When in Rome.

The old Opel is sadly way past due a one way trip to the scrap yard, in essence it still goes but there is a load of rust and quite a number of niggles which it has been difficult to bring myself to do anything about. We can't complain though, we got it for nearly nothing 2 1/2 years ago, it's done 70,000Km odd in that time with minimal cost and maintenance.

Anyway, we got a replacement a little over a week ago. Standard Scandanavian Issue, Volvo 940 Estate. Leather Seats, 2.3L 16V engine and a load of miles on the clock.



Obviously the first thing I did with it was to take it apart, as one does when one gets a new vehicle in the fleet. It's had new shocks, bottom ball joints, track rods ends, brake pads and a full service. Very pleased all in all, pretty sure it'll be needing a new clutch in the near future, but with the miles we'll be doing in it that'll hopefully wait until the summer.



More pictures and technically biased blog posting about this job and all sorts of other mechanical goings on on more-power, the website.

Of course, I won't be enjoying it's luxury all that ofter as it's really Mrs VLs car, she'll be using up and down to the bus stop mostly.