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Planning on buying a 240 this summer, any advice?Views : 4331 Replies : 56Users Viewing This Thread : |
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May 3rd, 2021, 12:48 | #31 |
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Not to mention the fact that 240s have character unlike the soul-less Euroblobs from 2000 onwards................ :thumbs-up:
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John that is very true. These forums do however witness that when 240s go wrong diagnosis can be a long trail. The idea that these cars are easy olde things is wrong. That is mainly why it becomes difficult to choose a garage to work on these cars. They don't have the relevant training and experience. It reminds me of plumbing. A plumber (engaged by mistake as a distress purchase) gives up re a stop tap installed in 1914. A traditional chap re-packs the olde stop tap and departs having asked for a modest payment, We paid him more. P.S. The usual name for a stop tap appeared to be censored by forum software .... oops. Perhaps stop coq ... Stephen. .
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May 3rd, 2021, 14:28 | #33 |
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Substitute a zero fot the letter o in c0ck and the forum software doesn't stop it.
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Indeed so. But a q for ck makes the point, a little eloquently, perhaps. Stephen .
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As in coq au vin, n'est-ce pas?! J.
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It's a problem with American derived profanity blocking software as many of the words that we find "offensive" are not to them and vice versa. There are many examples i could cite but firstly that's not the purpose of this thread and secondly this one is probably the most fruitless of the censorship it creates as there are so many words in our version of English that use this word such as pea-, shuttle-, stop-, -erel (known as a rooster stateside), -tail and so the list goes on.
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Anyway, as you've thrown down the gauntlet... What about --a-hoop, -pit, -apoo, -atoo - how many more can we find? We need something to brighten up a cold and wet B H Monday when we aren't either driving or fettling our respective Volvos! Regards, John.
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No gauntlets were intended to be harmed and to be honest, my mind has gone blank now. Didn't manage to drive, fettle or anything else on my Volvo today, weather was more like early winter than late spring!
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Yes exactly so Thank you John. Stephen .
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Been looking at places like Scandinavia and Finland, even Spain and Italy where there were what looked like completely rust free 240's being sold. |
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