After a little mishap with a TR7 on Saturday, the Scuderia Flatpack V8olvo (formerly the Black Metal V8olvo ) suffered a much worse setback late in the race today, when it attempted to share space with a '67 Plymouth Fury. Wayne, aka Stratocastrator, was at the wheel and walked away from the wreck without a scratch. Being a veteran of decades of balls-to-the-wall dirt-track racing, he didn't consider...
Filed under: Etc. , Hybrid , Toyota Beauty, as they say, is in the eye of the beholder. While some cars seem to be almost universally loved for their gorgeous lines and undeniable sense of style - the Lamborghini Miura and Shelby Daytona Coupe certainly come to mind - others, such as the new Honda Crosstour and even the latest Nissan GT-R - not to mention nearly everything currently wearing the Acura...
Most Tokyo Motor Show concepts are held together with tape and spit, unable to drive more than a few miles. Our real cars may not have LED lights, but they're dependable. What's the highest mileage car you've ever owned? We were able to push a Ford Escort into the 140K-range before it was traded away for house paint, besting the old 300D Mercedes by a few thousand if we remember correctly. Ben has...
Michael Copeland at Fortune has his priorities straight. “In my rusted jalopy, a 1991 Volvo 240 sedan, I have installed the future,” he boasts. His use of the “f-word” tells you he’s not talking about a V8, forced induction or any other fossil fuel-sucking upgrade. What then? An EV conversion? That would be too interesting. [...]
Volvo 240GL: 1 set Door Panel, Front panel Windscreen, Dashboard, Engine,Carburetor, Air Cond Compressor, Radiator, Auto gearbox The above, i wish to sell it all. Price Negotiable Preferable methods of contact call 012-3128198 (Patrick) No.22, Jalan Utama 2/2, Taman Perindustrian Puchong Utama, Bt14, 47100 Puchong, Selangor Darul Ehsa
My 1989 volvo 240 is not scrap and does not need to be traded in for 2k to bail out the ailing car industry that is being subsidised to the tune of 300 million pounds by the government. It rolls on in anarchy, it was built to last longer than that. Apart from keeping people in [...]
When we had the 50 Cars Made For Over 20 Years list a few weeks back, we were deafened by the howls of outrage from those whose favorite cars didn't make the cut. Some of my oversights were really obvious head-clutchers (e.g., Trabant, Saab 96, De Tomaso Pantera), while others required making all sorts of crypto-arbitrary judgment calls. In order to prevent the flood of hate mails I got from Land...
Yeah, it's still Crash Week , and we've seen some very jarring videos (some we even won't show). Now we need some comforting, so we want to know: what car makes you feel safe? We are, unsurprisingly, going with the Volvo 240 Wagon . We don't buy the argument that "bigger is better" since we understand the relationship between mass, acceleration and force. Still, it doesn't hurt to have a...
I saw a unusual looking car on the road a while ack. A few hours later I noticed it parked at the Jordbro shopping centre, so I stopped for a chat with the owner. This is Sten-Åke Svensson . The car is an KJB. That stands for Kjell Bergstrand. He was the man who designed and built the car. The sheet metal is 1,3 mm thick, and Kjell did the stamping of the metal himself. The steering comes from...
Opponents of automated enforcement have become increasingly creative in efforts to thwart speed cameras, as demonstrated by recent events. In Devon, England last Monday, vigilantes sacrificed a blue Volvo 240 to incinerate a speed camera, the Plymouth Herald reported. At around 1am, the Volvo was parked under the camera on Outland Road in Peverell and set on fire. The ensuing blaze fully destroyed...
The BBQ we had yesterday was fun. Started out with a movie trip to Gurney Plaza with Delton and Shuhail. We watched The Proposal together. I give it a 7.5/10. Then, we hung out at Starbucks for awhile before heading home. Some relatives we at my house already as we reached, and Kylie came soon after. Took Delton, Shuhail, Kylie, the Pani twins on a joyride in my old 1987 Volvo 240GL as soon as all...
Someone parks two cars near you. The first? A sports car. It could be a Porsche 911 C4 Cab, a Ferrari F430, or a Z06 ‘Vette. Something special. Expensive. Exotic. The other car is an oldie. Let’s say a 1976 Toyota Celica or a 1984 Volvo 240 wagon. Which one would interest you? I’m hardly immune [...]
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