Taking our Volvo 240 on a Road Trip around Germany

[@Involvod]

Guys please check out Paul's Channel (link in the description) he helped us out a ton and even gave us a dash cam. Give him a watch and a sub whilst you're there 🙏🙏🙏 Ps, thank you Julia for the rolling shots of Lili 👌

[@HorsepowerDashcam]

[@alexkobko7549]

I haven't seen any link in description. Add pls

[@Involvod]

@@alexkobko7549 you can click on the channel name in the description, but I've added the URL now too 👍

[@Dunkelzeitgeist]

@@Involvod Yes sir! Great work Paul and Julia!

[@MrBrth]

Congratz on the house!

[@Involvod]

Thanks!

[@HorsepowerDashcam]

It was awesome to show you both around my hood :P and I am glad you actually found a house, that fits your needs - even though it is pretty far away. I am looking forward to seeing you again soon ^^

[@Involvod]

Thanks again! We had a great time, can't wait to hang out again soon 👍

[@mattkirk8404]

You both look great 👍

[@Involvod]

Thank you 😊

[@cheharrison7107]

Mate that house looks pretty sweet, decent sized driveway and a bloody garage! Get in! Well done to you and Miss Involvo'd 🤘

[@Involvod]

Thanks man 👍

[@SkidsNDonuts]

ITS ROADTRIP TIME BABYYYY. Move next the the Nürburgring 👀

[@Involvod]

Won't be so far away from it so will definitely pull up one day and have a watch! / Film

[@JMassengill]

Wonderful to see the countryside. Every time I was in Germany I was waiting on the next aircraft. Beautiful place

[@Involvod]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@rainydaygirl57]

I would totally enjoy seeing you and Ms Involvo doing some road trips. Really enjoy hearing and watching your banter and commentary.

[@Involvod]

Thanks, we appreciate it 🙂

[@Buffalobulltofta]

Nice! Great house, congrats! That's at least 10 redblocks on that yard!

[@Involvod]

It could get expensive 😅

[@Buffalobulltofta]

@@Involvod yeah, well if you get that limo that's two spots! (but you guys obviously need to find a 760 limo now).

[@sermovies3217]

Ha here you go driving through the Eifel, I just moved here during Covid cheap houses amazing landscape and well depends on what job you are looking for things are around.

[@Involvod]

Oh nice! We couldn't find hardly anything for rent, not quite in a position to buy yet. Looked beautiful though, if a little cold down/up there 😀

[@sermovies3217]

@@Involvod ahh I am from Bavaria originally so hardly can say anything. I live in mayen like 25km from Nürburgring, hence I looked for a job there and found one😄. My 3 room Apartment is shitty old but costs only 220 €, hence I can afford my stupid car Hobby 😄. But with Bavaria and even the southern part you will do very well. Also do a fucking roadtrip through the balkans..... they are sort of around the corner.

[@Elvis35-77]

Fantastic place m8! Look at all that space now, good times ahead. Wee Volvo baby too! Flippin great stuff! TCV,😃😃😃 Marty D

[@Involvod]

Yes, so excited for it! Thanks 👍

[@black_touring]

Well well well, moving to Bayern. Someone has too 😂, anyway house and garage, Top job looks really nice 👍🏻 well done. Wicked video too btw.

[@Involvod]

Haha yeah, the lack of people made it quite appealing 😂 Thanks man

[@karlbenz4925]

You really crack me up! Funny mix of travel and Das Auto of course. Glad you guys found a new place, I hope you can settle down and share your love of Volvo with Paul and Julia and many great stories to come. Keep it up guys👍

[@Involvod]

I hope so too!

[@mortimergladbreath]

Hooray! Bavaria was my favorite area of Germany during my 50+ trips there in the 90's! And a garage! Kudos!

[@Involvod]

It's really really nice, such a welcome change from Berlin being basically the opposite, can't wait to get settled in (might have to start going to church on Sunday to stay in favour with the locals)

[@mortimergladbreath]

@@Involvod Grossgott!

[@georgebutlers4945]

@@Involvod be careful which church. When I was in southern Germany in the late 1960s to late 1970s in the rural areas the manure was spread on the fields by Protestants on Catholic holidays and the Catholics would spread manure on Protestant holidays! Great video. Best of Luck in your new home!

[@MrTeabag58]

Some fabulous footage of Lili eating up the autobahn. Great-looking car !

[@Involvod]

Thanks! Wanted some shots like that ever since we bought her!

