DeLoreans are my favorite 80's car from my favorite 80's movie. Of course they are badass. Even more so if they're fixed up with modern stuff from DMC.
I'm surprised by the dislike of the 240, it's the lego car, it was used in racing, so you practically get suspension parts thrown at you when you own one, so it can grip well, the engine bay is large enough to room a BMW V12 with turbos, the stock engine has in the past been tuned upwards to about 1000hp so you wouldn't really need a swap if you didn't want to, they're RWD, and they're fairly light compared to most modern cars at around 1300-1400kg. So besides looking like a brick, they're fun cars...
YouDontWannaFightMe Indeed.. We had a 1980 244 GL in the family for many years. My dad bought it in I think 1990, passed it on to my brother in 98 who then passed in on to me in 02.. Sure it started rusting in the end, but the amount of abuse it survived from all three of us is simply amazing. It was only the rising fuel prices and the cost of a respray (if we restored it) that killed it.. It was still starting everyday and purring like a swedish kitten.. :P I would really like to get one as a weekend car someday..;)
Matt, I think you started a new revolution. The world will be such a better place with no stinky tires. No more tire pollution, no more smokey tire burnouts (because fiery rims burnouts are so much cooler). And no more international tire companies filling their pockets with the poor's money!
There's a (jackass) here near Seattle that swapped a 5.0 coyote engine in his. It was brutally fast. I say jackass because when leaving a meet one day, he sent two different cars off the road, injuring the two passengers in one.
I hit every dirt road I could find in my old 87 240 volvo. They love dirt. Did well with all 114hp a super bad clutch, broken motor mount. And never had an oil change the 2 years I had it. I would still have it to day, if I new that it had 2 fuel pumps on it. Cuz of that car. I'm volvo for life.
I just said an LS because Americans love it. But if I was going to do a swap on one of these for myself I would probably do a T5 or T6 engine, which ever fits best. Get a really good 6 speed standard, I would need a new diff and driveshaft then get all new suspension that's fully adjustable. Bigger breaks and wider tires. Lighten it a bit then scare Porsches and Corvettes at track days. I wouldn't be leaving the T5 or T6 stock
CaliMeatWagon Gaming I know more about Subaru's. So I don't know if that would be possible with a Volvo. I know on a 1995 Legacy/Outback you can take newer WRX parts and engines and put them in like a 1995 Legacy. I have the feeling that Volvos aren't that way
Ive never seem someone so excited to drive a car before, you are the man....... You know this is your real car, stop fronting, this is what you grew up to be LOL
Swede here coming to confirm; This is actual a real problem in Sweden if you don't lock the diff down, hence almost every Volvo 240/740/940 in Sweden has a locked diff in some shape or form.
A friend of mine had one of those (sedan, but the same otherwise) in high school and I had the immense displeasure of driving it once. Since then I've driven a thrashed out 86' Corolla, a poorly modified 92' Charade, a VN Commodore, an 80 series LandCruiser, an 04' Forester, a 91' Hyundai Lantra (at various levels of decrepitation), a 96' Mazda 323 1.6, an unidentifiable van from the 70's lovingly referred to as the "Bongo Bus" and a Bobcat. To this day that Volvo is still the slowest and poorest handling car I have ever driven..
My buddy has an old Subaru Loyale with an insane lift and wants you to do a one take with it. Only issue is he's in Washington and doesn't want to road trip it until he does an engine swap.
without the dents that volvo is in better knick than 97.3% of the volvos remaining in sweden, could've sold that to a swedish teenager for 1 million dollars, or at least like 1000 if it was manual
I just bought a 244d 1991 4dsd 5 speed I love it! There is alot of cool parts for this car, turbo kits and 16v swaps not to mention built well with strong engines they can keep up with the best of cars.
It's horrible that this "car guy" repeatedly rags on the Volvo. 1994 and older Volvo's are extremely solid in their build design, extremely easy to work on, and can put out a surprising amount of power with any of the B2xx series engines that came in them. But I understand, this show is more about that mad JDM VTEC Yo!
