The Volvo stable grows...

"Hiroku" (hiroku)
08/26/2015 at 09:10 • Filed to: None

So, with classes starting soon and !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , I thought I would buy something simpler and cheaper as an everyday commuter car to rack up the miles, whilst allowing the turbobrick to be more of a weekend toy/spare vehicle.

So I did what every sensible person would do: I went and bought another dead cheap, nearly-20-year-old Volvo.

(Sorry for potato pic. Spent all money on Volvo, nothing left to buy camera).

It’s a ‘96 S40 with the (Europe only) 2.0L 140hp B4204S engine and an LPG kit. It rocks only 145k kilometers (around 90k miles) on the odo and is a completely stripped-out model, with the only optional extra being the leather seats. Frankly I’d like having at least a sunroof, but that was a secondary factor in the purchase. One less possible breakage/leak to worry about, I guess.

Thanks to LPG being around 0,50€/liter where I live (less than 1/3 the price of gasoline and less than 1/2 the price of diesel), it allows me to rack up the highway miles in total comfort and, with a 0-62 in the mid-to-high-9s range, is much faster than the 60hp diesel cancermobiles that roam free in our roads, whilst also spending considerably less on fuel. That’s a win-win in my book.

DISCUSSION (7)

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Hiroku
08/26/2015 at 09:20

“60hp diesel cancermobiles”

Hey! I take issue with that, my old diesel cancermobile had 70hp.

Hiroku > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
08/26/2015 at 09:24

You must feel like the king of the road with all that power on tap!

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Hiroku
08/26/2015 at 09:27

I did until the turbo blew and poured blue smoke everywhere. Now I have a less cancery 60hp petrol Twingo.

Hiroku > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
08/26/2015 at 09:29

Well at least you aren’t massacring the poor polar bears anymore!

Margin Of Error > Hiroku
08/26/2015 at 09:34

Nice Mitsubishi Carisma

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Hiroku
08/26/2015 at 09:36

Well... Not with my car at least.

Hiroku > Margin Of Error
08/26/2015 at 09:44

Swedish reliability with Japanese comfort and build quality! It’s the perfect comb... Wait a minute...