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VIEW    READ ONLY    PRINT   SAVE   A    A  Volvo 240 last as long or longer then Mercedes Benz 300d? 200 posted by  Kentucky on  Thu May 28 08:04 CST 2009 Author: [PROFILE] [EVERY POST] [THREADS] [BEST POSTS]     [IGNORE ALL POSTS] last visit: Sat Nov 21 08:56 CST 2009 [RELATED] jorrell, Actually, they love salt in KY. Some years I could swear we have more inches of salt than snow. The first 300SD that I had (the one I sold to a friend) does not have any significant rust. My current one is showing signs of rust and, if I don't do something about it, it will probably be shot in about 5 years. But, they are 26 years old. The first one was originally from KY and the second one was from Pittsburgh, PA. The second one sat for about three years before I bought it, and I suspect that it was parked outside in the winter when they quit using it, so it didn't have a chance for the spring rains to clean the salt off of it. The other contributing factors are the design. The 123 chassis (like the pre-86 300D) tended to rust more than the 126 chassis 300SD. The SD uses a lot more plastic down low, which is were the 123 tended to rust most. I think the design change is similar to the way a 240 seems to be more rust prone than the 740/940. I don't know if the design change between the 123 and 126, or for the earlier chassis you had, included galvanized or not. Charley Mark this post as an answer to my question<- Use this feature to mark quality replies to your post. Select, copy to buffer, and paste anywhere: <a href="http://www.brickboard.com/RWD/volvo/1350901/220/240/260/280/volvo_240_last_long_longer_mercedes_benz_300d.html">Volvo 240 last as long or longer then Mercedes Benz 300d?</a>

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  posted by  Kentucky  on Tue May 26 23:08 CST 2009 > V
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• Volvo 240 last as long or longer then Mercedes Benz 300d? [200]
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    posted by  RB_2  on Sun Jun 14 17:26 CST 2009 > V
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      posted by  JohnMc  on Tue May 26 16:34 CST 2009 > V
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        posted by  outofworkjoe  on Tue May 26 18:07 CST 2009 > V
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