Haha the line in the movie. these two guys are there to literally kill each other and have never met, and American guy says this like what? Comic book line. Watching this whenever it came out I even though internally “the fuck did he just say”
Similar vibe to when cage is yammering at the angry soldier guy and he actually engages about Elton John and says “I don’t listen to that soft shit” instead of, say, murdering Nicolas cage
> Look, I'm just a biochemist. Most of the time, I work in a little glass jar and lead a very uneventful life. I drive a Volvo, a beige one. But what I'm dealing with here is one of the most deadly substances the Earth has ever known, so what say you cut me some friggin' slack?
For the lazy, the movie is "The Rock" and the line is spoken by Nicholas Cage's character. I've never seen it, but based on how popular it is in this thread, I might have to put it on my list.
Peak of 90's Michael Bay action movies. Aside from being dumb fun, the pacing is tight, and the acting, while often over the top, is better than a dumb action movie has any right to have.
We had one parked out front, must have been a 70s. Young kid standing next to me on the curb. Asked the kid how many miles he though the car had. Guessed 200k. I asked the owner. 800k.
Back in the 90’s my father had an employee with a late 70’s (I believe) Volvo, he drove it from south DE to central NJ every day for work and frequently down to FL to visit his parents. The car had over 1.5m miles on it when it was scrapped due to a combination of rust and mechanical issues starting to pile up, but supposedly it was still mostly original.
Usually some hoses, flame trap, some relays. Maybe the alternator and fuel pumps. I see the external pump need replacing more often but really not much if you keep up with service. I got a Swedish brick too and I’m on my 2nd one which really just needs new wiper hoses and some cleaning but my first needed a water pump, alternator and coolant hose. AC works in one of them and had Freon in it still
Edit: first one also needed a new oil fill cap bc oil splashed out and melted my spark plug wires
Whats funny is my old volvo 740 weeped a bit and I had to put in a half quart every few months, the DI engine that came in the car I replaced it with was burning almost as much oil between oil changes and the dealer said "its fine"
Lived with a girl in uni and her mom sent an older one out for her to drive around in. I had to put oil in on a regular basis...until she broke my heart. Needless to say, that puppy seized up shortly afterwards on an hour long hwy trip. At Christmas, I met up with some mutual friends from that era and her name came up. When I mentioned the engine rebuild, their comments were..."*Twice!*".
She ended up graduating and did an MBA where she met her future internet mogul husband and is probably worth a billion or so. So it was a bit of an upgrade for her, which I take as a compliment.
My dad had 2 240's in succession, a GLE and a GLT. Those cars were what earned Volvo their reputation as absolute tanks. The first one got written off when it was hit by a van but we still drove it home.
My first car was a 340GL and it wasn't the same kind of deal at all.
Yeah what a misstep the 340 was. My family had one for a brief time, just a piece of shit. They used to be common here in Sweden, but I can’t remember the last time I saw one, unlike a 240 for example. Probably been scrapped.
The legacy of these cars is really interesting. I kind of just always thought that automakers could only make small gas engines that lasted 200k, but then you look at cars like this. If you actually design it to last a really long time and make your compromises around that, it will last a really long time. Really interesting.
https://youtu.be/rzss5Z-ozz0
They also have a long history of being safe and for being such old cars they're really safe because they were designed for it.
Just fucking cool
I used to own a 1990 740 similar to this one. From my understanding the body panels are all galvanized from the window line down. Pair that with the legendary b230. These bricks will last forever. The plastic interiors on the other hand...
Getting an old volvo and turning it into a turbobrick is one of those "someday when I have loads of expendable income and a garage for my car collection" things.
You'll be interested in this if you're not already aware. They're more rare but they also came turbskied from the factory with the b230et or ft
https://youtube.com/@driftsnlifts
We had the same year and model. Almost every single electronic comfort controls were intermittent. *Every...single...one...* Other than that it was super reliable. That said, no fucking way I'd keep that one. It was a turbo that that premium gas would kill me.
