At $5,450, Is This 1992 Volvo 240 Ready For Its Closeup?

According to nan seller of today's Nice Price aliases No Dice Volvo, they are perpetually being bugged by group wanting to characteristic nan car successful movies and TV shows. Could that imaginable gross watercourse mean this Volvo's value is conscionable nan costs of introduction into a money maker?

Speaking of movies, action flicks almost ever person nan leader getting beaten up beautiful severely earlier pulling retired a triumph against nan baddies. Overcoming adversity successful utmost circumstances is what makes them much relatable and gives nan assemblage a greater logic to guidelines for their success. Think astir barefoot John McClane stepping connected surgery solid successful "Die Hard. Ouch! Right?

While it's improbable to punch a nazi successful nan look aliases prevention nan world from annihilation, nan 1976 BMW 2002 we looked astatine yesterday did grounds immoderate conflict scars that made america guidelines for its success—or astatine slightest its continued care. A $7,500 asking value reflected that well-worn condition, and proved decent capable to propulsion retired a triumph pinch a 53% Nice Price vote.

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According to nan seller of today's 1992 Volvo 240DL, filmmakers and different intermezo manufacture muckety-mucks are perpetually asking to usage nan sedan successful their projects. It's difficult to pin down nan entreaty of an aged Volvo four-door ceramic arsenic a prima of shape and screen, but past "CATS" sewage made, truthful there's nary knowing nan modern Hollywood zeitgeist.

Regardless, it doesn't look that this achromatic complete a grey velour 240 would require overmuch clip successful constitution to look presentable to an audience. Based connected nan pictures, it appears to beryllium consecutive and has each its trim intact. Another positive is that nan matte achromatic overgarment connected nan guidelines of nan windows, applied by Volvo to make nan greenhouse look larger and springiness nan car a much modern look, isn't cracked, arsenic is often nan lawsuit connected these cars.

The seller besides correctly notes that these cars were heavy over-engineered and good constructed, claiming this 1 is "Built for illustration a tank." It was, aft all, nan 200 bid (built from 1974 done 1993) that established Volvo's estimation for tank-like cars. That's not thing nan marque has lived up to successful caller years, which makes older models for illustration this each nan much appealing.

Power for this 240 comes from a 2.3-liter version of Volvo's legendary "Red Block" SOHC inline four. By this exemplary twelvemonth (the 240's penultimate), it came fitted pinch Bosch LH-Jetronic substance injection and makes 114 horsepower and 136 pound-feet of torque. That's paired pinch a four-speed automatic transmission originated from Aisin-Warner, and drives nan coil-sprung unrecorded axle successful nan back. According to nan seller, this car "Runs great" and has each its "electricals afloat operational." Being a DL, it's besides beautiful good equipped pinch features. Those see powerfulness windows and steering, and... well, that's astir it.

Despite nan parsimonious spot of kit, this 240 looks to beryllium a good spot to walk immoderate clip down nan wheel. The interior seems to beryllium successful awesome shape, prevention for a surgery integrative pouch connected nan beforehand rider door. Aside from that 1 flaw, nan upholstery appears clean, and nan tactile surfaces (such arsenic nan steering wheel, doorway levers, and shifter) show nary excessive wear. An aftermarket stereo caput portion whitethorn look retired of spot successful nan dash, but it should connection a spot of modernity, specified arsenic Bluetooth aliases auxiliary inputs for each you Zune users retired there.

The exterior is conscionable arsenic tidy, featuring mill afloat covers connected its alloy wheels and nan largest headlamp lenses this broadside of a MAN truck. There shouldn't beryllium immoderate play astatine nan DMV either since nan car carries existent registration, a cleanable title, and a caller passing people from nan smog tester. Mileage is said to beryllium 175K, but this is simply a 240, truthful that's conscionable getting started.

With each that successful mind, and nan imaginable of being carried into nan elite world of Hollywood personage owed to this car's prima potential, we now request to spot what specified a car should genuinely cost. On nan positive side, nan car appears to beryllium successful awesome shape. On nan flip side, it's neither a turbo-equipped car nor a wagon, some of which connection much appeal.

The seller is asking $5,450 for nan sale. That's benignant of an oddly circumstantial magnitude to settee on, but who are we to mobility nan tried and existent Hollywood formula?

What's your return connected this 240 and that asking? Does that look for illustration a woody to get a Volvo from erstwhile they were cool? Or is that excessively overmuch for a movie prima past its prime?

You decide!

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