I have been offered a 340 1.7 model of 1988 vintage. Having seen it, it is in v.g.c and had about 40k miles on its clock. Has anyone got an idea of a fair price for it. The vendor wants £1000, which seems rather steep to me.
I have also heard that 340s are not as reliable as 360s.
Ben Farrow
Not more than £400, condition is everything. Look on
Griz
From a point at sea, to the circles of your mind, this is "Mr B Farrow" :
Offer to take it for 100ukp. That is, he pays you.
Even in v.g.c. and low miles, a 15 year old 340 would need to have gold plated trim and once have been owned by David Beckham to be worth that much.
There's one on eBay with two days left to run, currently standing at
51ukp.
It's worth maybe half that much at best. Don't try to resell it, though, as nobody wants to buy one. Use, then junk sort of car.
Very true, 1.7s are the most unreliable cars I ever came across. Some have had good experiences but seems to be few. Low milage is needed, but to be honest I wouldn't pay a penny for it they are not worth anything on the market.
I've tried to sell A1 360s and couldn't shift them, luckily my sister needed a car after writting off her husbands car (who hated Volvos's), they got 2 years and about 40K out of it and the guy loves Volvos now. Not bad for a free car.
-- Tony Stanley ++Always Learning++
Up here (Scotland) that age/type is going for £300 ono. £50 max at auction. And that is the usual low mileage, owned by retired bloke who has it garaged, washes/waxes it every Sunday, and serviced by Volvo with full service history. Usually about 70,000 on the clock. Look great but the Renault engine seems to put people off. Plus I have heard that doing a clutch change is a complete nightmare, but that is anecdotal for me, I haven't had one to try.
To put more nails in the coffin, 360s /B200 are a fine car even if not maintained well and can almost always be restored to sweetness by a good service.
The reason I don't like 1.7s is, I had severe carb problems, even tried a scrap replacement, but it just different problems. It also had a wear lip in the cam / distributor oil seal causing oil vapour condensation in the distributor and the dreaded stalling at junctions problem, combine this with quite severe oil leaks the engine is badly designed and sensitive to faults. Dispite 6 months trying different solutions I couldn't fix it, bar renewing the cam.
Yes it has nice torque, is quiet and alot more economical than 360s, but that not much use if the thing won't go. I just don't think its worth the risk on getting a duff one.
It comes under the rules as 'some people had good Ladas'.
-- Tony Stanley ++Always Learning++
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