy it?

Im sure thats what whoever buys it will do anyway more than likely. Cars go outside.

[purplebargeken]

I agree and I guess I lost track of that point. What does not help is the sheer volume of utter dickheads on the roads around this way. Just got into a rut I think.

[purplebargeken]

C'mon folks, surely somebody desires this little bundle of car orientated joy?

[bub2006]

Sell the high an dry! Use volvo ftw