Come to the east coast and find the absolute worst rusted out car where the frame is sagging. Thats what its like over here when shitty cheap cars really are shit.
Volvo 240 is a good rally car, and I heard your buddy said if was the 160 hp model. Throw a boost controller, and some springs on it, and lock the diff, you be ready to go. 💪
I have boughten won for $100 from a friend. It was his mother car. It was ac1989 Didn't look much better than this one. Then I had a 1992. Got it for free, the owner put in a aftermarket stereo. I took the badge off the grill. I also tinted the windows. I put some Chrome Rim covers on. And I put a silver design sticker on the side to give it a little more Style. It was like a tank undestructable until I smashed it into an SUV because the girl was plastic and it went right through and busted the radiator, I'm sure if I hit the SUV with my bumper I would have been okay. The car was low that SUV with higher so that's where it hit. The car was toast. The brakes were too lite for the heavy car. The car drove okay but it was underpowered everybody loved it. People used to cut me off and I had to say your car is going to fall apart if you it this tank.
My parents had one growing up. Too bad yours is automatic they absolutely suck. We had out manual 240 for 240,000 miles before we had to take it off the road due to rust. Mechanically the thing was a beast.
Idea for the next edition of "All Cars Go To Heaven" Buy a shitbox. Get sponsors to do a engine/drive train swap, suspension, tires, the works. Make it like a Corbin zero-fucks-given sleeper. Road trip it to various tracks and drag strips. The lol's may be worth it.
Matt if i was in La area, id let you drive my slow Saturn s-series sedan with an auto..its not fast but on curvy roads it gives me a smile (i'm in Texas btw)
I know, I just didn't know if you knew about that he drove good examples of volvos. I honestly think he should have turbo charged it and have a sleeper
zloychechen5150 that's probably what this wagon has, my 940 has 4.10 gears but it's still painfully slow - unless I'm going downhill with a tail wind, then it actually goes pretty well
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I wouldn't say no to a free Volvo
Ian Townsend I just got a free Volvo wagon. '86
Matt is definitely an expert when it comes to shitboxes, the man owns a Delorean :D
except that DeLoreans are badass.
Patrick94GSR he owned canadian 500$ CRX (the keywords are: Canadian and 500$)
Patrick94GSR The most badass shitboxes around
Patrick94GSR Badass, but slow pieces of junk lol.
DeLoreans are my favorite 80's car from my favorite 80's movie. Of course they are badass. Even more so if they're fixed up with modern stuff from DMC.
I'm surprised by the dislike of the 240, it's the lego car, it was used in racing, so you practically get suspension parts thrown at you when you own one, so it can grip well, the engine bay is large enough to room a BMW V12 with turbos, the stock engine has in the past been tuned upwards to about 1000hp so you wouldn't really need a swap if you didn't want to, they're RWD, and they're fairly light compared to most modern cars at around 1300-1400kg. So besides looking like a brick, they're fun cars...
I will take on anyone who talks shit about the Volvo 240
Instead of killing the Volvo, the Volvo killed the tire. ^_^
Why does he think its a shitbox? I miss my old 240GL wagon.
James Heim No shitbox!
Volvo 240,the car that taught 3 generations of new drivers in Norway,Sweden and Finland how to drift.Epic machine
Dude... That thing is beautiful
reggie madlock right?
Volvo 240 is the best of Volvos production cars.
A Volvo 240 is like a Nokia 3310; it's nearly impossible to kill.
YouDontWannaFightMe Indeed.. We had a 1980 244 GL in the family for many years. My dad bought it in I think 1990, passed it on to my brother in 98 who then passed in on to me in 02.. Sure it started rusting in the end, but the amount of abuse it survived from all three of us is simply amazing. It was only the rising fuel prices and the cost of a respray (if we restored it) that killed it.. It was still starting everyday and purring like a swedish kitten.. :P
I would really like to get one as a weekend car someday..;)
It's like a 90's civic, it either rusts into the ground or you get bored with it. The secret to te second problem is a swap in both cases.
