Perfect for me. I wish i had an auto one instead of a manual

LE ' BRICK 🖤

I drive a 45 year old 245 daily, best car ever <3

Having just purchased a 300d S124 this is quick !

Nice start up sound 😍 And smokes 😎

I have two 940 wagons, same basic platform, a NA daily work/beater car and a clean Turbo model. 300,000 and 225,000 miles respectively and they both still drive like new, nearly everything still works and they are infinitely dependable. I drive 30,000-40,000 miles a year for work so they have to be! Easy to maintain as well. Many say that the early-mid 2000s Corollas are the most solid reliable cars ever made…..I say THESE are!

Wished I never sold mine

Brother you look like you came right out of Wes Anderson's imagination 👍

thats not bad at all! some cars of that age take 15-20 seconds.

Just a 240 in it’s natural habitat if you ask me

Mill per hour ?❤

I love my 88. The Official Car of the Cold War.

Timing gear

Dude mine doesn’t move at half that speed

Sweet, but she needs a little more love on the exterior

Good old cars. Super easy to maintain. Rust is the biggest problem.

There is a second lever under the back of the seat to control rear height. '89 245 360K+ miles (500K+ km) Just rolled from Atlanta GA to Seattle WA. AW70 failed in Idaho, so I swapped in with the spare I brought on my trailer. I brought the spare because the unit I was operating lost O/D. In two weeks I am picking up another '92 245 w/ the M47. This will be my 11th Volvo wagon. I am building up my '77 242. I have cloned it into a 142. Weber down draft, M47, '92 2.3 and '83 244T K frame and suspension w/Sagittarius wheels.

You sound a lot like me in a way. I daily drive a 1989 Chevrolet Silverado. I'll listen to 80s music while I'm driving it to really get into the mood. I'll specifically pick songs from 1988 and 1989 to hear what that radio would've played when the truck was new. It's been very reliable for me, and any issues it's had were pretty easy to fix. They're extremely common, so parts are cheap and readily available. The 80s/90s Chevy trucks are getting to a point where they're considered classics now. While I'm mainly a GM guy I've had a secret fascination for old Volvos and other European cars. I admire the Volvo reliability and their no nonsense interiors from this era. They were basic and rugged but also comfortable. Thank you for sharing your daily driver 240 with us.

Just bought myself a clean example of an 82 model 244, cost me $900 Australian from the local car Auctions as a deceased estate, one owner. It’s a joy to drive, and I’m finding my 10 year old BMW and 15 year old Land Cruiser are now gathering dust in the garage.

a very nice swedish golden brick

Cool function of the seat! I’m going to try on my 1991 240 sedan Thank you !!

What a great vehicle to drive .. greetings from Egypt

The Immortal Brick! Living proof that it's hip to be square. Bet the manual transmission are just a little bit more fun to drive

Driving classics are mostly a pain in the ass. But driving a 240 isn't. The one I fixed up had almost 500k km on it and ran fine. Restored engine and some other shit, is good for many more years now. Some random electrical issues are there tho as with all classic cars. Brake lights not working and etc.

mines '77

This is the same reason I bought my 2002 S40 2.0 and I'm still in love with it even after only few days after a year of owning it. It might not get as much love in the car community as the 240, but I really like driving and looking at this thing. Funny thing I also have speedo and cruise control issues, I guess it's a Volvo thing lol.

bro i welded my diff n its still good for around town cause of the low power, its awesome but also lame waiting for rain at the track

Update: Mower sat for 5 months over winter. I did nothing to winterize it. When I got it out for spring, it started right up after 1/2 revolution. 54 hours on it.

i just bought one today, super excited

Full video?

I live in Sweden and drive my 240 4 doors 1988, every day. Fun to drive and easy to change parts on, timebelt and waterpump i change myself, i never do it in other cars! And in my 240 it was easy, also change heatfan myself, that must be the hardest ting on this car to cange, because Volvo building the car around the heating fan LOL Its also an great winter car, in Sweden veteran cars is allowed to drive on summertires in winter! But i buy great piggy tire on it, and i see new cars in the ditches and they got antispin and anti of all. Still they going off the road! Not le, because i must think therefore this car is so safe! Thanks for a great video!

Way faster than that 'slowest car acceleration ever' video which is also volvo 240 in disguise

I always keep a shop rag in my door card to wipe off the wing mirrors when they're clouded over.

I daily drive my 92 240 DL with over 400k miles I cruise at 70 mph with no problem I’m ashame to admit that I got speeding tix once AC out about to change inner tire rods all bushings and will be like new again have a friend who sold his 240 wagon diesel years ago and still regret selling it

As someone who daily drives a 240. They’re slow. But in most situations it’s good enough. You can merge on the highway without stress most of the time lol

There is just something cool about an old car that’s still drives down the road. I drive a 1994 Toyota pickup with 159k miles.

My dream is to one day buy one of these old volvos. I'm currently saving up money for my first car as a student, I'd ideally like to buy a volvo, I'm already eyeballing one in a local used car dealership (I'm a student, so can't buy a new one). Wish me luck and I'm sending love to all my volvo Fandom brothers and sisters 💜

My first car in 2015(18 years old) was a 1973 Ford Cortina Mk3 2.0 pinto(OHC) drove it daily to work 4 years, never let me down!

Theres a lever in the front and back for the seat

I will never sell my 91 244 got it right before all the crap was added under the hood

Skip this. Most of the video is just the guy face of the guy driving the car. Waste of time.

I'm not at all keen on all the fancy technology in modern cars.

Drive my 83 245 daily, usually 1,000-2,000 miles every month.

I grew up with Volvo 240´s and 740´s. Everyone drove Volvo or SAAB. I was never that impressed by them. Didn´t like the looks and didn´t like how they drove. However today I really can see the beauty in them. They really look cool. And by now we all learned how reliable they are.

Love it. Good lad

Daily a 240, jump in, turn key and go. Every day, all the time.

This model of volvo is a real tank ,i own exactly same model and color for 7 years without any kind of problems, just sell it bcuz need a pick up truck ,but some day i wish buy one again !!

drive a 240 is a joy every time I use mine. The major problem in your car is the transmission, if you had the manual gearbox, the car is much more lively and fun to drive. ( the match engine / auto transmission is not the best). the car is so reliable and easy to diagnose and work on.

Wish my 240 was that fast!

Not bad) My 244 Volvo accelerate to 10 km/h at 18 sec