'94 M reg Volvo 440 in Blurple #PeakChod

[jumpingjehovahs]

Is that a 440?


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[Crispian_J_Hotson]

looks miserable inside, well done! Is it a volvo thingy? Not too clued up on me Russian motahs...

[Timewaster]

Ah, a 440!

Mitsubishiish!

[Cord Fourteener]

I think you all win 

Sorry it's the worst Pez shot ever.

[Cord Fourteener]

Here's some better shots

[Six-cylinder]

I thought I had better keep quiet as I have had five of them as company cars working for a Volvo dealer!

[Cord Fourteener]

Got pez, got munch. Now to find a nice place for a Woollard!

[Crispian_J_Hotson]

WOWZERS!11

Another blurple coloured car... where are they all coming from?

[hairnet]

the svm inna gunna let ya in ken

[rantingYoof]

A base spec 440! Phwoah!

If this a temporary car and you decide to roffle it, I'd have half a dozen tickets.

[burraston2006]

Ovlov? 

[spartacus]

Wow, that's miserable, well done!

[bramz7]

Base spec kudos. 

Nice buy.

[brownnova]

Excellent excellent excellent!!!!!! 

 Good buy! Always had a soft spot for these, they’re just so completely uncool that they’re cool.

 Good buy that man! 

[Cord Fourteener]

54 minutes ago, rantingYoof said:

A base spec 440! Phwoah!

If this a temporary car and you decide to roffle it, I'd have half a dozen tickets.

Not out of the question at all! It's so I can keep my gardening business and my musician business going while my E46 estate gets fixed.

[brownnova]

1 minute ago, Tim_E said:

Not out of the question at all! It's so I can keep my gardening business and my musician business going while my E46 estate gets fixed.

If I hired a gardener and he turned up in that wonderful vehicle I’d be very very impressed.

Hmm... how far do you travel for gardening work... 

[Cord Fourteener]

It's so base spec I don't even got split folding rear seats. That's going to be an issue.

It's not as long in the rear as I'd hoped but reckon it'll do.

There are dints and rust spots but on the whole it's in fine fettle. Months MOT, 78k miles. Winner!

Home now. Here are some more pics, including a failed attempt at a Woollard. So crap it might just be good, like my new 440.

This isn't my first Dutch VolRenBishi, I had a very wonderful Carisma hatchback diesel not too long ago.

[Cord Fourteener]

10 minutes ago, brownnova said:

If I hired a gardener and he turned up in that wonderful vehicle I’d be very very impressed.

Hmm... how far do you travel for gardening work... 

All over North Wales, pretty much. I've customers in Denbigh and Bagillt and Bala.

[BL Bloke]

Well bought!

It seems that  Woolards are easier to do if you have someone else to hold the camera (or a selfie stick).

[Cord Fourteener]

Also, my new 440 drives really really well! Didn't miss a beat, feels light, responsive and planted. Not horrendous amounts of body roll. 

Pleased.

[Cord Fourteener]

Also there is plenty of junk in the car from previous owner! Bonus!

[Cord Fourteener]

Oh and one more thing, I stopped at a pez with hand car wash and the guy came straight out to me and wanted to know about it, and offered to buy it off me the and then for the cash I paid for it.

[GeordieInExile]

Winding up your own windows is for life's winners.

[ProgRocker]

Wow! I've fancied a Volvo 400 series for quite some time. They seem to fall under the radar of 'cla**ic status'. Nice one @Tim_E . Gets my seal of approval.

[TrabbieRonnie]

Well bought... and well documented colleckshun… have enjoyed your thread immensely between washing/fettling my old chod!

[Twin-Cam]

Peak chod.

Lots of love.

[Cord Fourteener]

21 minutes ago, TrabbieRonnie said:

Well bought... and well documented colleckshun… have enjoyed your thread immensely between washing/fettling my old chod!

Glad you enjoyed it, I enjoyed making the thread, it made the mission so much more fun than it already was!

[Cavcraft]

That's just about as good as it gets, the perfect car. Take my hat off to you for being so lucky,  top bombing.

 

But enough about following the Vectra, the Volvo looks a treat. Well bought.

[rantingYoof]

3 hours ago, Tim_E said:

Also, my new 440 drives really really well! Didn't miss a beat, feels light, responsive and planted. Not horrendous amounts of body roll. 

Pleased.

Mine was the same. The car never boasted it was anything other than an absolutely adequate AN CAR. It was a 1.8 GL in more decadent GL trim, so I had electric front windows and a couple of switches where those amazing blanking plates are on yours.

[Cord Fourteener]

48 minutes ago, rantingYoof said:

Mine was the same. The car never boasted it was anything other than an absolutely adequate AN CAR. It was a 1.8 GL in more decadent GL trim, so I had electric front windows and a couple of switches where those amazing blanking plates are on yours.

Ooh that's loverly, proper Granddad spec. In fact about the same as my wife's late Granddad's 440.