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1986 Volvo Diesel
Would appreciate any input on the 1986 Volvo diesel... thanks in advance..
Ralf. G |
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slow, economical, reliable, long lived.
"Ralf" > wrote in message ... > Would appreciate any input on the 1986 Volvo diesel... thanks in advance.. > Ralf. G > > |
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In article <NseLd.224031$6l.44339@pd7tw2no>, D. Dub wrote:
>slow, economical, reliable, long lived. > > >"Ralf" > wrote in message ... >> Would appreciate any input on the 1986 Volvo diesel... thanks in advance.. >> Ralf. G If applicable I'd look into reliability of the VW 2.4 engine. On our '80 244 GLD6 the block cracked at 135000km. The replacement (new) engine started smoking badly and lost power at around 130000km and would need major work. I then sold the car. -- /"\ Jan Kalin (male, preferred languages: Slovene, English) \ / http://charm.zag.si/eng/, email: "name dot surname AT zag dot si" X ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML in mail and postings. / \ I'm a .signature virus. Copy me to help me spread. |
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On Sun, 30 Jan 2005, Ralf wrote:
> Would appreciate any input on the 1986 Volvo diesel... RUN AWAY! |
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On Sun, 30 Jan 2005, D. Dub wrote:
> slow Yes. > economical Well, economical of *fuel*, yes. Very expensive to repair, and repairs are needed frequently. > reliable, long lived. Neither, nor. The VW 2.4 litre diesel as used in the Volvo is a turd. |
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"Daniel J. Stern" > wrote in message n.umich.edu... > On Sun, 30 Jan 2005, D. Dub wrote: > >> slow > > Yes. > >> economical > > Well, economical of *fuel*, yes. Very expensive to repair, and repairs are > needed frequently. > >> reliable, long lived. > > Neither, nor. The VW 2.4 litre diesel as used in the Volvo is a turd. How do you seem to have an answer for everything? and know everything about everything? Amazing. |
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"D. Dub" > wrote in message newsHALd.237697$6l.12237@pd7tw2no... > > "Daniel J. Stern" > wrote in message > n.umich.edu... > > On Sun, 30 Jan 2005, D. Dub wrote: > > > >> reliable, long lived. > > > > Neither, nor. The VW 2.4 litre diesel as used in the Volvo is a turd. > > How do you seem to have an answer for everything? and know everything about > everything? > Easy. You and others like you draw your answers from the experience that -you- have had. Daniel and many others draw their answers from the experience that a lot of -other people- have had. It's called 'learning' you might try practicing it. 'learning' is what enables me to know that skydiving is more dangerous than standing on the ground even though I've never personally done it myself. Ted |
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Daniel J. Stern wrote: >On Sun, 30 Jan 2005, D. Dub wrote: > >> slow > >Yes. > >> economical > >Well, economical of *fuel*, yes. Very expensive to repair, and repairs are >needed frequently. And even the fuel economy is just OK at lower speeds. When you start pushing it above 120-130 km/h the economy goes down badly - you need to push the 86HP engine to the edge. On a trip from Amsterdam to Ljubljana a 92' BMW 525i used around 1l/100km *less* than the Volvo. But the body is bulletproof. I was involved in an accident in which the other car was totalled whereas I could have driven away if the radiator hadn't been punctured. -- /"\ Jan Kalin (male, preferred languages: Slovene, English) \ / http://charm.zag.si/eng/, email: "name dot surname AT zag dot si" X ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML in mail and postings. / \ I'm a .signature virus. Copy me to help me spread. |
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On Tue, 1 Feb 2005, D. Dub wrote:
> "Daniel J. Stern" > wrote: > > Well, economical of *fuel*, yes. Very expensive to repair, and repairs > > are needed frequently. The VW 2.4 litre diesel as used in the Volvo is > > a turd. > How do you seem to have an answer for everything? and know everything about > everything? Simple: 42. So long, and thanks for all the fish. DS |
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"Ted Mittelstaedt" > wrote in message ... > > "D. Dub" > wrote in message > newsHALd.237697$6l.12237@pd7tw2no... >> >> "Daniel J. Stern" > wrote in message >> n.umich.edu... >> > On Sun, 30 Jan 2005, D. Dub wrote: >> > >> >> reliable, long lived. >> > >> > Neither, nor. The VW 2.4 litre diesel as used in the Volvo is a turd. >> >> How do you seem to have an answer for everything? and know everything > about >> everything? >> > > Easy. You and others like you draw your answers from the experience > that -you- have had. > Daniel and many others draw their answers from the experience that a lot > of -other people- have had. > > It's called 'learning' you might try practicing it. 'learning' is what > enables me to know that > skydiving is more dangerous than standing on the ground even though I've > never personally > done it myself. > > Ted > Oooohhh ................my what thoughtful insight. |
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