Volvo 480 Club Europe

volvo-bigbrother wrote:LPG

You're all being robbed, it's still only 46.5p/litre round my way

As discussed elsewhere on the forum, one of the domains that is used to access this forum was unexpectedly suspended and unavailable, meaning that any users who use this domain to access the forum, and whom were unware of a second domain that can be used to access the forum will have been unable to ...

:) Well typical that this happened on the weekend my phone died, so I only got Adam's text at 10am this morning when I finally was able to ressurect it :) And since I was out all weekend, I didn't see the 2 emails I got from users here until this morning at 08:00, but then I had to wait till the pho...

Well madness has finally hit me!!! ;) Has anyone ever contacted a company to see if the job of slicing the roof off their 480 is possible or feasible? Just a thought? As Volvo wouldn't give us a cabrio!! I really fancy having a totally unique GT!!! Cabrio!!! Thought peeps? Well, I do know for a fac...

By referring to the uk part in developing the car you must refer to lotus designing the suspension wright??????? No, I am referring to Steve Harper who both led the entire 480 project as a freelancer to Volvo, and was key in the developement plans for the Cabrio (he and Cor Steenstra were enlisted ...

Built in Holland, sure. But design was a joint Dutch/UK effort.

Not sure I just helped the thread tho

Not suprising though, Volvo often "overlook" the fact that the 480 was also their first FWD car too...

Interesting. My policy says nothing about MOT or tax or that the other car must be insured. To save typing it out, here's a copy of my certificate. (I've also read through the policy). Cheers, Chris. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v16/chriskay/L264TAP/insurance.jpg [/img] Yes, but you won't be i...

Title says it all - I need a complete Turbo wiring loom from a car with A/C

Welcome to the forum

As per SMS - I HATE YOU SO MUCH RIGHT NOW!

That is all.

Well it seems I won't be able to go afterall (even though Alison and I both had the vacation time booked for it) - seems I have to fly to Dortmund on the 13th and won't return home till late on the Saturday - I don't fancy driving all the way back into Europe for one day of the meet. Sucks, because ...

Well a RichMod/MBC isn't going to matter is it? You can't really SEE those mods - as long as it LOOKS standard, come on peeps think out of the box a bit!!!

I thought people would be dying to get one fo their "loved" cars into a real glossy magazine, but only had 2 replies so far... Oh well.

Right, now that I've got your attention, here's a nice opportunity I've lined up for someone here (just because I'm not posting here doesn't mean I'm not active in the 480 community!). A journalist for Practical Performance Car magazine is looking for a nice 480 Turbo, for their "Budget Blaster" sec...

Mumble. Bloody cars

Have used: McAfee: Let a serious virus through despite being updated (not a new virus) Norton: Used to swaer by this till it a) let a virus through as per McAffe and b) became bloatware beyond belief. Now use: AVG Internet Security Zone Alarm Pro ClamAV + Spamassassin depending on the machine. No is...

Mop out all the excess
Squeeze the carpets out with towels or suck it out with a carpet cleaner
Throw dehumidifyer in there for as many hours as it takes.

Thats my tried and tested method.

At serveral stations in Sheffield, unleaded is at 106, diesel at 111 and lpg at 58.9 :shock: Luckilly I still get LPG at 39.9... for now... Still, getting an LPG tank in the back garden and paying the duty myself is looking promising... Stealing propane tanks from building sites is also looking prom...

The bruiser crew!

Head Bruiser:


Junior Bruiser in training:

I had a 40mm drop with Koni yellows and a custom 3" exhaust all the way through, which was routed below the rear axle (the original goes above it), and to be fair, I never had a problem with the exhaust scraping except on the most extreme speed bumps, and even then, if you went over at an angle, the...