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Volvo P 1800 E: 4 years of intense love and common life.
With a bit of delay, as we celebrated our 4th birthday on the 22d of September.
4 years and 36, 000 kilometers. So an average of 9000 kilometers per year. Not bad for a 46 years old car.
With it, we drove in Netherlands, Belgium, Swiss, Italy, Croatia, Slovenia, and of course, we had some nice escapes in France ( Normandy, Center of France, South, Loire, North ) ...
Issues? A few: Idle, break booster, auxiliary air valve, alternator, suspensions, clutch.
Pleasure? A lot.
Charm? Terrific.
Here are some pictures to celebrate this new milestone in our common life.
Our first day together, in Amsterdam, where I bought it:
A quick stop at Bimbeano's:
An encounter with a Porsche 911E in Paris:
On the road to south of France:
In Swiss:
Croatia:
Belgium, in the Persuaders's style:
Gant, Belgium:
Avignon:
Heading to Lille. This day, my P 1800 was not the only one on the highway.
Paris, the eternal shot:
Did I say that I LOVE that car?
Best,
Nicolas
Volvo P 1800 E: 4 years of intense love and common life.
With a bit of delay, as we celebrated our 4th birthday on the 22d of September. 4 years and 36, 000 kilometers. So an average of 9000 kilometers per year. Not bad for a 46 years old car. With it, we drove in Netherlands, Belgium, Swiss, Italy, Croatia, Sl...
Gorgeous....
Volvo. I happen to love it very much as well so thanks a lot for taking the time to post these images!! Roll on, Filip
Well, I hesitated a lot, because the white body and the red interior is so stylish!
AND white was the color of the Saint's P 1800.
I don't know....
I'm afraid I'm too young to have seen The Saint, in most cases however white paint on a car simply looks unfinished to my eyes. Rare is the white car that looks genuinely 'complete' if you know what I mean (and I'm sure you do X). I guess the only excepti...
Love your pictures. Wonderful to drive around in Europe Nico.
Your Volvo has all that charm. Enjoy my friend. Cheers.
Simply a great car !.. Has it all.. :))
.. Character, Originality, some Eclecticism,,nice engine and.. Great driver ! . Well, long live the Saint !.. Ahemm, the Vlad ! Very á propos pictorial ! Contnue to enjoy in the Best of your health, to many more enjoyable miles ! Best, hs
The P1800! I always loved it! Also the "sister-car"...
to which we (Switzerland) refer to as "Scheewittchen-Sarg" - as much as "Snow white coffin"... One of the nicest afordable cars ever built! Nice as well that you are actually driving it "hard"... It is as it is with watches - to nice to just have it in th...
Happy belated birthday!
And to many more joint miles, road trips and general enjoyment! And as you know, the model can do several millions of miles with no trouble
Congratulations Nicolas
These are great pictures of a wonderful car. We can certainly feel that you LOVE the car! Keep on enjoying it in good health! Stefan
I can see why you love your Volvo-- I love it too-- continue
to enjoy in good health.
OMG - LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!!
Can't believe I almost missed this post... Amazing pictures, amazing car, on my list (They are still cheap here in the US, maybe 10K for a nice one) for when time will allow playing with it. Enjoy!