<pathayes81946@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1179280310.161912.36460@q75g2000hsh.googlegro ups.com...
> Hi Folks...
>
> My 87 240 wagon has gone to the great car repair in the sky due to a
> too-expensive to repair accident. I'm driving a 92 940 sedan which is
> ok BUT......it isn't my wagon. With the little insurance money and
> selling the 940 I could probably get into a mid-90's 960 wagon. I
> throw crap in the back, haul the dogs, tow a small camper and
> generally treated the 240 as an indestructible covered pickup.
> Recognizing that the amenities in the 960 are more luxo than I've had,
> is it mechanically the beast of burden that the 240 is/was? I'd
> appreciate your comments and suggestions.
>
> Regards
>
> Pat
>

The 960 is a great car, smooth, refined, powerful, luxureous, that said, if
you're used to beating on a 240 you'll probably want to skip the 960 and go
with either another 240, or a 740/940 with the redblock 4 cylinder. The
inline 6 is a strong very smooth motor, but it's rather shoehorned into the
engine compartment so working on it is no picnic, also I cannot stress
enough how important it is to keep up on maintenance and have the timing
belt replaced on schedule, a broken belt will effectively total the car
unless you can find a good used motor. Fuel economy is not as good as a 240
either, pretty much expected given the much larger more powerful engine. For
towing a camper you might check out a late 940 Turbo, same nearly
indestructible engine as the 240 but the turbo adds about 40HP and a big
lump of torque stock.