Phff you can't kill a 240 with a little dirt, thats what they're built for! sadly the same can't be said about the tires
i wish someone gave me a Volvo wagon
Whaaaat? That Volvo is awesome, not a shitbox. It's fucking classic.
i would give my kidney to have my bodywork that rust-free! morons destructing good cars...
If you think this is the worst Volvo 240 ever, you should visit Sweden. Here you'll see some shitty volvos
That leather interior is probably worth more then the car here in Sweden lol
I've done more offroading in my (slightly nicer) stock '93 240 wagon than most people who drive lifted trucks have... and it hasn't skipped a beat.
that DEFINITELY says powered by semen.... pause @ 2:46
yes, yes it does LOL
Where the hell do you see "semen"? O.o
***** look at the writing on the dusty glass
Matt, I think you started a new revolution. The world will be such a better place with no stinky tires. No more tire pollution, no more smokey tire burnouts (because fiery rims burnouts are so much cooler). And no more international tire companies filling their pockets with the poor's money!
To be honest I would have bought that and drove it would have made a great beater/junk hauler.
haha out of all the volvos you guys tried to kill.. those 240s run forever man XD
+owen75 Our cars never die.
I have a 240 and an 850, both will run forever. Both were sub-2000$
I have one of these, a 1979 244GL sedan, w/ 1UZ-FE V8 engine swap
There's a (jackass) here near Seattle that swapped a 5.0 coyote engine in his. It was brutally fast. I say jackass because when leaving a meet one day, he sent two different cars off the road, injuring the two passengers in one.
I hit every dirt road I could find in my old 87 240 volvo. They love dirt. Did well with all 114hp a super bad clutch, broken motor mount. And never had an oil change the 2 years I had it. I would still have it to day, if I new that it had 2 fuel pumps on it. Cuz of that car. I'm volvo for life.
If Matt didn't care for the car, he would have continued driving the hell out of it, flat tire or not.
"I made it a solid 25 seconds" is the last thing I said. Now she won't call me back.
Just do a V8 swap like a LS motor with 800hp. Have a sleeper
a naturally unstable (american 'cough') V8? I'd rather have that redblock
I just said an LS because Americans love it. But if I was going to do a swap on one of these for myself I would probably do a T5 or T6 engine, which ever fits best. Get a really good 6 speed standard, I would need a new diff and driveshaft then get all new suspension that's fully adjustable. Bigger breaks and wider tires. Lighten it a bit then scare Porsches and Corvettes at track days. I wouldn't be leaving the T5 or T6 stock
You don't know much about Volvo's do you?
LiQWiZ some of the most powerful engines on earth.
CaliMeatWagon Gaming I know more about Subaru's. So I don't know if that would be possible with a Volvo. I know on a 1995 Legacy/Outback you can take newer WRX parts and engines and put them in like a 1995 Legacy. I have the feeling that Volvos aren't that way
Ive never seem someone so excited to drive a car before, you are the man.......
You know this is your real car, stop fronting, this is what you grew up to be
LOL
conclusion: Volvo last longer than tyres; a good sign.
Swede here coming to confirm;
This is actual a real problem in Sweden if you don't lock the diff down, hence almost every Volvo 240/740/940 in Sweden has a locked diff in some shape or form.
The tire coming off the wheel?
Yepp, only fix is getting a locked diff :p most just tig/mig weld it hehe in sweden as a cheap trick :p
Eric Öberg AGA-diff for the rally!
Eric Öberg well thanks, I'll know what to do to fix that if I ever own a 240
A friend of mine had one of those (sedan, but the same otherwise) in high school and I had the immense displeasure of driving it once.