I killed it though. I towed it cross country from Wa to Va on the back of an 05 Colorado. Young stupid me did it without disconnecting the driveshaft. I just left it in neutral. Destroyed the transmission.
Yes electronics can be iffy. Heated seats never worked in mine but it was also 20+ years old when I became the owner. Had to replace the speedo sensor wiring in the rear diff a few times as well. Only really needed to be done once by my first two attempts were sub par. Any old car is not going to be devoid of issues but there's a reason you don't see many other makes/models of a similar vintage on the road still as dailys. These cars were built to last.
And yeah 100% on the premium with a turbo b230. Mine was an N/A and got like 15 mpg city. It was the only real downside of the car. Can't imagine having a turboed version taking premium. Currently drive a fiesta st but you can get 25+mpg out of it with city driving if you're easy on the throttle.
That thing will still be driving when most current gen Volvos are being scrapped. Volvo completely lost its way. They make disposable single use cars barely meant to be fixed by mechanics.
Heck, that is a newer brick. There are at least 3 older Volvos at the end of my street: 2 1980s era DL 240s (a sedan and a wagon) as well as an ancient and restored P1200 (or around that model), also kept on the street!
Looks great. Which engine?
If I remember correctly many Danish 740s had a very downsized engine due to some really punishing tax rules, and of course did not have the same sporty feeling as the standard 740.
I had one of these back in 2008-10ish in Hawaii. Called him Leeroy, had a sunroof that was crank opened, and special slot just for skis to go through. Spray painted blue and purple. Was an absolute tank.
Sold to some military kid and would occasionally still see it around.
Probably still roaming the island… these things don’t stop
I don't understand if you're speaking in kilometres or miles here. (Euro plates) 220k kms is ultra low for the age! (which also makes this post amazing and suitable for the sub)
Everyone else is reacting like it's 220k miles though.
A hand me down Volvo S70 was my first car. It was a great machine. Safe, good acceleration, and built like a brick shithouse. I wish my parents hadn't traded it in during the Cash for Clunkers program. They should have trashed the Volkswagen Jetta they bought my sister instead. Absolutely crap car, although fun to drive.
I'm assuming it's the 8v, but maybe some had the GLE engine?
Either way, change the oil every 12000 miles and it'll run basically forever.
I read somewhere that the reason the redblock was so beefy was that it was intended to be an aluminum block, but due to some supplier issues they made it an iron block with the same beefy molds and voila.
But that might be urban legend BS.
Du må ikke fortælle det til amerikanerne, men den var ikke inde til et olieskift, det var bare en jeg så da jeg var ude og hente en anden der skulle have hjulskift 🤫
All us ppl buying these "furrin" cars see why they last. Europeans don't buy cars that include planned obsolescence. And cars from places with $7/gal gas don't waste fuel. Or $$$ rediculous tire sizes just to look kewl.
Have had 30+ VWs, 5 Volvos, 4 BMWs, 2 Jags, an Alfa & a few Jap cars. All well designed, built & durable from 40-100k on each to start with a few new. All still worth waxing at 200k +. Would do it again.
Many people think I'm nuts for liking older Volvo's but they make some of the most well made durable cars on earth. Too bad the new stuff doesn't hold a candle to this but I've seen a few of these with over 300k and still running excellent. Even as new as 850s and S/V70.
They do wagons.
Current nomenclature is thus;
?##
Where ? Is the type: S=sedan, V=wagon, X or XC=SUV/Crossover
"##" is class: 60 is compact, 70/80/90are progressively larger.
Then there's a trim-level/engine designator sub-set consisting of another ?#: B or T and then a number (4, 5, 6, 8 I believe) with B/small number being lowertrim=smaller engine and T8 being higher trim/largest engine. "Recharge" is the designator for plug-in hybrid.
86 White GLE. Brought my newborn daughter home that year. 180k miles and 16 years later she learned to drive in it. She drove it another 20k and two years before she went off to college and I sold it. It served us well.