[@julian7868]

Nice thing you’re coming closer to Austria! I can highly recommend doing a roadtrip through Austria to Italy for example. Seems like a nice place where you’re moving! Greetings from the south of 🇦🇹

[@Involvod]

Thanks! I was surprised to discover that Italy is 4 hours away, definitely got me thinking about roadtrip ideas 😀

[@fhwolthuis]

Congratulations with your new home! Looks good, especially that driveway and garage 😍😂👍🏻😃

[@Involvod]

Thank you!! 😊

[@paultucker1272]

Congrats on the new house! Wishing you both lots of happiness there :)

[@Involvod]

Thank you so much!!

[@fannycraddock99]

Oh wow, loved the road trip thanks. So happy for you both that you have found a nice new home. Looking forward to your next adventure Sledge. BTW I have been to Wuppertal and ridden on the hover train.

[@Involvod]

Thank you! So cool isn't it!?

[@Bassalicious]

7:37 Not an ice cream van, the scrappers. Never seen anyone dash out of their house to sell scrap by the Kg though, no clue why they use the music. Cool to see you meet up with Paul and really nice of him to take care of one of the old girls for a bit.

[@Involvod]

Tis a tad creepy, they should play a different tune 😂 And yeah, Paul is a phenomenal guy 👌

[@marcinbujok7388]

Thanks for the roadtrip video! Such cool vibes showing the variety German landscapes! Congrats on the house! Hope you settle in nicely! Bavaria looks amazing!

[@Involvod]

Thanks mate! I hope it's as good as it looks 🤞

[@donSparda]

I nearly shat myself laughing when miss involvo`d laughed at STD

[@thomasheden6112]

Good luck with your new accommodation :-)

[@Involvod]

Thank you!! 😊

[@einfeldt777]

That was such a good laugh, super fun video thank you 🤗👍

[@Involvod]

Glad you enjoyed it 🙂

[@johanvandermeulen1665]

Nice roadtrip, and the house in a beautiful area, and every time i see your 240, i say to myself, i want one. It is my favorite model Volvo, i use to had 3 of them, a 1979 244 gle, after that a 1982 240 turbo, and after that a 245 glt.

[@Involvod]

Thanks! I hope you manage to find another one 🤞

[@SimpsonsClassics]

Great video as ever guys, a proper Volvo adventure, So glad you guys found a house and one with a garage to! love it

[@Involvod]

Thanks Marc 👍

[@nilslorenz6554]

Really entertaining video. I was laughing a lot. Just realized the towels in my bathroom are 406 as well 😂

[@Involvod]

Haha, nice! 😀

[@daramcmahon4040]

Really nice. Enjoy guy's

[@Involvod]

Thanks! 🙂

[@stefanobio7045]

Hi Sledge....thats a nice house that you and the Mrs. Has found, looks a lovely village, its good that a garage is included, i hope it has lights and electric sockets, and you have a fair amount of room outside the garage for your Volvo collection. Good luck with the move etc i look forward to your forthcoming videos. Stay safe and well, Best regards to you both, Stefano

[@Involvod]

Thanks! Yes we've got power and lights, luxury!

[@stefanobio7045]

@@Involvod Hi Sledge....thats great news, what will you do for work in Germany?

[@JasperV70-205CT-BX]

Awesome video again! Awesome trip, nice house, and undoubtedly the garage as highlight! You do annoy me however, by having your windscreen wipers on, when driving in a tunnel. But that is just my OCD speaking 😂

[@Involvod]

Haha well out of everything I do, if that's what annoys you most then that's pretty good going 😀 The garages are amazing, can't wait to show you guys more of them!

[@bikershooting6157]

Good luck in Bavaria… when you drove thru the traffic circle with the vegas building you were about 1 km of my home where my 98 volvo v70 and me are located. I was kind of close to watch you taking care of these beautiful swedish pieces of engineering. But now you are far away in the south no peeping over your shoulder how you keep em runnin. All the best to both of you. Greetings from Krefeld.

[@Involvod]

Oh wow! Small world! Thanks 🙂

[@vuileongchong971]

Greeting from East Malaysia 🇲🇾

[@mathuetax]

Oh househunting, is not a thing I like doing. I recall what it was like when we moved to California. Looks like you found a nice place. One of these days I need to get those Involvo'd stickers on Valdora Volvo's back side windows. I've had them for several months :)

[@Involvod]

Are you still there? There's quite a few Volvos in California with Involvo'd stickers on them now, I was surprised!

