Driving the 340 this morning, huge bang from nearside front suspension and car dropped onto the wheel. The cup on the bottom of the suspension strut had rotted allowing the spring to shoot down the strut wrecking the tyre and brake hose in the process. Having checked the other side looks like going ...

Thanks everyone, this would seem to confirm that its pretty well normal - looks like I'm stuck with 25mpg on the motorway then...

By the way, mine is 340 GL Auto, 1990 on a G plate and it has rev counter, clock in the centre console, heated seats (which work), electric front windows and mirrors and ...

Hi, I'm new to the forum but not to 340's - I've had about 5 or 6 of them over the last few years. I've just bought a 1990 340 Auto which has covered a genuine 28000 miles and is generally superb throughout. However, I have one concern in that for any given roadspeed the engine seems to rev too high ...