I think that they're the most durable cars ever made. You can reasonably expect to get 500k to a million miles if you maintain it properly, even if driven hard and used on poor quality roads. They're not however incredibly cheap to drive (due to fairly poor fuel economy by 190d standards at least), or reliable (mostly due to electrical corrosion issues which can be prevented). Turbobricks.com is the site I would reccomend.
The performance is acceptable as long as you avoid the non-turbo automatic transmission models, and the non-turbo diesels. IMO the ideal RWD Volvo is a turbo wagon with a stickshift. Tyler On Aug 5, 2008, at 4:41 PM, Peter Frederick wrote: > The late 240 and 7xx series cars were superb. I almost bought one, > and still have a 740 TD that needs to get going again. > > Probably the least troublesome cars I know of, given their longevity. > ] > Look up swedishbrick.com and the Brickboard.com, (or something > similar) for a good discussion group. > > Peter > > On Aug 5, 2008, at 1:57 PM, Donald Snook wrote: > >> I found a 1990 Volvo 240. It is a 1 owner car with 135,000 miles >> and perfect shape. I have never had one of these. I think I have >> asked about Volvos and somebody said there were a couple of models >> to avoid. The only complaints I seen from reviews online is that >> they are pretty slow to accelerate. Evidently those that were >> complaining about that have never driven a Mercedes diesel. After >> all the 2.3 4 cyl. has 114 HP. >> >> Any one know anything about these cars? >> >> Donald H. Snook >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >> For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
