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how much weight can i legally carry in my 240 estate
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555kg
apps.volvocars.us/ownersdocs/1986/1986_240/86240_0...m
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Although it will be less on higher spec cars with more goodies on them.
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This load should be spread evenly throughout the car! If you put it all in the back...ooohh very dangerous.
If this is for a booze run or a regular occurance and you expect to get near to this load i would recommend you invest about £15 in a set of Grayston Spring Assisters. I use these on my Rover 820 Vitesse Sport when we go on holidays and such. With the car loaded up to its GVW the back end remains at about the same height as empty and stability on the motorway is improved. They are easy to put on and take off for occasional use - use WD40 to help.
Try Halfords or www.springassisters.co.uk/
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I echo Cyd's advice.
Even though my V70 has excellent Sachs Nivomatic self levelling suspension, when truly heavy loads are carried the car handles noticeably more neutrally - as expected - if I keep as much of the weight in front of the rear wheels (and of course as low down and evenly spread L-R) as possible.
As it happens, I learned to drive in a 1979 244DL B21 4sp manual and although nice and torquey and very capacious, it handled like the General Belgrano when heavily laden. Fit a roof rack as well, or even drive in a stiff cross wind and things became even more 'interesting'. Almost as much as the Suzuki Jeep SJ410 that I had on two wheels whilst negotiating a motorway chicane in Kuwait whilst laden (almost certainly overloaded) with advertising brochures. I had juuuuuust enough power to accelerate through the manoeuvre and after some conseqently violent L-R wobbles had the think straightened out, heart racing. This was back in 1982, and I'd only taken my UK test a few months previously but the incident taught me a lot that has served me well since.
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