gencybay said:

Had mine for 8 years now. Very little trouble to date, which surprises me because the build quality doesn't seem that good.

I wish the load area was as good as my old Volvo 240 estate.

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Yep load area is not good, made all the worse by the stupid split tailgate that makes reaching in hard and if you tray going to one side, you are likely to get greased up trousers. Best boot was my Volvo 960 even bigger than the 240 I had

Datatek said:

Yep load area is not good, made all the worse by the stupid split tailgate that makes reaching in hard and if you tray going to one side, you are likely to get greased up trousers. Best boot was my Volvo 960 even bigger than the 240 I had

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Straying a bit here but the 940 I had didn't go absolutely flat like the 240, which had a funny little angled piece behind the rear seat. (I think that's right anyway - it might have been the Mk4 Cortina estate. I'm beginning to forget these important details of my life)

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gencybay said:

Straying a bit here but the 940 I had didn't go absolutely flat like the 240, which had a funny little angled piece behind the rear seat. (I think that's right anyway - it might have been the Mk4 Cortina estate. I'm beginning to forget these important details of my life)

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Dead flat as I remember it, I could sleep comfortably.

SO….. why do you…

Love your P38..

Because both of them have proven to be reliable off road vehicles with excellent levels of luxury, off road and at 80 MPH plus on the motorway.. able to tow effortlessly, are both cheap and easy to maintain and do all asked of them, and more... With longevity (no rust or corrosion problems), they have excellent presence on the road, you can turn up at an expensive hotel or a farm and still show style and if some moron piles into me, the passengers and myself are more than likely going to walk away from it

I know it doesn't fit the misnomer of P38's being reliable, cheap and easy to maintain and faultless but that is the truth !

ukadamwest said:

SO….. why do you…

Love your P38..

Because both of them have proven to be reliable off road vehicles with excellent levels of luxury, off road and at 80 MPH plus on the motorway.. able to tow effortlessly, are both cheap and easy to maintain and do all asked of them, and more... With longevity (no rust or corrosion problems), they have excellent presence on the road, you can turn up at an expensive hotel or a farm and still show style and if some moron piles into me, the passengers and myself are more than likely going to walk away from it

I know it doesn't fit the misnomer of P38's being reliable, cheap and easy to maintain and faultless but that is the truth !

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i will agree the only actual break down iv had has been the alternator but thats to be expected after 117k miles all the other stuff has just been general wear n tear items still got a few minor things todo valley gasket, end seals think the front diff noisey and finnally my head liner then again who knows with one of these

ukadamwest said:

SO….. why do you…

Love your P38..

Because both of them have proven to be reliable off road vehicles with excellent levels of luxury, off road and at 80 MPH plus on the motorway.. able to tow effortlessly, are both cheap and easy to maintain and do all asked of them, and more... With longevity (no rust or corrosion problems), they have excellent presence on the road, you can turn up at an expensive hotel or a farm and still show style and if some moron piles into me, the passengers and myself are more than likely going to walk away from it

I know it doesn't fit the misnomer of P38's being reliable, cheap and easy to maintain and faultless but that is the truth !

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+1 The car never feels out of place anywhere - most of the people in my company drive top-end Kraut rubbish but nobody bats an eyelid at my p38 - usually they'd rip the pish out of anyone they perceived to be driving a banger. The ride quality off road is what stuns me - I didn't really appreciate it until I went off road in an 'Cruiser and a Defender - stuff I wouldn't even notice in mine was back-breaking in those cars. Tracks I'd happily do 20mph on were reduced to walking-pace bone-jarring misery.