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Old May 11th, 2021, 22:09   #9
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Originally Posted by Clan View Post
If you call that sluggish what do you call it with the 1.6 D engine ?
An almost pointless exercise?

Seriously, in 1990 if someone had bought a brand new Volvo 240 Estate and you told them in 20 years time you would be able to buy that car with the same engine as a mini??? No wonder it was short lived.

That's my view... but really as Clan says they're adequate overall, but the S80 with that engine is a bit of a pig on country roads, it's a big car to be accelerating and braking a lot with the Briggs and Stratton.... I mean Ford/PSA 4-pot. It's worked hard and never lasted as long as the Volvo engines anyway so unless you're going to do less than 10k miles a year - I would avoid.
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