I Bought the Greatest Volvo Ever Made: TURBO BRICK WITH A STICK!

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Petition to make Hoovie restore this car to the fullest!!

"Rust free" as in they didn't charge extra for it.

I believe this is my wife's old wagon. we owned it from 2010 to 2016..

Wizard "let's get it on the lift. Looking for some dollars here " rubs hands This mechanic is honest almost to a fault.

Those old Volvo's are rock solid and very affordable to fix when needed.

Oh my goodness, I own a Volvo 940 Turbo Wagon, this is the first time any of the car enthusiast channels I subscribe to actually buy a car I own! Finally a rational decision on Hoovies part lol

Here in Holland we’ve always been in love with stationwagon Volvo’s and you see tons of them on the road including old ones. Since 2005 I have travelled a lot to Romania where I have a house in rural Transylvania so I need rugged, practical but cheap cars. A friend offered me his 86’ 740 for 200 Euro (220 Usd) and I haven’t looked back since. This year I bought my sixth 7-940 (a ’97 945 Hpt) for 1300 Usd, which so far brings the total purchase price for six Volvo bricks to 3600 euro (4000 usd). One car is still there as a donor car, I still drive number five, a ’92 945, the ’97 turbo I bought for future use and put it away on blocks. They all had or have at least 350th km on the odometer. Three cars were scrapped after I took out all the valuable parts to be stashed in the garage. I maintain the cars on the lowest possible budget (oil & filter 20 usd), used and aftermarket parts are dead cheap if I ever need them (like exhausts), the craziest repair I ever had was an engine rebuild in Romania (blown head gasket, my fault) that set me back 170 Usd. Driving 15-20k a year my yearly expenses including purchase (without fuel, tax, insurance) since 2005 have been around 400 Usd, and two of those cars will keep me going for another decade so I will spend max 200 Usd a year from now on. These are allround heavy duty cars that I have always pushed hard, full speed 800 km on the Autobahn in six hours, dusty, muddy or icy dirt roads in Romania, -20C in winter or 35C in summer, offroading in the Carpathian mountain forests, I remember 70 km with a boat on a trailer on a road that was nonstop 50% pothole, insanely heavy loads over long distance, you name it. Breakdowns were usually shredded tires or damaged exhausts due to bad roads, engine failure 95% due to something electrical but always fixable on the spot, only ever had to be towed home after my head gasket was blown. Rust has never been an issue whatsoever apart from small cosmetic dents etc. What Volvo was not so good at was the abundant plastic in the interior, lots of things crack and break but that’s only irritating and easily replaced. The only car I regretted buying had a 2 in stead of 2,3 liter engine, that car was unpleasantly underpowered. Lately 7-940’s have become collectible because more and more people start liking them with their characteristic boxiness in a sea af bubbly, anonymous Suv’s. Prices have picked up big time in Western Europe and buying a nice one for less than 400 Usd like I did four years ago is a thing of the past. Low mileage cars (100th km) go for crazy prices already, the rest will follow. My advise: get one cheap while you still can, they will become sought after and valuable! BTW I love Volvo7-9become very ’s primitive but very effective ‘Morse code blimping’ diagnostic box, owners of modern overcomplicated cars laugh at first sight and then become o so jealous.

I thought they designated it like this in the 70's: 242 - 2 series 4 cylinder 2 door 245 - 2 series 4 cylinder 5 door 264 - 2 series 6 cylinder 4 door

Whose parents had a Volvo station wagon? Sweden: Yes.

I see Volvo i click like

I've owned a few 760 Turbos, two wagons and a sedan; they were great performing cars that were very easy to repair. The transmissions were bullet proof, and the engines were clearance designs so timing belt failures would not bend the valves. 😎

I used to watch a lot of touring car racing when I was a kid and I remember the Volvo T5s tearing it up on the BTCC back in the 90s. Made me an instant fan of the turbo wagon!

No need to buy another car from now on.

I always like the old magazine ads they had for these, Bright red Ferrari and 740 turbo wagon with the caption " Until Ferrari builds a wagon, this is it".

I love them talking about it being the holy grail and super rare, volvos are almost all i see in sweden

Really liked this episode, as I recently went from driving a 1976 Mercedes 240d sedan (W114 chassis) to a 1994 Volvo 940 sedan and I’m happy to see your officially a fellow red block owner!

You're one of the few Youtubers where I physically laugh when I see a thumbnail appear in my feed. You're that type of friend that does something hilariously stupid while knowing full and well you're being stupid, without gloating about it. Love it man, keep it coming!

Hoovie, I'm so proud of you, you bought one of the best cars when it comes to reliability. It's gonna cost you to repair it, but it'll stay working once it's done

A Pre-purchase inspection recommendation for your viewers would be good advice.