My brothers dream car has always been a wagen. Any wagen. I agree with him in seeing the complete and total practicality of a wagen body style, and he grew up hearing legends of the older volvo wagens. When the time game this summer for him to be able to afford to buy a car, he knew he wanted an older volvo wagen. I found him a '85 240DL in AMAZING shape for a measly $3K. something like 120K miles on it, perfect body, no rust, all major service.....it was a collectors car. Well in 2 months, he put over 30K miles on it (we travel I guess). He has even camped out in it on several occasions. I sleeps 2 as comfortably as a vanagon when the seat's folded down. Truely a great car. Its mechanically simple, and the legends are true.....if your going to start the "swedish war", i guess this can be a log on the fire. Keep the old volvos alive as well!!! (especially the OLD volvos) -Craig '85GL |
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