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Someone knowledgable on cars?

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  1. Lovekraft United Kingdom

    Lovekraft Well-Known Member

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    Nothing wrong with wanting to keep an old car alive, we are quite a wasteful country when it comes to cars. Most people would have scrapped the car over the tiniest minor fault, they would rather buy a new car that will only depreciate rapidly in value or replace it with another car that will only come with it's own set of problems. Volvo's are built to last, just keep it maintained and change oil once a year and it will keep running smooth.

    I'm still using an old '89 1.6i orion as my daily.. it's a lot of fun and if anything does go wrong it's a cheap fix, and i can often learn to fix most problems myself.

    Have you thought about joining a volvo owners club type forum (sometimes you get model specific forums too)? loads of people there would know exactly what's up and would be happy to help with the part.
     
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  3. Pred United Kingdom

    Pred Well-Known Member

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    agreed

    just to say THANKS to everyones advice
    I may just join that volvo forum looks very good but more a U.S forum I think from all the lefthookers

    THE DUCHESS IS FIXED and back home

    cost?

    one roll of gorilla tape: £4.95
    one greencan of fuel to top up low amount getting through: £7.77
    total: £12.75
    lol


    I was actually just chatting to my daughters grandma as she's poped over for a cuppa about the cars we've had over the years and what they're worth now

    if anyone here at acorn is lucky enough to have a smallholding and a large barn or something (my dream) where you can store any old car rather than scrapping or selling to breakers, they will rise more than gold


    remember the old metros you gave away or sold to breakers for £20?

    look what they're going for on ebay and autotrader, and that's a bloody metro
    we all know what cortinas go for, wonderful cars, thousands upon thousands

    I've let triumph heralds, mini coopers, old 5 series bmws (all old at time and broke down when sold to breakers or towed) for peanuts
    beetles, and the list goes on

    I love old cars, old things in general, old houses, old music (great music never gets old, sorry)

    It's actually mindblowing how much even 15 year old motors go for, it's a nostalgia thing I think, and the fact you can have a tinker around and get running for a reasonable amount, if a car has bells, whistles, computers etc, you're knackered if one thing goes


    anyway, all good fun, fingers crossed she keeps to her word

    keep truckin' lol
     
  4. Pred United Kingdom

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    just to say thanks for the brilliant post
     
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    cheers deliajen

    you were one of the car genius' on here I was hoping would post, thanks
     
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    Lovekraft Well-Known Member

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    Basically yes, once a car reaches a certain age it get's past the "banger" stage and slowly becomes a classic, which pushes the price of them up.

    I've always enjoyed older cars too, they have a bit of character.

    The uk volvo club is at http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/ ;)

    Sounds like you would like retro rides, a few old volvo owners on there too, but basically anything older goes:

    http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi
     
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    that's it in a nutshell

    thanks a lot, I may just join that volvoforum.org.uk one , cheers

    @delijaen if you do start up a car forum, partic for older cars, not quite classics, like etypes, but the 'before they're classics' angle you may just find that popular niche, and you have the knowledge

    I'd join, and give you a couple of high pagerank backlinks for free
    I'm sure a lot of acorn members would join as I know there as lot of real petrolheads on here

    you wanna see some of the cars some people own like Barry and Chris from Caught, wow!
     
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    i was just wondering if the baffle cones on the inside of the exhaust box have collapsed, we used to pull it out with wire coat hangers, its like horse hair and if it blocks the exhaust it will prevent the car from starting...

    20 year old car here in malta is classed as a new car :rolleyes:
     
  10. Pred United Kingdom

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    lol
    no, been going on for a few weeks

    the lambda sign disappeared once I taped up the air ducting, it was split in every recess all the wall down where rubber had perished

    in fact I'm not sure how I wrestled her to Derby last week, overcame laws of physics on that one

    I'm gonna see how she goes after I give her a long run out tomorrow, top her up and see if any probs after that
    if any probs starting I'll get a new battery, then it's going to garage for a full checkup if anything after that

    touch wood, she''ll be okay for sometime
     
  11. lee United Kingdom

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    LOL - That happend to my missus 20 years ago. She had convinced herself that someone had killed the last owner and that her head was rattling around in the sump.

    When that stuff comes out its the weirdest thing!
     
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