Since then I've driven a thrashed out 86' Corolla, a poorly modified 92' Charade, a VN Commodore, an 80 series LandCruiser, an 04' Forester, a 91' Hyundai Lantra (at various levels of decrepitation), a 96' Mazda 323 1.6, an unidentifiable van from the 70's lovingly referred to as the "Bongo Bus" and a Bobcat.
To this day that Volvo is still the slowest and poorest handling car I have ever driven..
Matt consistently misuses the word caveat. Keep up the great videos!
There is no thing such as the worst Volvo ever 240 ever. The worse they are the better they are!
My buddy has an old Subaru Loyale with an insane lift and wants you to do a one take with it.
Only issue is he's in Washington and doesn't want to road trip it until he does an engine swap.
without the dents that volvo is in better knick than 97.3% of the volvos remaining in sweden, could've sold that to a swedish teenager for 1 million dollars, or at least like 1000 if it was manual
The(Smoking)Tire 0 Volvo 1?
Had one. Miss it. Very good chassis that handeld well. No shitbox in my mind!
All I can do while watching this is laugh. It'd be fun to own a pooper, solely to break in your own personal rally stage.
Got a black 240 GL with T5 transplant in it. 380 hk on the rear wheels. It is awsome. The sound from the T5s are amazing.
Volvo its the best car ever.
just needs a tyre swap and is good for another 150k miles :)
Good candidate for a LS swap!
I just bought a 244d 1991 4dsd 5 speed I love it! There is alot of cool parts for this car, turbo kits and 16v swaps not to mention built well with strong engines they can keep up with the best of cars.
"piece of crap" and "un-killable" just can't apply to the same thing
"When someone says come to our rally stage and rally, the answer is always yes"
Except when in Texas, it's a no.
Dude, I'd definitely keep the aesthetics like this, swap in a 2jz, nice turbo, nice wheels and suspension, and BAM! Sleeper Volvo station wagon.
24 hours of lemons in that thing would be interesting
It's horrible that this "car guy" repeatedly rags on the Volvo. 1994 and older Volvo's are extremely solid in their build design, extremely easy to work on, and can put out a surprising amount of power with any of the B2xx series engines that came in them. But I understand, this show is more about that mad JDM VTEC Yo!
"DRIFTOOOO!!"... As you continue to understeer into the first corner.
There are tons of these, vovlo 740 and volvo 940 in the winter, here in Sweden. And they are actually quite a bit of fun in the snow :)
“Take the other tire off” these guys are great lol
My 240 wagon has A/C and cruises in the HOV at 80 all day long.
Plus, I can speed past cops and they never take a second look!
Plus Plus, cargooooooo!
Come to the east coast and find the absolute worst rusted out car where the frame is sagging. Thats what its like over here when shitty cheap cars really are shit.
this is right by sherwood lake right? in hidden valley?
The non-Volvo part breaks on a Volvo, not surprised.
Hahaha, "this is just like TaxTheRich"
Volvo 240 is a good rally car, and I heard your buddy said if was the 160 hp model. Throw a boost controller, and some springs on it, and lock the diff, you be ready to go. 💪
I have boughten won for $100 from a friend. It was his mother car. It was ac1989 Didn't look much better than this one. Then I had a 1992. Got it for free, the owner put in a aftermarket stereo. I took the badge off the grill. I also tinted the windows. I put some Chrome Rim covers on. And I put a silver design sticker on the side to give it a little more Style. It was like a tank undestructable until I smashed it into an SUV because the girl was plastic and it went right through and busted the radiator, I'm sure if I hit the SUV with my bumper I would have been okay. The car was low that SUV with higher so that's where it hit. The car was toast. The brakes were too lite for the heavy car. The car drove okay but it was underpowered everybody loved it. People used to cut me off and I had to say your car is going to fall apart if you it this tank.
