Volvo part 5 - 740 gets front brakes and tyres 

greg hill - I'll shake your hand anytime. 👍

I concur Greg! :)

@@karlos543 Forgive me, sir, but not while I'm engaged in a spot of self-isolating.

If it wasn't for the British and their fortitude and humour during WW2 we would all be speaking German right now!

@@bobjohnson205 Indeed Greg and Bob - British stoicism, fortitude, kindness, calmness and politeness......until you're attempting to purchase the last toilet rolls in the supermarket that is! 😅

"A normal RU-vid channel" well that's a good point!

Don't go to quick fit they rip you off inventing things that don't kneed doing .

Juha M, totally agree!!! I’m glad I grew up around cars and watching them getting fixed.

Flemming Sorensen Easy there, it’s not a german merc or bmw but sure, they run great if regular maintainence is done. /swede

Good morning to you!

You did. Old Volvos are still great cars. 240s especially.

I was with the Hyundia's new owner today, its still going strong and doing well Im happy to report

@@furiousdriving That's pleasing to hear. Another car saved.

Oh, and @ 2:07 to 2:25 I could smell that strong, unmistakeable Cellulose paint just by watching you paint the wheels. Yes, you MUST paint them, otherwise next time you take the wheels off, they will be dirty and HORRIBLY surface-corroded due to no protection. Another great, productive video. I'm enjoying following your projects.

I dont think they ever stopped using these wheels until the end of the 90s when the much more modern range appeared

To be honest it couldnt get much easier once its hot! Im not sure they do Rainsport 5 in this size, but 3s are still available

An evil part of my mind had been googling slammed 700s...

Maybe it looks cool, but it destroys its uniq feature - floaty comfort. I live in Europe, where roads are in a very bad condition, and you know what, my 740 eats up every bump like some of the old Mercedes. I have owned so many cars from Mercedes, BMW, VW, Audi and right now i have newer Volvos, but these old ones with their original suspension are brilliant. And suspesion is one of the reasons i kept my 740 turbo, because i can just fly over bumps and holes, it just just dont feel them, so if you want to slam a car, use the right way with air suspension and ride hight contorl.

Lucky the guys in the desk are helpful despite the computer! I need a cordless impact driver!

I bought a pneumatic ugga dugga and it's superb saves loads of pain in my arthritic hands.

its the foam backing, the white fabric is gone

thats patina!

Look really, really hard at the sills, they rot like crazy there and its hard to see

Rusty front sills under the plastic outer 👍

Rust. Mostly in the sills, but anywhere between the front and back number plates really. I had an estate one briefly - one of the run-out models with the mesh grille. Lovely deep paint, luxurious quilted leather interior, loads of toys, and fair wafted down the road in a slightly sporty way. But ..... I’d previously owned the Mondeo it was based on - superficial luxury feel aside, the X-type was made worse than the Mondeo it was derived from. It was smaller, less reliable, more expensive to fix, and rustier. Much, much rustier. At 4 years old it needed a whole new tailgate due to rust. I slammed the tailgate one day and the number plate fell off, still attached to its fixings and a couple of circles of jagged rusty metal. Then I had a lorry back into the front (new bumper needed) and the body shop it was booked into found rust in the sills and one of the chassis legs at the front. An expensive fix, was that. Buy a Mondeo or a Volvo instead; same idea, done better.

you have to hope just in case they shrank

@@furiousdriving lol yeah i know the feeling well "ffs they must fit feeling" rechecks 3 times, good job mate. keep that Volvo.

It wasnt on the computer!

@@furiousdriving i went to halfords few years back for part for my 92 ford sierra, was told no parts avail its obsolete was shocked and angry n left

@@hitachi2556 the database probably cuts off around 1997, from what I've seen from what some other companies use

@@RWL2012 no surprise whereas my local family run factors can get everything lol

Sometimes works

Convert the engine to hydrogen?

You know my cars better than me! I thought the Rover had UniRoyals but that may have been my MR2 and you're right!

@@furiousdriving oh I'm a tyre nerd... 😉

They did me a good job today

They have a massive amount of branches. Just like any big company there will be good branches and bad ones.

@@furiousdriving you were taking videos of course they did a good job, 😂😂😂👍

@@Leethemetalwarrior watch dog did a piece on them didn't look good, chargeing for work that didn't need doing , was the main thing, i wouldn't go there .😁👍

I've had a very positive experience with National Tyres and they sometimes do discount codes. Can get balancing done for £14 ish etc. Reasonable price for tyres too.

I used to, until I started getting beaten by too-stuck bolts, and this is so fast to use, it takes literally seconds to free a rusted bolt

Pagid, they seem pretty good and everyone stocks them

@@furiousdriving Thanks. I don't think I've seen that brand in my country.

Thanks bud, it looks straightforward enough, and someone local who's done it before is lined up as an extra pair of hands!

corrupted another one..my work is done

its a 1988

You are doing great job to her i wish i had cavalier Mark 2 or therei would do the same

I was done!

Ive watched that, I was annoyed he paid even less than me, but his car didnt look as good under the grime! He's done well with that and made it very nice

same reason phone makers wont put one kind of USB charger

@@furiousdriving No I don't mean all manufactures fit the same just the same on that model so when you go get new pads your not faced with Well it could be 1 of 4 different designs mate

Ah yes I see what you mean!

Im only putting a couple of litres in at a time so theres not much to pump through or dilute next go

Only to make room or get the money for another, I prefer not to sell

I much prefer this new coating, and Ive worked around garages for years so dont even think about it anymore!

Real life extinction rebellion

It could be one of those other massive, square, oh hang on...

Budget-Cars Official

@@televisionandcheese yes

thedeadstig123 totally agree I’ve used them on and off for various things at various outlets over the years and from booking to doing the job they always balls it up, or lied, or overcharged - utter crap.

Lol! Guys this is a 30 year old Volvo not a 2020 Merc S-Class. I'm sure quick fit will be just fine lol.

haha just need to find garage to 'lose' it in and no one will be the wiser!

@@furiousdriving I fully understand the problems of married life haha

Everyone at Kwikfit is younger than the car! ;-)

They were kids fitting those tyres lol

He almost did - he walloped his knuckles when the spanner jumped, poor guy!

I know it doesnt really matter but the number is so low, I dont want to add any more

Fortunately the guys on the counter are great and have the patience of saints

Jan Stromback every car has 2, usually diagonally