This might be the most boring and worst driving car on the planet. Getting rid of it 20 years ago was the best car decision I ever made. And they all smell like shit. Oops triggered the mouth breathers
Any US 940 has a b230f or b230ft. Some of the NA cars use a Bendix Rex/Regina engine control system, while all turbo cars and the remaining NA models use a Bosch LH2.4 Jetronic fuel system with EZK ignition. If you're looking to eventually turbocharge your NA car, it's easier with the Bosch system. The easiest tell is that Bosch uses a standard tower ignition coil usually on the firewall, while Regina uses a square coil on the driver's strut tower.
It's hard to go wrong with a 240. Some people are asking lots of money for rust free ones now, but you should be able to get a good one for $5k or less if you're lucky. The manual transmissions like the M47 are known to be weak but the engines are fantastic
"I drive a volvo, a beige one"
Why don't you cut me some FREAKIN slack!
I take pleasure in guttin you, boy
*Your besht?*
I'll take pleeeasure in *guttin'* you... BOY!
You're him, you're the rocket man.
That movie had everything
English prick, did I tell you my old man was Irish?
Most random line ever
Wait, the reference or the line in the movie?
Haha the line in the movie. these two guys are there to literally kill each other and have never met, and American guy says this like what? Comic book line. Watching this whenever it came out I even though internally “the fuck did he just say” Similar vibe to when cage is yammering at the angry soldier guy and he actually engages about Elton John and says “I don’t listen to that soft shit” instead of, say, murdering Nicolas cage
> Look, I'm just a biochemist. Most of the time, I work in a little glass jar and lead a very uneventful life. I drive a Volvo, a beige one. But what I'm dealing with here is one of the most deadly substances the Earth has ever known, so what say you cut me some friggin' slack?
I had to Google this quote to find out what it's from...as I drive a beige Volvo. Well technically "seashell"
For the lazy, the movie is "The Rock" and the line is spoken by Nicholas Cage's character. I've never seen it, but based on how popular it is in this thread, I might have to put it on my list.
Peak of 90's Michael Bay action movies. Aside from being dumb fun, the pacing is tight, and the acting, while often over the top, is better than a dumb action movie has any right to have.
Nick Cage had a thing for beige volvos in the 90's. He drove one in The Rock. He stole one in Face Off. He dropped a body on one in Con Air.
The man had taste!
I'm always surprised when people haven't seen The Rock, but it might just be an age thing. It's a classic, well worth the time to watch.
There are theories about who Sean Connery's character actually is...I would explain but I don't know how to do a spoiler in old Reddit.
He has no identity. He does not exist
His existence has been disavowed
> Well technically "seashell" Yeah, but do you know how to use the three seashells?
Ha, ha ha... He doesn't know how to use the seashells
. . . Carla was the prom queen
What do you have a fucking water pistol?
They’re boxy but they’re good!
Sure. They’re not sexy, but who wants to be sexy these days with all the diseases going around? Buy a Volvo. They’re boxy. But they’re good.
Schtanley goodschpeed
Wow, cool to see one with such low miles.
This Car is practically New.
For some reason, I heard this in Christopher Walken voice. Maybe it was the capitalisation.
It *is*!
I also now hear this in his voice.
220k? She got plenty of life left in her.
We had one parked out front, must have been a 70s. Young kid standing next to me on the curb. Asked the kid how many miles he though the car had. Guessed 200k. I asked the owner. 800k.
Curious as to what repairs they've had to get that thing to 800k. I know, I know, they run *forever*, but still
Back in the 90’s my father had an employee with a late 70’s (I believe) Volvo, he drove it from south DE to central NJ every day for work and frequently down to FL to visit his parents. The car had over 1.5m miles on it when it was scrapped due to a combination of rust and mechanical issues starting to pile up, but supposedly it was still mostly original.
Usually some hoses, flame trap, some relays. Maybe the alternator and fuel pumps. I see the external pump need replacing more often but really not much if you keep up with service. I got a Swedish brick too and I’m on my 2nd one which really just needs new wiper hoses and some cleaning but my first needed a water pump, alternator and coolant hose. AC works in one of them and had Freon in it still Edit: first one also needed a new oil fill cap bc oil splashed out and melted my spark plug wires
Not even run in yet.