[@trueg66]

@gnädige Frau Involvo'd at 6:40 Quickly skipped to the end of this video and without spoiling too much I can reassure you, your future looks bright :)

[@secretspyfrog593]

Lillie ROCKS!!!

[@BeardedWrencher]

When Miss Involvo'd gets that Cadillac Limousine. There's at least a dozon of those (non lomo versions) at a junkyard near me, I'll happily ship the parts over if you'll pay postage 😁😁😁

[@Involvod]

I'm deleting this comment before she sees it 🤣

[@Dunkelzeitgeist]

Love NRW, my favourite part of DE, rough, ready and industrial, but not the kind like Berlin, it's more honest and relatable to me 🤙🏻

[@Involvod]

Nice, I liked it there too, also was quite happy in the poor old mining town I was living in the UK, honest and relatable is the way 👍

[@Dunkelzeitgeist]

@@Involvod Agreed, it's seems to me that where we're from in the UK is very relatable to that part of Germany and also parts of Berlin too, I mean Berlin and Birmingham are very similar in my eyes 😂

[@realvolvofreak]

Nice spot you have found. 👍 And with a garage. 👍 double score. Myself have not been exploring Germany much apart that have been running west to east from Netherlands and breaking down in my Amazon on Polish border. 🙈

[@Involvod]

Thanks! Oh no, hope it was an easy fix 😅

[@realvolvofreak]

@@Involvod nope. 😂 I blew the engine completely. So needed to get home to Latvia. That was where I was living at time. Lost my wallet with all my money and id card. 🙈 got it back, got home picked up my car amd my brother and we went after the Amazon. Got it home and rebult the engine. But at least there aill be story to tell. 😂🙈

[@Involvod]

@@realvolvofreak shame you didn't have a camera rolling it would have made great KZbin content 😀

[@realvolvofreak]

@@Involvod I bet it would. 🙈

[@Finsami71]

Have had two of these 240 -Volvos, majestic cars. Nowadays in Finland, if you want to get a good one it'll cost some 5000 and more euros, which i understand. Thx for the video!

[@Involvod]

It's crazy how the prices are going up now!

[@Vaino_Hotti]

There are still good deals to be found, a friend recently got one for 1500e. 240 2.3l. Inspected and rust free. Needs some maintenance and a little bit of interior work.

[@revolution1one]

Ah yeah mate! A garage!

[@Involvod]

So stoked 😄

[@Phiyedough]

I'm assuming this is rented rather than a purchase but some years ago I did look at a few houses for sale in Germany. I could not afford much so they tended to be ones described as needing renovation or modernisation. Germans evidently have high standards, as even those houses looked fine to me, with very little work needed!

[@Involvod]

Yeah it seems to make a massive difference to the rent too!

[@hungryboy424]

Nice seeing the old girl touring ! ( not the wife ) ;)

[@AstraWerke]

7:36 is the scrap collectors. Politically incorrect mouths would call it the "Romanian National Anthem" ;P Didn't know it was so hard to find a house in GE - sure would have been lovely to have you around. Oh well, Bavaria is a great place, too - I'll hopefully spend my summer holiday there, IF my car is back up and running by the time.

[@Involvod]

Thanks! Would be great to meet up, fingers crossed they get that motor built up finally! 🤞

[@AstraWerke]

@@Involvod If it isn't ready by March, I'll take it in my own hands. In the meantime, Kall is right next to where the annual Ford Model A meeting will take place - so many coincidences xD

[@mathiasschulz110]

See you in Panketal 😉

[@Involvod]

Would be great to eventually get over and see the 240!

[@mathiasschulz110]

At an time😋

[@thedoctor7198]

Someday i want to meet you. I am proud owner of 80. 244gl. I started one year work on him,preparing the car for trip to Sweden next year.

[@Involvod]

Nice! Would love to do a road trip to Sweden one day

[@thedoctor7198]

@@Involvod Vrom meet in 8. month..Have you social media account?

[@Schatzjaeger2]

You should come and visit the Elbziegel (=Elbe bricks) in Stade (the STD region) one day. They are really nice people.

[@Involvod]

Good to know! Got all the time for nice people!

