Phwoar....

[GrahamGarside]

My nephew saw one of those 480's the other day and said it looked like it was from the future.

God bless six year olds

[schmunk]

Engine & Trim - 2.0 ES 3d
CC/Cyl - 1998 / 4
BHP - 110
MPH - 119
0-60 - 9.5
MPG - 36
IG - 12

Respectable figures for a first car, and actually not bad at all for a 15 year old motor (intro'd Sept 92)

[Shad]

Awesome first car, very cool and great value too!


AND pop-up headlights!!!!! So cool, so retro. Love it

[Konan555]

Not really cheap? I wish I could buy a car on two week's wages that won't fall to bits as soon as I got it home!

You just need to buy the RIGHT one

[steve threlfall]

I wish my first car looked like that. Mine was a purple and white Triumph Herald and cost me £30. My weekly wage was £15 so not really cheap. I wonder how much I would get for it now.
I can just about remember that first car feeling. It felt a bit like that other first time(I think).

A car for two weeks wages sounds like a bargain

[LazyGit]

Those Volvos are cool. I remember the advert. It was a picture of a Ferrari and one of those Volvos and it said "Only one of these cars is a Ferrari. Seriously."

Or at least I think so. It might be a bit different. It might be completely different. It might not have ever existed and I just dreamed it.

Still cool car.

Anyone else notice that that guy with the Miata lives on Crack Street?

[muddyfox470]

Just to say, I took this around Europe (more than 4000miles) in temps over 40degress and she didnt miss a beat, had to keep topping her up with oil and the usual malarky but nothing bad went wrong

Was well pleased it was rather troublesome, though it was a shame the day before we came back to the UK I reversed into a wall and now have a little scratch on the bumper - well at least its proof shes been to Europe

Actaully I lied (a little) one thing did go in it, a speaker (drivers one) so listening to the radio and my music sounded a bit weird with it coming from the one side Anyone know where the cheapest place is to buy a pair of 13.5cm (5.25inch) component speakers from (good quality low price (~£20)) .

Ian

[GeorgeTuk]

my second car


Class

What the hell? How did we get from his Volvo to you posting your second car?

Anyway, what a great first car, a piece of early 90's motoring history, and as I remember they were pretty fast, my friends Dad had one and used to clean it ALL the time!

EDIT: Seems I am not the only one who noticed.

[Bunjiweb]

Can't say the looks appeal to me but for a first car its certainly pretty powerful! How reliable is it? Volvos are usually very good, but an "early" onboard computer would worry me!

jay_oasis is clearly a troll, so we should just ignore all that rubbish and carry on the lines of the original thread.

[muddyfox470]

Ta Guys (its a fair bit more powerful than my mums 405 diesel...)

Look up a bit... http://forums.hexus.net/showthread.p...43#post1182443

Didn't cause any headaches going on our trip around Europe the onboard computer is very useful when it works, tho its been on and off especially when it has been hot... croatia...

The looks are something you have to become accustomed to, they are a bit froggy and boaty but you soon get to love it It is just so different to the design of other volvos around the time Still it makes people look

Ian

[badass]

i just dont get it spending thousands of pounds on a car ? If it gets me from A to B thats all that matters , i cant see the point in getting into thousands of pounds worth of debt for a car , who cares ? Is it just an ego thing with guys? You stick with your 'new car ', do what you can/afford to keep it on the road and have many hours fun being mobile now !!

First, many of us dont get into debt buying cars, we save up for them, and secondly, You'll probably find people dont get many things you spend a lot of money on, whether it be soft furnishings, shoes or something else.

[hitman67]

I nearly got a 480 with almost every car I got. I love the look of them and was really looking into it now but I decided I loved the 110 more and kept that instead. A Turbo one would rock!