Volvo 940 wagon

[RobT]

It's been a while since I've done this.

Busy* commuter service, 7.30am.

I'm on the 225.  So no USB port.  Disgraceful...

Good job I brought my NOCO for phone pez.

[RobT]

Ally Pally

[fatharris]

Ooh, any clues?

[RobT]

7 minutes ago, fatharris said:

Ooh, any clues?

It's big.

[RobT]

But not Silver Shadow big.  Haven't got the bollock size, unlike @HMC

[HillmanImp]

28 minutes ago, RobT said:

It's been a while since I've done this.

Busy* commuter service, 7.30am.

I'm on the 225.  So no USB port.  Disgraceful...

Good job I brought my NOCO for phone pez.

The seats on the Azuma are rock solid. No usb is a fair trade off for some comfort IMO. 

[RobT]

8 minutes ago, HillmanImp said:

The seats on the Azuma are rock solid. No usb is a fair trade off for some comfort IMO. 

I did wonder about that, which led me to book the 225 instead.  Same reason why I try to avoid Thameslink trains where possible.  Or just end up standing instead.

Also, do people actually realise they're in a quiet coach?  Bloke behind (a Steven Smith from Grantham) is having a right old job taking out car insurance on the phone.  I wonder if he's on a collection mission too?  Either way just STFU plz.

[Tommyboy12]

Fridays are still a quiet day for commuting then. Chodspeed!

[gm]

32 minutes ago, RobT said:

 

Also, do people actually realise they're in a quiet coach?  Bloke behind (a Steven Smith from Grantham) is having a right old job taking out car insurance on the phone.  I wonder if he's on a collection mission too?  Either way just STFU plz.

amuse yourself by writing down all of his personal details as he blabs them to the whole carriage then enjoy the look on his face when you hand him a bit of paper with a scammers delight written on it. or use his details to order him an amusing* gift from a dodgy website !

[RobT]

Clowns aren't they.

[RobT]

Next photo of some train seating.  EMR service this time.

[RobT]

[Stinkwheel]

Well bought sir. I was sorely tempted by that myself. The days of cheap RWD proper Volvos are ending surely 

[egg]

Nice. Obligatory 'that's a bit too far south for an Ovlov' comment.

[eddyramrod]

40 minutes ago, egg said:

Nice. Obligatory 'that's a bit too far south for an Ovlov' comment.

Much too far south.  It needs to be up here in the Lakes, where the SVM can ogle it closely.

[Fabergé Greggs]

Brilliant!

Delighted that it’s made its way closer to me- DIBS! 

[2316cc]

2 hours ago, RobT said:

Seeing that photo makes me immediately want another one. 😢

Excellent to meet the estimable RobT earlier. I hope you have a successful journey home and that this particular slab of Swedish metal brings you great joy. 

[hairnet]

6 hours ago, RobT said:

It's a big bag of nails

 

[hairnet]

Looks ok here and its no silver

Will flolwer come over all nerd for specs now

[RobT]

45 minutes ago, 2316cc said:

Seeing that photo makes me immediately want another one. 😢

Excellent to meet the estimable RobT earlier. I hope you have a successful journey home and that this particular slab of Swedish metal brings you great joy. 

It's great, a proper old chunk of car.  Cheers m9.

Reckomended seller, wud use again👍

👍

[2316cc]

I hope that means you've made it least most of the way home? 

Happy motoring/wardrobe moving/monastery looting!

[robt100]

Saw the thread title, then saw the usename. For a split second wondered if I have early onset dimentia and had bought a car and forgotten.....would explain the empty bank account🤣

[RobT]

8 hours ago, egg said:

Nice. Obligatory 'that's a bit too far south for an Ovlov' comment.

It's also now too inside the ULEZ, but I can dodge the cameras around here for local trips and just pony up the rest of the time.  I'd forgotten how bloody marvellous these things are, so it's worth every penny I end up coughing up to TfL.

[RobT]

180 miles completed.  The only issue being some trim that wanted its freedom.

That'll be why the traffic rozzer lingered next to me on the M25.  I didn't hear it flapping about though.

Obligatory pez shot to finish.

[Six-cylinder]

Well done Rob, that was a very tempting car.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

12 hours ago, gm said:

amuse yourself by writing down all of his personal details as he blabs them to the whole carriage then enjoy the look on his face when you hand him a bit of paper with a scammers delight written on it. or use his details to order him an amusing* gift from a dodgy website !

Put his details into cartakeback so the car he just spent ages insuring has been scrapped by the time he gets off the train. 

[brownnova]

Yes!!! Ovlov wagons are for winners.

Good to see a @RobT collection thread again too! 

[lisbon_road]

Hi Rob thanks for sharing your trip. Takes a die hard autoshitter to buy a non ulez compliant car while living in the zone, hats off to you. Looks a good car.

What's it like in the zone? Is there really as much camera damage as we hear?

[egg]

2 hours ago, lisbon_road said:

Takes a die hard autoshitter to buy a non ulez compliant car while living in the zone, hats off to you.

Rob's also now 'old money' with a old Volvo in the ULEZ. Should start wearing a cravat soon.

[RobT]

3 hours ago, lisbon_road said:

Hi Rob thanks for sharing your trip. Takes a die hard autoshitter to buy a non ulez compliant car while living in the zone, hats off to you. Looks a good car.

What's it like in the zone? Is there really as much camera damage as we hear?

Thanks, it's a great car.  Very much as described by @2316cc

Can't say I've paid much attention to the camera situation, but I did see one that'd been cut down and dumped by the road side recently.  Just 300 yards up the road from me.  It's still possible to spot older non-compliant cars in London, but they certainly have got thinner on the ground.  I've also noticed a few more historics when travelling around my manor, which is either just coincidence or some heroes have decided to do exemption properly and go 40+.