"This is just like TaxTheRich (TH-cam Channel- TaxTheRich100)" hahahahaha
My parents had one growing up. Too bad yours is automatic they absolutely suck. We had out manual 240 for 240,000 miles before we had to take it off the road due to rust. Mechanically the thing was a beast.
Idea for the next edition of "All Cars Go To Heaven"
Buy a shitbox. Get sponsors to do a engine/drive train swap, suspension, tires, the works. Make it like a Corbin zero-fucks-given sleeper.
Road trip it to various tracks and drag strips. The lol's may be worth it.
That thing is waiting to be in a demo derby with the driver's door white.
Who's Subaru XV is that in the background?
This only confirms how great these cars are...
This is just like tax the rich....apart from the exotic expensive cars and decent area to play with them
I have a feeling no one checked tire pressure before thrashing...
good 240 shells are getting harder to find. Real nice 240's can fetch serious money over in Eurolandia these days.
Not exactly "Tax the Rich" dollars involved but ya it's funny enough brutha ;)
Volv8 swap?
Dude just do a V8 swap on it and call it the v8 lemon
I was just thinking after yesterday's focus video, has anyone offered up a pickup for you to drive yet?
Bryce P yes! we've got a baja'ed out Tundra coming.
what kind of an auto show driver who doesn't know that one of his tires is gone?
Matt, this at Glen Helen?
Matt if i was in La area, id let you drive my slow Saturn s-series sedan with an auto..its not fast but on curvy roads it gives me a smile (i'm in Texas btw)
"this is just like TaxTheRich" lol
Lagging on the 5.0?
really? come on west coast volvo's, give him something worth driving
He likes Volvos, especially the really nice Polestar Volvos
Bryan Doherty yeah but a stock NA automatic is about the worst example of a rwd volvo
I know, I just didn't know if you knew about that he drove good examples of volvos. I honestly think he should have turbo charged it and have a sleeper
olov244 i can beat that. i have a 940 n/a auto with a 3.73 rear end. the thing doesn't accelerate at all))
zloychechen5150 that's probably what this wagon has, my 940 has 4.10 gears but it's still painfully slow - unless I'm going downhill with a tail wind, then it actually goes pretty well
you know that you can lower the seats in those tho? you have a 2 leavers under the seat, one in the front and one in the back
+smoking tire, you should try to do a turbo 16v turbo 240, there's a few out west.
Eh, a little ether, a cigarette lighter, and a small air compressor could take care of that dismounted tire problem pretty quick there.
I paid more for mine, but got a straight body and a 5-speed.
Too lazy to pop on the fullsize spare tho? weak af.
This dummy thought he could kill it.
"I lasted a full 25 seconds!"
What engine has it got?
Always over inflate road tires, before carving up your teachers lawn.... It's easier to get away, when you have all 4...
me and my friends have knocked our tires off the bead many times having fun homemade rally action lol
one does not simply "break" a volvo
this looks like it was from the 500$ car vid that superspeeders put up
The volvo didn't break. Only the tire.
great for a sleeper monster... T5 engine, 2jz, Ls swap .... such a hooner!!!
2jzvvti turbo in that volvo would be awesome
i would save those nice leather seats at least and make some custom furniture out of it.
I want this Volvo. Can you send it to Brazil, please?
Was expecting supercharged brz
"this is just like taxtherich!" hahahaha
not much worse than the focus..
the 1992 is hard to find they only made like 2000 of them
i hope kyle will take care of it .. even though it doesn't look like it !
no joke, some car company should come out with a shitbox. like Chevy shitbox or Ford shitbox or Lamborghini shitbox.
lift, turn brake?! rwd!
brake and lift, then turn and accelerate!
I'll take the Volvo if you guys don't want it .. I'm 22 and never had a car in my life
Big turbo conversion!
I freaking love Volvo 240's!
probably will still run for a couple of hundred thousand miles. and this is by far not the worst 240 ever)
no volvo 240 is the worst 240.
I want that so bad. Dream car right there.