Looks like leather to me dude. ;-)

Wow, this is really a rare find. Only 84K??? Lemme guess... previous owner was an old lady who drove it to bingo on Saturday night and Church on Sunday morning. Inertia looks like she just rolled off the showroom floor, or didja do that with photoshop? :-) For a 15 year old car, it's cherry. Wish I could find one like that here in CA. Very hard to find an older 240 with <150K. Even if you do find one with uncommonly low mileage, you've still got an older car, and certain areas (e.g. wiring harness, mounts, suspension) will need attention regardless. Just out of curiosity...how are your wiring harness and bushings holding up? If you've still got the original plastic tank Volvo radiator, you might think about replacing it with an all-metal one from iPd as a precaution. They get old and crack when you least expect it (ask me how I know about this sometime). The old b23's could take a lot of abuse, but the b230 isn't as forgiving if it overheats ($$$).

At 84K, that engine should still be very "tight." With regular oil changes, you should expect at least another 100K of trouble-free service. I've got a b230f in an '86 with 164K. Doesn't burn a drop of oil, just passed CA emissions test, and still gets 28mpg on the highway (4spd/OD tranny). I think it's gone through a waterpump or two, and a few timing belts (maintenance item), but no major issues so far. The valves didn't need adjustment until 150K, and even then they weren't very far out of spec. This might also be a good time to switch to synthetic if you so desire, before you start racking up the miles. The '86 is still running on dino juice (last change was with Castrol GTX "drive hard"), but it already had 120K on it when purchased in '98, so I didn't feel that great about making the switch.

Sure you already know all of this stuff, just trying to be helpful. :-) Good luck with her and keep us posted (please).

My '84 is metallic grey, and the paint is on the car just as well as it was the day it left Gotenburg. In fact, it still shines after you wax it, and last time it rained the water beaded up on the hood. :-)

That's so funny (I'm still laughing about the "dirty Beck" comment, though).

I played with the plastic doo-hickey the first day I got my 1884 244Ti (all of four months ago). I tried to snap one of the ignition wires back into its clip, and the 16 year old plastic fell apart. Cheap doo-hickey.

Nice, nice car.

BTW, regarding not switching to synthetic after 150K miles, and realizing each car is different, I switched over to full synthetics everywhere at 157K, and I am glad I did. It's been 2 degrees F every morning in November where I live, and my car starts easily and flawlessly, the transmission shifts when super cold without any notchiness or gridning. My Jeep's still running dino oil in the gearbox and diffs, and it is like chunky peanut butter unti it has been driving for half an hour. Gotta get that switched...

The car looks really nice, and luckily you have less than 100k miles. Keep up on everything and you will have a lot of miles left on the car. My 83' Turbo is in some need of work this weekend (water pump, front main seal, cam seal), but she still goes (quickly) at 193k miles. The metallic silver paint looks good (except for hood), but could use a repaint someday. I have other pictures at home, but this is the only one on the web.