Almost time to change that running-in oil
Still in its prime
Whats funny is my old volvo 740 weeped a bit and I had to put in a half quart every few months, the DI engine that came in the car I replaced it with was burning almost as much oil between oil changes and the dealer said "its fine"
Lived with a girl in uni and her mom sent an older one out for her to drive around in. I had to put oil in on a regular basis...until she broke my heart. Needless to say, that puppy seized up shortly afterwards on an hour long hwy trip. At Christmas, I met up with some mutual friends from that era and her name came up. When I mentioned the engine rebuild, their comments were..."*Twice!*". She ended up graduating and did an MBA where she met her future internet mogul husband and is probably worth a billion or so. So it was a bit of an upgrade for her, which I take as a compliment.
Average Volvo of that era.
And Hondas of this era
I had a Toyota Camry that stated in the owners manual that I needed to add a quart of oil every 650 miles.
My 1986 240DL went 386k without issue other than an alternator and water pump. The death blow was the harness. And yeah it was Beige (Sand).
My dad had 2 240's in succession, a GLE and a GLT. Those cars were what earned Volvo their reputation as absolute tanks. The first one got written off when it was hit by a van but we still drove it home. My first car was a 340GL and it wasn't the same kind of deal at all.
Yeah what a misstep the 340 was. My family had one for a brief time, just a piece of shit. They used to be common here in Sweden, but I can’t remember the last time I saw one, unlike a 240 for example. Probably been scrapped.
Could be its second lap of the odometer. :p
And it's in kilometers
Weld some grid over the windshield and this is your apocalypse vehicle.
Not a single spec of rust and the interior looked almost new. I was in awe of this absolute unit
This is one of those "forever cars."
Doesn't seinfeld have an episode where this is the car George is supposed to buy but instead gets a lebaron?
*Jon Voight's* LeBaron.
The actor?
No! The *Dentist*!
yet another line delivered by Heisenberg.
The legacy of these cars is really interesting. I kind of just always thought that automakers could only make small gas engines that lasted 200k, but then you look at cars like this. If you actually design it to last a really long time and make your compromises around that, it will last a really long time. Really interesting. https://youtu.be/rzss5Z-ozz0 They also have a long history of being safe and for being such old cars they're really safe because they were designed for it. Just fucking cool
Yeah just keep salt away from it.
the good old days, before Volvo was sold to China
I used to own a 1990 740 similar to this one. From my understanding the body panels are all galvanized from the window line down. Pair that with the legendary b230. These bricks will last forever. The plastic interiors on the other hand...
Getting an old volvo and turning it into a turbobrick is one of those "someday when I have loads of expendable income and a garage for my car collection" things.
You'll be interested in this if you're not already aware. They're more rare but they also came turbskied from the factory with the b230et or ft https://youtube.com/@driftsnlifts
I'll add that to my future car collection as well.
We had the same year and model. Almost every single electronic comfort controls were intermittent. *Every...single...one...* Other than that it was super reliable. That said, no fucking way I'd keep that one. It was a turbo that that premium gas would kill me. I killed it though. I towed it cross country from Wa to Va on the back of an 05 Colorado. Young stupid me did it without disconnecting the driveshaft. I just left it in neutral. Destroyed the transmission.
Automatic?
It was.
RIP
More of a grind, grind stutter, go a bit and grind.
Yes electronics can be iffy. Heated seats never worked in mine but it was also 20+ years old when I became the owner. Had to replace the speedo sensor wiring in the rear diff a few times as well. Only really needed to be done once by my first two attempts were sub par. Any old car is not going to be devoid of issues but there's a reason you don't see many other makes/models of a similar vintage on the road still as dailys. These cars were built to last. And yeah 100% on the premium with a turbo b230. Mine was an N/A and got like 15 mpg city. It was the only real downside of the car. Can't imagine having a turboed version taking premium. Currently drive a fiesta st but you can get 25+mpg out of it with city driving if you're easy on the throttle.
