Question about '97 850 AWD

[klh in VA]

gee, i guess i'm a newbie.
i only bought a volvo 122 in november 64 [but my brother had a 544 and
then an 1800]
122, 145, 245, 745, v70xc (98) and still going but only 107k miles (us
miles)

did you not think others have miles, eg, swedish miles?
yes there are miles in sweden; from stockholm to gothenberg is about 50
swedish miles

klh in VA

 

[Andy]

So you've driven the old "Humpback"...........but ours was not the PV544.
It was a PV445. (Volvo didn't believe in wasting digits....) Also known as
the "Duett". It was, I like to think, the world's first minivan. It had
the same "unburstable" B16B engine, and a 3-speed gearbox with no
synchromesh on 3rd. I eventually switched that to the 4-speed.

Andy I.



You have me beat by a long ways...1958!! Wow!! My earliest Volvo was
a 240 Diesel. Although the swedish manager of a store I worked at
long long ago owned a PV544 that I got to drive a few times.

 

[Andy]

Hi "klh",

You may think of yourself as a "newbie", but you've sure sampled quite a
range of Volvos!

Andy I.


: gee, i guess i'm a newbie.
: i only bought a volvo 122 in november 64 [but my brother had a 544 and
: then an 1800]
: 122, 145, 245, 745, v70xc (98) and still going but only 107k miles (us
: miles)
:
: did you not think others have miles, eg, swedish miles?
: yes there are miles in sweden; from stockholm to gothenberg is about 50
: swedish miles
:
: klh in VA
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: Roadie wrote:
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: >You have me beat by a long ways...1958!! Wow!! My earliest Volvo was
: >a 240 Diesel. Although the swedish manager of a store I worked at
: >long long ago owned a PV544 that I got to drive a few times.
: >
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: >
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: >>Thanks for the encouraging comments"Roadie".
: >>I'm sure sending your daughter off with a Volvo was a wise move.
: >>Our two daughters got Volvos, and our two sons. One of each has stuck
with
: >>the marque. We ourselves have had nothing but, since '58!
: >>
: >>Andy I.
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: >>.
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: >>>Good point, "Roadie", but we were looking for a stick-shift wagon about
: >>>this
: >>>vintage ('97) to replace our much lamented '93 240 Classic wagon.
: >>>Manual transmission wagons are hard to find here. All '97 AWD wagons
were
: >>>built with stick-shift. (None with Auto Tran.) We found two decent
wagons
: >>>with stick-shift, both AWD...... Don't know what happened to the
non-AWD
: >>>stick-shift wagons!
: >>>Anyway the one we're considering is one-owner and in excellent
condition.
: >>>We're not racking up the miles as we used to do, so I don't think the
: >>>reduced fuel consumption will be a problem.
: >>>
: >>>
: >>>Thanks for your interest.
: >>>Andy I.
: >>>.
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: >>>
: >>.
: >>
: >>Then go for it and enjoy a fine car. My undersanding is that the AWD
: >>used in those cars is a very reliable mechanism. If the car has had
: >>all scheduled maintenance performed I suspect that you will get a lot
: >>mre miles from it. I sent one daughter off to school with a Volvo and
: >>never regretted it.- Hide quoted text -
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[Roadie]

gee, i guess i'm a newbie.
i only bought a volvo 122 in november 64 [but my brother had a 544 and
then an 1800]
122, 145, 245, 745, v70xc (98) and still going but only 107k miles (us
miles)

My 240 diesel made it past 200,000 US miles, but the motor was quite
used by then.

did you not think others have miles, eg, swedish miles?

I do not understand your question.

yes there are miles in sweden; from stockholm to gothenberg is about 50
swedish miles

Yes there are several ways of measuring distance.

 

[Stephen Henning]

did you not think others have miles, eg, swedish miles?

Unfortunately the term mile is ambiguous.

Today the US mile is the International or Statute Mile (1.609344
kilometers).

Then there is the Norwegian and Swedish modern mil which is 10
kilometers.

So sometimes a mile is not a mile, but kilometer is always a kilometer.

yes there are miles in sweden; from stockholm to gothenberg is about 50
swedish miles

That is a perfect example of when a mile is not a mile. The distance
from Stockholm to Goteborg is 468 kilometers, 46.8 Swedish Miles or 291
International or statute miles.

 

[klh in VA]

Then klh in VA wrote:




Unfortunately the term mile is ambiguous.

Today the US mile is the International or Statute Mile (1.609344
kilometers).

Then there is the Norwegian and Swedish modern mil which is 10
kilometers.

So sometimes a mile is not a mile, but kilometer is always a kilometer.




That is a perfect example of when a mile is not a mile. The distance
from Stockholm to Goteborg is 468 kilometers, 46.8 Swedish Miles or 291
International or statute miles.

my swedish wife says 50 miles [rounding, before the latest highways, etc???]

google offers the following tidbits.

Gothenburg, Sweden - Stockholm, Sweden - Comparison and Distance between
Distance: 398 km

Gothenburg : Planning a Trip | Frommers.com
<http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=r...FMFS5x_HjVvHTKBQ&sig2=ppfwDWfkcHtA6QZg2LWSoQ>
From Stockholm, take E4 west to Jönköping and continue west the rest
of the way through Borås to Gothenburg, a distance of 470km (292
miles). ...

Stockholm-Gothenburg, 600 km

i guess when the question there is, how far, generality is close enogh.
we don't say from stockholm to mora is 36.2 [or what ever my odometer
says] we just round about and say 35 miles and to älvdalen is 40 miles

shall we move over to easy ways to translate liters per 100km to mpg?

 

[Andy]

Wow! Has this thread ever grown!
I can now state that I "went for it" and have now acquired a '97 850 AWD
wagon. It's fully up to my expectations, but I still feel regret at
abandoning the ranks of the true "bricks", especially my immaculate '93 240
Classic wagon. It was written off in a crash with an idiot driver making a
left turn across the bows of the Volvo. (We drive on the right in Canada.)

Thanks for all the helpful advice, people.
Andy I.