Jon Dor
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The P38 repairs will have to wait until the spring or unti I begin to feel up to taking the dash apart, whichever comes later
GONE...for now, but i'll be back...
So long as you haven't rolled it off some cliff, I doubt if this will be the end of your P38 saga.My P38 dumped recently replaced coolant all over the front carpets. I guess the heater matrix o-rings perished, if not the matrix iteslf. This will have been the fourth winter I'd have cold air only on drivers side too, courtesy of the failed blend motor so, unwilling to tolerate what needed doing right now, I SORN'd the P38 and I bought a local diesel Volvo XC70 Cross Country AWD D5 SE. After 36hrs of negotiations after test-driving it, I got the asking price of £1400 reduced bit by bit and paid him £600 for it. Went out for a 200 mile trip on Saturday and it did just shy of 45mpg. Beautiful black leather throughout, needs a few things sorting, including the sound system, but I'm delighted with it so far. Met up with a Volvo enthusiast who has three of them and he hooked it up to his Volvo software. No dramatic hidden codes lurking within the car's computer and he said I'd got the bargain of the year in his estimation.
The P38 repairs will have to wait until the spring or unti I begin to feel up to taking the dash apart, whichever comes later....
GONE...for now, but i'll be back...
Rolling is @RangeRoller dt 's forte not Mike's.So long as you haven't rolled it off some cliff, I doubt if this will be the end of your P38 saga.
Mine has spent very long stretches in storage, down with some malady or other, during the time it's been with me.... and it always comes back. I'm sure yours will, too.
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Mike will stay with us no doubt about it. We all have too much in common, dodgy tickers, illnesses, hospital visits and oh yes the ownership of a P38![]()
And there's me thinking it was my wild lifestyle that I hadAll of which are caused by the P38![]()
Wotcher Jon! hows things? Betterer than in Hull eh?My P38 dumped recently replaced coolant all over the front carpets. I guess the heater matrix o-rings perished, if not the matrix iteslf. This will have been the fourth winter I'd have cold air only on drivers side too, courtesy of the failed blend motor so, unwilling to tolerate what needed doing right now, I SORN'd the P38 and I bought a local diesel Volvo XC70 Cross Country AWD D5 SE. After 36hrs of negotiations after test-driving it, I got the asking price of £1400 reduced bit by bit and paid him £600 for it. Went out for a 200 mile trip on Saturday and it did just shy of 45mpg. Beautiful black leather throughout, needs a few things sorting, including the sound system, but I'm delighted with it so far. Met up with a Volvo enthusiast who has three of them and he hooked it up to his Volvo software. No dramatic hidden codes lurking within the car's computer and he said I'd got the bargain of the year in his estimation.
The P38 repairs will have to wait until the spring or unti I begin to feel up to taking the dash apart, whichever comes later....
GONE...for now, but i'll be back...
Oh 'Enery I didn't know you smoked,it'll stunt your growth.All of which are caused by the P38![]()
Stan, I may "flip" the XC70 for a profit when I've fixed the P38 in the spring or, more likely, give it to my daughter. It'll be a safe, practical, economical vehicle for her family.
Keep safe!
Shhh, jésus man.. Keep it quiet!!!@Mark Piercy is Volvo inflicted.