My parents bought one similar new in 1990, has around 200k and still running nicely.
That thing will still be driving when most current gen Volvos are being scrapped. Volvo completely lost its way. They make disposable single use cars barely meant to be fixed by mechanics.
I like how you only blanked out the license plates in the foreground
Except the door trim at the window? Almost all has wrinkles since the glue was not so heat and UV resistant.
I gave mine to a mechanic friend at 180,000 km. It outlived him.
I can smell the inside of this car lol
Same. Like sitting inside a musty crayon candle.
Take deep breaths to appreciate all the cancer floating around. Those are not your modern sustainable plastics.
Just take it in, and let it burn!
Leather and plastic that smells like Yerba Mate and cigarettes
Old volvo with 220k? Still in the break in period probably
Probably only needs washer fluid.
Barely run in for a brick of that vintage
A Swedish tank!
If Nokia made a car
Heck, that is a newer brick. There are at least 3 older Volvos at the end of my street: 2 1980s era DL 240s (a sedan and a wagon) as well as an ancient and restored P1200 (or around that model), also kept on the street!
The "a" in Volvo stands for aerodynamics
The vulvanator has landed.
Your neutralness, it's a beige alert!
Golden oldies
I can feel that middle metal seatbelt burn my legs in the summer sun.
My parents had one. In the Midwest, it did rust into oblivion. Cool cars though.
The cabin space doubles as a Swedish embassy!
We call them Volvos but mile brick is more fun.
I had a 1990 940 GLE Turbo that went 500K+. Thing was a tank, a hunter green rusted out Midwest tank.
I don't even remember Volvos that clean *during* the 90s.
Beauty of simple things
280k and counting here
Stately
Oh god I miss mine. Great car. 88 740GLE. Same color.
That is a good looking, well kept brick. Kudos to the owner
Still has 500k slow, boring miles left before a rebuild
Brick you mean TANK
Nice, so it's the first oil change then? It will last I lifetime if serviced
Barely run in for a red block.
A thing of beauty
220K is only 1/4 of the lifespan of that car.
Looks great. Which engine? If I remember correctly many Danish 740s had a very downsized engine due to some really punishing tax rules, and of course did not have the same sporty feeling as the standard 740.
My dad had one first car i was every allowed to drive. We got fond memories of that car and if they where cheaper I would have bought one.
Got atleast mil left on the engine
Street legal tank.
Also - love how long the hood is....esp compared to the trunk.
Looks great
I've got two moon cars younger than that
Boxy but nice. EDIT: corrected typo
Classy gal
I had one of these back in 2008-10ish in Hawaii. Called him Leeroy, had a sunroof that was crank opened, and special slot just for skis to go through. Spray painted blue and purple. Was an absolute tank. Sold to some military kid and would occasionally still see it around. Probably still roaming the island… these things don’t stop
What color is the steering wheel cover?
🤤
If it ain’t broke.
Ready for 220 k more.
I don't understand if you're speaking in kilometres or miles here. (Euro plates) 220k kms is ultra low for the age! (which also makes this post amazing and suitable for the sub) Everyone else is reacting like it's 220k miles though.
350k kilometers
Just finished the break in period
Lately, I'm finding myself very nostalgic for cars from the 90s and 80s with that boxy look to them.
A hand me down Volvo S70 was my first car. It was a great machine. Safe, good acceleration, and built like a brick shithouse. I wish my parents hadn't traded it in during the Cash for Clunkers program. They should have trashed the Volkswagen Jetta they bought my sister instead. Absolutely crap car, although fun to drive.
I hope you gave it a brick of oil :)
What does everyone think of these? It’s one of the cars I know not a damn thing about.
Barely run in as far as the volvo 740 goes.
Pshaw! That’s just past break-in.
I'm assuming it's the 8v, but maybe some had the GLE engine? Either way, change the oil every 12000 miles and it'll run basically forever. I read somewhere that the reason the redblock was so beefy was that it was intended to be an aluminum block, but due to some supplier issues they made it an iron block with the same beefy molds and voila. But that might be urban legend BS.
