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1989 Volvo Dl 245 Wagon on 2040-cars

Year:1989 Mileage:185150 Color: weatherstripping for all
Location:

Houston, Texas, United States

Houston, Texas, United States

This is the 240 wagon you have been waiting to buy...this is probably one of the best looked after and cared for available today.
Up for auction is our beloved and extremely well-sorted 1989 Volvo 240 wagon (a.k.a The Brick).  We have owned this fantastic car for the past 17 years, and are only the second owners.  The car is even better in person than the pictures.  We have all service receipts and documentation that you would expect for a car of this quality.  

We have documented receipts of over $1300 in the past year with the following parts replaced:

  • New radiator
  • New belts and hoses (spare set of belts included)
  • Re-manufactured alternator
  • Harmonic balancer
  • New plugs, rotor and cap
  • New window interior and exterior weatherstripping for all 4 window channels
  • AC just recharged, ready for summer and blows cold!
  • New battery
  • Oil and filter change in last 350 miles

Many upgrades are also included: 
  • IPD 25 mm front/rear sway bars
  • PIAA EXTREME WHITE bulbs
  • IPD turbo exhaust
  • Sony am/fm/CD player with Pioneer rear 6x9 and Infinity front door speakers + tweeters with crossover
  • ADS Power Plate amplifier 25 watt
  • Custom black sheepskins for front seats
  • Tinted windows to legal spec for all windows
  • Wheelskins leather steering wheel cover
  • Color coded floor mats front and rear
  • All turn signal lenses front and rear are new in last two years 
Outside of the typical driver seat stitching that separated at the seams, the interior is nearly perfect given the car is 25 years old.  The carpets are not faded and in excellent condition.  The headliner is intact and unblemished.  Small details like visor clips and glove box door all operate as new.

In short, if you are looking for the best example with the history and documentation, then bid on it knowing the owners have a 100% rating on eBay.  The car has virtually no rust, only two very small spots that are barely visible at the rear wiper and the luggage rack. Both areas are documented in pictures and smaller than a house key in width. The car has never been wrecked, there is no bondo or filler anywhere.  Purchased in Kansas and a Texas car the past 17 years, it has many years of life ahead for the new owner.

Please feel free to inspect the car in person or arrange for a pre-purchase inspection at your expense.  The car is being sold as-is, with no warranty expressed or implied.  Thank you for looking and hope the winning bid goes to a home that will take the same great care that we have!  Good luck...

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Volvo buyers have best credit scores among all auto shoppers

Wed, 02 Jan 2013

Experian, the US credit reporting agency, recently concluded a study into the financing and credit scores of US car buyers. One of the prime findings was that Volvo buyers enjoy the strongest credit scores among new car shoppers from all brands (nota bene, these are Experian's own numbers and can differ from other agencies). Unlike the Forbes report on the same story, though, we don't find that surprising at all, nor do we think it necessarily helps Volvo's upscale brand aspirations. The Gothenburg-based carmaker has sold its wares on tank-like safety for decades, so it seems natural that its buyers would be just as safe with and attentive to their credit scores as they are with their choice of vehicle.
Audi was ranked fourth by consumer credit score, Porsche seventh and Mercedes-Benz ninth, yet the fact that Volvo outranks them in this metric is probably a plus to its bottom line but not necessarily its image. It's not unfair to say more people desire those other luxury brands - Volvo itself has admitted as much - and people in the throes of desire have been known to be a little more let-it-ride about things like credit scores. The differences aren't huge, though: compared to Volvo's 818, Audi shoppers scored at 813, Mercedes shoppers 802. Lexus and Acura intenders took the other two steps on the top-credit-scores podium.
Mitsubishi took the honors at the other end of the charts, Experian finding that its potential customers, with an average of 604, had the lowest scores. Mitsubishi was followed by Suzuki and Dodge. On the other side of the financing table, Toyota led the way in how many of its vehicles were bought with bank assistance, followed closely by Ford, Chevrolet taking third place. Also of note, and for whatever it's worth, not one automaker made both the 'top ten by financing' and 'top ten by credit score' lists, but four made both the financing and 'bottom ten by credit score' lists: Chevrolet, Nissan, Kia and Dodge.

Volvo's Geneva-bound concept wagon looks sexy in a raincoat

Fri, 21 Feb 2014

Volvo is set to complete its concept car trilogy at the next month's Geneva Motor Show with the debut of its Concept Estate, the followup to its Concept Coupe from the Frankfurt Motor Show and Concept XC Coupe from the Detroit Auto Show. We've been looking forward to its Swiss debut, and now some teaser images of the Concept Estate have been uncovered... on the website of a raincoat seller?
Yes, Swedish raincoat maker Stutterheim has apparently been commissioned by Volvo to build a high-quality car cover for its Geneva concept, and the fabricator's website shows off some of the details of the long-roofed design study. From what we can see, it looks like the Concept Estate is more shooting brake than traditional wagon. Also, it's brown. So basically, Volvo has built the ultimate car for auto journalists.
Joking aside, the images show off more than a few of the design traits we've seen on Volvo's two previous concept cars. A wide, rectangular grille and lowercase-B-shaped taillights are both noticeable in these teasers, but we can't see much more than that.

Volvo S60 Polestar entering limited production in Australia [w/video]

Wed, 10 Apr 2013

The Volvo S60 Polestar Concept may be entering limited production in Australia and, depending how the Aussies take to this Swedish super sports sedan, could then be made available worldwide. The news comes from Austrlia's GoAuto, which claims to have received early info from its sources inside Volvo and its tuning/motorsport arm, Polestar.
Polestar released a short teaser video this week (watch it below) of what appears to be the S60 Polestar Concept clipping the snowy apex of an ice track's turn. The only information given with the teaser were the words "Limited Edition. Soon in Australia." Unveiled last June, the S60 Polestar concept has since made the rounds at auto shows, visited Jay Leno's Garage, played on the track with its future competition, and even secured a home for itself with a buyer who reportedly is paying Volvo some $300,000 to own it.
The S60 Polestar Concept is about the meanest machine one can imagine making out of Volvo's sports sedan. Packing 508 horsepower and 424 pound-feet of torque from its heavily modified T6 engine, then routing those revolutions through a six-speed manual transmission to all four wheels, the S60 Polestar is said to cover the sprint to 62 miles per hour in 3.9 seconds. A lower and wider body, brakes by Brembo, suspension bits by Ohlins and a diet to delete some weight make this car a serious issue for M3 and C63 AMG owners everywhere. GoAuto's sources say the production version's performance will be dialed back a bit from the concept's, but we'll have to wait until Volvo and Polestar make this sedan's production official to find out by how much.