Kippers
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Registered: 27th Dec 10
Location: By the sea, Kent Drives: A nee naw
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Anyone in the know about these?
Insurance is just over £200 fully comp for me and absolutely love the look of them.
Anything to look out for? Is the powershift better to go for than the manual?
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johnny86
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Registered: 15th Feb 10
Location: in a bus stop.
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Been in the back of many of them...
Only joking. I really like these are these the same engine as the focus St or am I muddled up?
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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If it's the T5 engine then yes, 2.5t 5 cylinder. Such a good engine.
That's a lovely looking volvo. I'd get one in white, bomb down the outside lane of the motorway and watch all the infidels move over.
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Phil W
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Registered: 1st Jul 05
Location: Shropshire Drives : Focus ST
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Mate has a D5 V50. Recently had a Rica remap on it. Gone from 180bhp/300torques to something like 245bhp/500torques.
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Balling
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Registered: 7th Apr 04
Location: Denmark
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Volvo interiors are dreadful. Even the newer ones have a full 12-button phone keyboard on the dash. Horrible.
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IvIarkgraham
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Registered: 27th Mar 04
Location: Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
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quote:
Originally posted by Balling
Volvo interiors are dreadful. Even the newer ones have a full 12-button phone keyboard on the dash. Horrible.
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VegasPhil
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Registered: 16th Jan 05
Location: Fareham, Hants Drives: Octavia VRS
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Cracking looking I think too. 
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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Wrighty_1988
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Registered: 30th Jun 06
Location: South Yorkshire
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quote:
Originally posted by VegasPhil
Cracking looking I think too.
id go estate all the way with them aswell, the estates look better than the saloon/hatch
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mattievRS
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Registered: 20th May 06
Location: Leicester
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Being a 58 plate, they suffer some issue regardless of engine. Anti skid faults on the dash mean £1000 brake module replacement from Volvo only as they're coded to the car. Rear arm bushes if not replaced will need doing at that age, dodgy alternators that over charge the battery and require a new battery and alternator. Noisy door lock mechanisms which fail eventually locking you out of the car! Have a nose around here
http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=58
[Edited on 20-06-2015 by mattievRS]
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JM_16v
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Registered: 17th Oct 05
Location: Essex Drives: GLC63S
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I just got rid of my C30 D5 R Design which was nothing but trouble, electric problems incuding if you have an oil level ever so slightly over half way it puts on the EML.
It needed 2 new injectors as it started randomly cutting out at various speeds.
Then the alarm started going randomly off. gave up with it and got a Audi.
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Bonney
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Registered: 14th Nov 04
Location: St Helens
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Just got a s40 2.0d R design, seems really good up to now,
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mattievRS
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Registered: 20th May 06
Location: Leicester
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To be honest it'll probably be fine but I had a c30 on an 08 plate from a selekt dealer and it had some recall work done free. The bcm anti skid fault was half paid for by Volvo, I still had to find £500. The bushes needed doing on the first mot with them at a total of £305 all in. I replaced the alternator at £150 parts. I sold it on due to higher mileage at 65k as it was going to need the belts changing.
I still own a Volvo but a v60 now so it wouldn't and hasn't put me off.
Bare in mind if it has a dpf or not as they're liquid ones on the earlier Volvo and need filling at 80k. Volvo only job, and any electrical repairs will be Volvo only as its all coded to the car and cannot be recoded. Only Volvo are capable of doing the coding etc.
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