[@jasperv8095]

Hahaha the ice cream tune 😂 After a few times seeing this I start to think it is some kind of garbage disposal service. Also not sure if this is exclusive to NRW or not. I feel you man, I couldn't move there and I think Bayern is a much nicer region. All of the things you mention about gardens having no privacy at all, and the other stuff, I recognise each and every one of those when I visit my family in law. The whole vibe is just so depressing and there is so much weird stuff going on compared to what I am used to from the Netherlands.

[@Involvod]

So much weird stuff going on 😂 I think it also might be a bit weird in Bavaria (or anywhere in Germany) but first impressions of our new town are good, so fingers crossed 🤞😅

[@chrish9382]

WUG on your landlords numberplate? Man, that's only 50 minutes away from where I live. Might have to visit with my FT-swapped 244 ;)

[@Involvod]

Yes that sounds great! Would really like some Volvo friends "nearby" 🙂

[@ched999uk]

Was that a garage? A garage at home would be so nice for you. Interesting that you drove across that much of Germany to find a home. Did you not find jobs then move close to work? Great to see a bit of the country.

[@Involvod]

Yes, finally 😅 Tbh there were so few places for rent, we had to go where we could find something! But luckily Miss Involvo'd can work from home for now, I can also try my work anywhere, but one thing I have noticed is all the windows seem to open inwards and are very clean 🙄😄

[@ched999uk]

@@Involvod Maybe roof cleaning or Pressure washing then?

[@Involvod]

@@ched999uk I think there could be more chance with that, but I wouldn't be surprised if the Germans do it themselves too 😄

[@ched999uk]

True but using decent kit and hypo (if German law allows?) will do a much better job but trying to sell that might be tricky although there are usually people in decent areas that are time poor - money rich!

[@Involvod]

@@ched999uk true mate

[@standbanger2]

On a side note here,,,,what are the laws in Germany with the tyers? I was talking to a tyre fitter here in the UK that does part worns, he said most of the tyres come from Germany because they have strict tyre laws!

[@Involvod]

Hmmm interesting, I certainly haven't seen any part worn tyre shops like in the UK 😀 Not sure on the minimum tread depth for the TÜV / MOT, but I did manage to get a pass ticket with 10 year old tyres that weren't the freshest!

[@Parknest]

Sledge, you and Miss Involvo'd might be laughing at STD on that plate. Your car has BBW on the plate...

[@Involvod]

Haha true! But at least ours was intentional 😀

[@bluej511]

I see she's now called Mrs Cadillac. Shocked to see one of those in Deutschland. Then again, i see more American muscle in France then i do Hondas lol.

[@Involvod]

We want to avoid that 😂 Although I would be quite partial to a Cadillac or 2 if I had too much money 😄

[@scrambaba]

Seeing too many tree trunks in a horizontal position in some of those places. I’ve been wanting to go on that Schweberbahn in Wuppertal! Where did you end up finding a place?

[@Involvod]

Thanks, we ended up in a small village near Nuremberg 🙂

[@harryharker9564]

looks a great spot good luck for the future.Does it have a garage ?Luxury

[@Involvod]

Yes it does!

[@bettyvolvo]

My Plate is STD 😂 stand for Stade ✌️

[@Involvod]

Haha 😆

[@bettyvolvo]

Hells Bells ist Stadions Song from St Pauli Football Club. Always remember your Bells 😉 of Doom

[@michathomas1139]

7:32 : It's not an ice cream van selling delicious sugar products to kids and families. Old scrappy vans and trucks playing this kind of melodies in your neighborhood are, well how to say, strange people who "buy" old metal parts from your property... junkyard people.

[@mikefoley360]

Thanks for sharing, Do the Germans still rent everything for years or have they started buying properties more now? Goodluck with everything and best wishes to you both :)

[@Involvod]

I'm not sure, all I can say is there were very few properties for rent. Thank you!

[@vuileongchong971]

Congratulation ! very happy to see you have a very nice beautiful wife 👍👍

[@Involvod]

Thank you very much!

[@Artynos_YT]

do you have a shirt that says "enough waffle"? because I would buy it!

[@Involvod]

Haha thanks, will try and expand the range soon!

[@machadoto8702]

Friend, I have a Volvo 740 gle from 1988, petrol and gas, it costs a lot to get it. I give the key several times and it won't start. I'm getting very sad, because it was a childhood dream to buy a 740. Please help me!

[@kjttdeiglasagnesen4171]

Whats worse, bbw or std licence plates 😅

[@Involvod]

Good point 😀

[@morecomplex5233]

Play that BlueGrass!

[@SuperdutyTruckLife]

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