A 240 observation

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This is unscientific but in myobservations at the local Pickn'Pull wreckers,
240 Volvos of any age are mostly automatics. The last several times (over
several months) I look in all the 240's, maybe 8 to 15 are there each time.One
of the items I'm looking to put in my back pocket is a clutch pedal cover. I
look in all the 240's. Its maybe just a few times that the cover is there but
worn out (like mine)and not worth taking.Of course that worries me and why I
want to get a new pedal cover pronto. At least its not an automatic. Is the
automatic that much of a weakness for volvo that once towed they're disposable?
Fortunately the other parts I need are avialable there.
 
I tried to sell a reasonable condition auto 240DL saloon and couldn't.
Everyone asked for the estate, shied away from the saloon and threw their
hands in the air at the thought of a 240 saloon auto. It's the manual Estate
version that sells..... In the end I got £60 from the car auction for it.

les

This is unscientific but in myobservations at the local Pickn'Pull
wreckers, 240 Volvos of any age are mostly automatics. The last
several times (over several months) I look in all the 240's, maybe 8
to 15 are there each time.One of the items I'm looking to put in my
back pocket is a clutch pedal cover. I look in all the 240's. Its
maybe just a few times that the cover is there but worn out (like
mine)and not worth taking.Of course that worries me and why I want to
get a new pedal cover pronto. At least its not an automatic. Is the
automatic that much of a weakness for volvo that once towed they're
disposable? Fortunately the other parts I need are avialable there.
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Rojo2G said:
This is unscientific but in myobservations at the local Pickn'Pull wreckers,
240 Volvos of any age are mostly automatics.
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Cars don't really wear out so much as it's not seen as worth it to
spend $12-1500 on a new transmission. So you see a lot of automatics
in junkyards. Most anything that has a manual transmission and isn't
a pile of rust is still on the road somewhere.
 
Les said:
I tried to sell a reasonable condition auto 240DL saloon and couldn't.
Everyone asked for the estate, shied away from the saloon and threw their
hands in the air at the thought of a 240 saloon auto. It's the manual Estate
version that sells..... In the end I got £60 from the car auction for it.
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Man. I need to...

How much does it cost to import a car? I hear about used cars going
for literally nothing over there.
 
Because there's more to the internet than hits alone, Les & Claire
wrote:
I tried to sell a reasonable condition auto 240DL saloon and couldn't.
Everyone asked for the estate, shied away from the saloon and threw their
hands in the air at the thought of a 240 saloon auto. It's the manual Estate
version that sells..... In the end I got £60 from the car auction for it.
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Of all the 2** and 7** Volvos I've owned over the past 15 years, I've
had a manual, several autos, several estates and a saloon. My
favourite combination was the auto saloon. Alas, the saloon ceased to
be practical in my lifestyle, so estates it is for now, and as long as
I can keep on top of any rattles that crop up in the back I'm very
happy with it.

The 4 speed + overdrive manual gearbox that I had was 'orrible after
the autos, so I won't be having another one of them if I can help it.

It's all personal preference, of course, and mine are probably not
representative of many - after all, I actually *liked* the B27 I had.
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Rojo2G said:
This is unscientific but in myobservations at the local Pickn'Pull wreckers,
240 Volvos of any age are mostly automatics.
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The US auto buying public buys well over 90% automatic transmission equipped
vehicles in the vehicle class the 240 was in. Volvo sold very few manual
transmission 240s in the US, which is why you see few in the 'yards.

John
 
Rojo2G said:
This is unscientific but in myobservations at the local Pickn'Pull wreckers,
240 Volvos of any age are mostly automatics. The last several times (over
several months) I look in all the 240's, maybe 8 to 15 are there each time.One
of the items I'm looking to put in my back pocket is a clutch pedal cover. I
look in all the 240's. Its maybe just a few times that the cover is there but
worn out (like mine)and not worth taking.Of course that worries me and why I
want to get a new pedal cover pronto. At least its not an automatic. Is the
automatic that much of a weakness for volvo that once towed they're disposable?
Fortunately the other parts I need are avialable there.
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Why would you even want a used pedal pad? You can buy a brand new one for
about $6. I ordered a set of Scan-Tech reproduction pads for mine a few
months ago, much nicer than the old ones.

From what I've seen, pre-83-ish 240's were about 50/50 manual/automatics.
Beyond that they're about 80% auto. Late model manuals are somewhat hard to
find and desireable, but it's not too hard to convert one one way or the
other.
 
Joseph Oberlander said:
it.

Man. I need to...

How much does it cost to import a car? I hear about used cars going
for literally nothing over there.
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Well the problem is the steering wheel would be on the wrong side and the
headlights would have the wrong beam pattern... Seems like used parts from
there would be cheap though.
 
John Horner said:
The US auto buying public buys well over 90% automatic transmission equipped
vehicles in the vehicle class the 240 was in. Volvo sold very few manual
transmission 240s in the US, which is why you see few in the 'yards.

John
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They seem to show up in the yards in batches, I'll go months and only see
one or two manual 240's, then one day there'll be half a dozen of them and a
few manual 740's as well. A few months ago there were 3 M47 5 speed equipped
cars there all at once.
 
You can buy a brand new one for about $6.
I'm tight about things like that. Squeezing pennies there and paying the
folding cash to the mechanic when I have to.
I never thought that there may be more automatics sold in the u. s. Thanks
everyone for enlightening me.
Rojo
 
How much does it cost to import a car? I hear about used cars going
Well the problem is the steering wheel would be on the wrong side and the
headlights would have the wrong beam pattern... Seems like used parts from
there would be cheap though.
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I believe Sweden drives on the same side of the road we do, and builds their
cars accordingly.
 
I believe Sweden drives on the same side of the road we do, and builds their
cars accordingly.
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Yes but the poster to whom these chaps were replying is not in Sweden
but somewhere in the UK where the steering wheel would be on the wrong
side and the headlights would have the wrong beam pattern.

Could still use most of the parts though no doubt.
 
David said:
Yes but the poster to whom these chaps were replying is not in Sweden
but somewhere in the UK where the steering wheel would be on the wrong
side and the headlights would have the wrong beam pattern.
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The headlights could be fixed, though, and right-hand drive is
not illegal in the U.S.
 
PButler111 said:
I believe Sweden drives on the same side of the road we do, and builds their
cars accordingly.
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Aren't we talking about someone in the UK?

IIRC cars in Sweden hold their value pretty well, you're correct also that
they would be appropriate for driving in the US.
 
Joseph Oberlander said:
The headlights could be fixed, though, and right-hand drive is
not illegal in the U.S.
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Not illegal, but not exactly convenient either. My dad had an old Jag when I
was a kid that was right-hand drive, made going through drive throughs a
pain, and it was a bit scary turning at some interesections.
 
Rojo2G said:
I'm tight about things like that. Squeezing pennies there and paying the
folding cash to the mechanic when I have to.
I never thought that there may be more automatics sold in the u. s. Thanks
everyone for enlightening me.
Rojo
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Yeah but between paying a wrecking yard a couple bucks for a used one (or
even just pocketing it) I have to wonder if you have so much free time that
it's worth the trouble to save a few bucks when you could have a nice set of
brand new matching ones shipped to your door for the cost of a decent pizza
and about 5 minutes of effort?
 
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