On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 10:19:15 -0400,
storitman (storitman@sbcglobal.net) wrote:
> Anybody out there got higher mileage, and it's still a daily driver? Please
> reply...
Neither of our Volvos are over 200,000 miles. But someone I meet
often, and who used to post to this group (Karen B.) has over
300,000 miles on a daily-driver 1993 850 GLT.
--
Many a smale maketh a grate -- Geoffrey Chaucer
We bought our 97 850 with ~80 on the clock, it's now up to 135.
I see no reason save a major failure, or the price of gas (just bought 91
octane shell for USD 2.649/Gal) keeping us from going well over 225.
In France I was paying around 5ish us per gallon of deisel when I converted
it out, has the price of gas risen in Europe as much as here--in the spring
gas was ~USD 2.059/gallon or so, and 87 octane was around USD 1.909/gal.
The rapidly rising price of gas is a big factor in my used volvo vs new
Acura TSX calculus. 4 cyl, 200 hp 28 MPG...hard to beat...
On the other hand nice used 960's are ~$3-5000...
"storitman" <storitman@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> Anybody out there got higher mileage, and it's still a daily driver?
Please
> reply...
> Thanks!
>
In article <e600ef0e950be8cedecffc26181e0559@localhost.talkaboutautos.com>,
storitman <storitman@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>Anybody out there got higher mileage, and it's still a daily driver?
We just put down our daily driver last week, a 1990 740 GLE (16-valve)
wagon with just shy of 240,000 miles (was hoping to make it to a
quarter million). The timing belt unexpectedly (and catastrophically)
failed with only about 35,000 miles on it. The car was being driven
over 250 miles per week and averaged 26 - 27 MPG.
"storitman" <storitman@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> Anybody out there got higher mileage, and it's still a daily driver?
Please
> reply...
> Thanks!
"storitman" <storitman@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> Anybody out there got higher mileage, and it's still a daily driver?
> Please
> reply...
> Thanks!
>
>Anybody out there got higher mileage, and it's still a daily driver? Please
>reply...
>Thanks!
I am headed out this weekend to look at and possibly purchase a 1990
240DL 5 speed stick wagon with 190,000 on it...
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Randy & \ \/ /alerie's
\__/olvo
'93 960 Estate
My 1978 264 went to about 450K. I don't know exactly because the odometer
broke at 375K. We drove it for another 5 years after that.
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-RL
"storitman" <storitman@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> Anybody out there got higher mileage, and it's still a daily driver?
> Please
> reply...
> Thanks!
>
"storitman" wrote
> Anybody out there got higher mileage, and it's still a daily driver?
> Please
> reply...
> Thanks!
Not a Volvo story, but I traded in an 86 Nissan Stanza Wagon (called a
"Prairie" outside the US) a few years ago with 265K miles on it. The
salesman grabbed all his cohorts and dragged them over to see it as none of
them had taken a trade with that many miles on it before. And yes, I was
driving it every day up to then. Here's hoping my little V40 does at least
as well.
Check out Irv Gordon in NY state. His 1800 has more than 2,000,000 miles
certified and is still his daily driver. He is number 1 on the High mileage
listings.
All the best, Peter.
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> Anybody out there got higher mileage, and it's still a daily driver?
> Please
> reply...
> Thanks!
>
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