Volvo 480 Club Europe

Hi guys this is my first reply to a post. Thanks for all the ideas, but because i am a noob can you tell me where to find the "engine block" in these individualistic cars? Is it near the CEM in the passenger footwell? Once again thanks and nice to talk on this excellent site. Regards Matt PS has any...

Dear Volvo 480 Club Of Europe this is my first ever post so i hope its allright! My Oil temp rises as normal, the engine feels the same temp (on the block) and through the heater - it runs like its at normal temp. But it just says "COLD" :( This makes me sad - I hope i can fix it becase i would love...

Hi Martin

If you don't want the offical Volvo one, i know that Thule do a roof rack and two mod packs that make it all fir the 480. It comes to about £120 sterling. Hope you find what you want.

Matt

White cars get dirrrty real quick.

I've got a white one

We are closer to the equator down here in Devon, therefore the car weighs proportionally more than a car from 'the north' might Sorry mate, but due to the ellipsoid shape of the earth, the poles are closer to the core than the equator, and therefore gravity is strongest the further north you go, so...

Well i have nearly a full aircon kit (apart from the control panel in the dash) if you want it?

Volvo 480? I thought this was the reliant Scimitar Gay Club of Gay europeans? Is my car a 480?

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Matt

I'm still confused, i did read it again, without skipping bits but..... Hey! Im going to make an effort this week to scour the gay car club scene. This is to make more gay folk around the globeus aware that we too exist! Im sure some of these people will be perfectly happy in their own clubs.BUT,if ...

Don't forget that this is a HEAVY car for its size, mainly due to the giant steel safety bars in the roof and doors etc. If i could choose again, I would have the Turbus. HEAVY? What planet are you on boy!! They're made out of foil, and weigh only a fraction over a tonne. A corsa weighs more! :lol:...

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Take loads of mushrooms.

Yes, looking at it will be all very well, driving it may be slightly irresponsible.

Unless of course Dan knows of a big empty field somewhere nearby.

Yeah a mushroom field!! Heheehe, Hope you find what you want Dan!

All 480's are DIRT cheap to insure because boy racer's dont drive/steal them. There will be little/no difference in insurance price from 1.7 to 2.0 and prob £40/50 extra P.A. for the turbo. I pay £350 a year for my 2.oi TPFT (tesco's) The 2.0i is JUST powerfull enough. Its not properly fast - its ...

What sort of engine do you want? 1.7 i 2.0i or 1.7 turbo

Auto or maual?

No not really, you would have to remove the whole front inside of the car back to the bulkhead to fit the tubing, the whole nosecone to fit the extra radiatior, weld a braket to your engine for the thing that drives the compressor, then fit the control panels for it. My Garage said its at least eigh...

Nice!

Get some future classic insurance with an agreed ammount pronto - some bugger is gonna crash into that now.

Sorry, bit pessimistic I am these days.

Your car's new arches look fanastic.

Naah

It sounds like its had a hard life. And its too much money. Find a cherised one owned by an older gent or Lady that's been garaged for much less money.

Good luck

Glow in the dark paint and a light bulb mounted in the bottom of the door, just above the sill plates. Cost = £10.00 Effectiveness = Less than yer idea ;-) OR A blacklight bulb that goes on with the interiro light as u open door and some fluro-G-in-the-Dark paint! ;-) OR Take loads of mushrooms.

Oooh, what a headache. Alan would never have treated his Rover 820 fastback like that. Sorry i know nothing bout engines Groomus!

1. 42.8 Miles per gallon @ 60 mph on the M5
2. Tesco won't insure a turbo, its a policy of thiers
3. To get a Bargain you will have to travel
4. You could ask John at Volcare in Plymouth to look out for one for you, he has many contacts.

Such a Cold Finger!