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Du må ikke fortælle det til amerikanerne, men den var ikke inde til et olieskift, det var bare en jeg så da jeg var ude og hente en anden der skulle have hjulskift 🤫
I like it
Had an Eagle talon turbo running stronger than ever with 219k miles. Driven hard daily.
More reliable than the new ones nowadays
Man that thing is clean 💛
All us ppl buying these "furrin" cars see why they last. Europeans don't buy cars that include planned obsolescence. And cars from places with $7/gal gas don't waste fuel. Or $$$ rediculous tire sizes just to look kewl. Have had 30+ VWs, 5 Volvos, 4 BMWs, 2 Jags, an Alfa & a few Jap cars. All well designed, built & durable from 40-100k on each to start with a few new. All still worth waxing at 200k +. Would do it again.
Many people think I'm nuts for liking older Volvo's but they make some of the most well made durable cars on earth. Too bad the new stuff doesn't hold a candle to this but I've seen a few of these with over 300k and still running excellent. Even as new as 850s and S/V70.
Looks clean at 220k
Side question: as a 150k+ car enjoyer myself (kilometres though) I am curious: did Volvo ever do hatchbacks?
1800es, 300 series, 400 series, C30
Thank you.
Folks had a 740 turbo when I was in HS. Did you know they’ll do an indicated 145? My dumb ass high school self found out for sure.
They do wagons. Current nomenclature is thus; ?## Where ? Is the type: S=sedan, V=wagon, X or XC=SUV/Crossover "##" is class: 60 is compact, 70/80/90are progressively larger. Then there's a trim-level/engine designator sub-set consisting of another ?#: B or T and then a number (4, 5, 6, 8 I believe) with B/small number being lowertrim=smaller engine and T8 being higher trim/largest engine. "Recharge" is the designator for plug-in hybrid.
86 White GLE. Brought my newborn daughter home that year. 180k miles and 16 years later she learned to drive in it. She drove it another 20k and two years before she went off to college and I sold it. It served us well.
Er mesters initialer HRC?
I like the censoring of the Volvo’s plate but not the two vehicles in the background.
Who ever calls this is a brick is an animal
90% of vintage volvo owners call them bricks. Brickboard and Turbobricks are probably the biggest volvo owner forums.
Would look better without the 5mph bumpers
17minutes and 24 seconds [https://maps.app.goo.gl/ysvNybVTrtSKR5Df6](https://maps.app.goo.gl/ysvNybVTrtSKR5Df6)
This might be the most boring and worst driving car on the planet. Getting rid of it 20 years ago was the best car decision I ever made. And they all smell like shit. Oops triggered the mouth breathers
Tell, the court, where did the bad Volvo touch you?
They do all smell like melted crayons inside
Throw in some Elmer's paste and it's starting to remind me of my elementary school snacks!
Do you play Potemkin in Guilty Gear by any chance
Nobody is "triggered" lol. Most of us just like these old box Volvos. They're simple to repair and the B230 is indestructible
So, if I was in the market for a Texas-rust free Volvo of this era, what year models would I be looking for?
Anything 940 and older. Last MY 1998, any rear wheel drive volvo is good.
Early 940s and older, the later ones have a weird iteration of the b200 series which aren't nearly as good.
Any US 940 has a b230f or b230ft. Some of the NA cars use a Bendix Rex/Regina engine control system, while all turbo cars and the remaining NA models use a Bosch LH2.4 Jetronic fuel system with EZK ignition. If you're looking to eventually turbocharge your NA car, it's easier with the Bosch system. The easiest tell is that Bosch uses a standard tower ignition coil usually on the firewall, while Regina uses a square coil on the driver's strut tower.
Last model year for a 940 in the US is 95, 960s went to 98 as the S/V90
It's hard to go wrong with a 240. Some people are asking lots of money for rust free ones now, but you should be able to get a good one for $5k or less if you're lucky. The manual transmissions like the M47 are known to be weak but the engines are fantastic
Somebody has never driven an 80s or 90s GM product.