Volvo's..

[lozz]

Weve been looking at Volvos .
spotted a nice v40 2.0 petrol estate, its only done 44.000k. 1owner.
seems agood deal for what there asking.

whats the Main areas to look for?
anyknown faults ideas?

[scotty73]

whats the Main areas to look for?

The floor mainly there's normally blimp burn holes in the carpet from the old geezers dropping their pipe tobacco and piss stained skid marks from their slippers... If it's an automatic this will only be around the accelerator area.

[lozz]

This one is mint,

no skid marks anyway..

it looks like its 142 bhp too going off the Wiki,. iwill have to ring My insurance company Me thinks,
this couid be expensive,

[mjb]

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You know you want to...

[lozz]

Thats too small for me

4 seats aint it?
need 5 seats

[lozz]

On topic of the coupes,

did they make a 5 seat version.?
is the back seat big enough for 3 .. fit lap belt?
iknow you can on Toyotas.. celicas etc.

[mjb]

You don't need 5 seats. Plenty of room for a few bodies in the boot...

The back seat's got a raised compartment in the middle so you really wouldn't want to sit on it

[lozz]

There not for me Atm, iwill have to wait a few more years, or send kids to orf anage
before icouid own a coupe,

that shouid sell no problem, its a very nice looking pocket rocket,

[teamster1975]

Not that I'm biased but the V40 is a great car Lozz.
Watch out for rusty rear calipers, the hand brake mechanism is built into them and it can seize solid leaving you with no handbrake. Also the bonnet cable is prone to snapping if it isn't cleaned & lubed.
Other than that have a look in the V40 section on the Volvo forum. They're not the friendliest bunch but there is some good info there.

[lozz]

Cheers teamy.

ive decided im going to buy one,.
insurance isnt as bad as ithought.

the 2.0 seems to come as 5 cylinder or 6 cylinder is that right?

if so im going to have a hunt round for the 6

[teamster1975]

the 2.0 seems to come as 5 cylinder or 6 cylinder is that right?

if so im going to have a hunt round for the 6

I don't know to be honest mate. Make sure you go for the Phase 2 though, the headlights are complete crap on the phase 1 and it's generally a much better car. Oh another thing to check; apparently they come with mild steel jubilee clips on the bottom rad hose as standard; these are prone to rusting & the hose blowing off so replace this with a stainless one! There's a thread about it and replacement part no on the forum. There's a guy that does discounts on Volvo parts on there; I forget his name but it comes up quite a lot on there.

[lozz]

thanks.

[Welly]

Another one for my list

[puggy]

At least when you all move to Eastbourne you will have someone to chat to

[Welly]

*orders 2 more chairs