Awaffa2003
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- Joined
- Jan 27, 2018
- Location
- Northern IL
Hey guys,
So like the title says, I just picked up a new to me 1980 245 DL that was featured on Nice Price or Crack Pipe a few years back. https://jalopnik.com/for-8-000-this-1980-volvo-245-dl-is-the-box-it-came-i-1681100475 It's kind of a funny story actually, I saw the wagon on Craigslist, fell in love and started doing my homework on ze Google when a pic turned up that made me say, "wow that looks exactly like the car I'm talking to this seller about"... Kinda hard to mistake the GT instrument panel lol. Long story short, it was the same damn car.
So yes, it's clean, but FAR from what anybody could or should have expected for an $8K 240. Miles I'm quite sure are unknown, nice paint from the pictures is actually a super ****ty respray, but overall, I'm not upset with what I got it for.
In any case, this is now my DD, but I'd like to see it become in my hands what it was portrayed to be, just don't know where to start.
Issue number 1: It needs some coaxing to fire up. If cold or let sitting for more than 30 mins, I'm having to play with the pedal and keep the rpms up until it can idle on its own. Any suggestions?
So like the title says, I just picked up a new to me 1980 245 DL that was featured on Nice Price or Crack Pipe a few years back. https://jalopnik.com/for-8-000-this-1980-volvo-245-dl-is-the-box-it-came-i-1681100475 It's kind of a funny story actually, I saw the wagon on Craigslist, fell in love and started doing my homework on ze Google when a pic turned up that made me say, "wow that looks exactly like the car I'm talking to this seller about"... Kinda hard to mistake the GT instrument panel lol. Long story short, it was the same damn car.
So yes, it's clean, but FAR from what anybody could or should have expected for an $8K 240. Miles I'm quite sure are unknown, nice paint from the pictures is actually a super ****ty respray, but overall, I'm not upset with what I got it for.
In any case, this is now my DD, but I'd like to see it become in my hands what it was portrayed to be, just don't know where to start.
Issue number 1: It needs some coaxing to fire up. If cold or let sitting for more than 30 mins, I'm having to play with the pedal and keep the rpms up until it can idle on its own. Any suggestions?