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Originally Posted by scbamber
To answer this question: mine is a 2014 D4 which I've had from new, and has been dealer-serviced throughout. You can be almost certain therefore that this one, the red one I saw on Autotrader just now, has been properly looked after and had the EGR preventative pipework and software fixes, the seat belt recall, and the recall to check the manifold. The only trouble was pretty minor... Gear stick vibration in two or three gears and its associated noise after about 2 years...fixed under warranty with a new part that Volvo had redesigned (so it wasn't just me...).
Mine has done 61000. It's overall fuel consumption is 53mpg over that mileage. I never do a trip under 25 miles and very minimal city driving of stopping and starting. I did a 64 mile trip today as usual, mainly on dual carriageway and good single A roads and used cruise control at 65mph most of the way....... 62.7mpg. Very relaxing.
Owners who do very short trips of 3-4 miles to the shops seem to have endless expensive trouble with the EGR...at least they say so on this forum!
The winter pack is indeed great..the heated seats are good for our aging backs, not just in cold weather, and are lovely after 2 minutes. The heated windscreen clears any condensation within 30seconds, and clears frost perfectly in about 2 minutes, so we can then drive off safely. We have air-con running at the owest setting all the time too.
Power for overtaking...... More than plenty except for boy racers.
Summary... I am more than pleased overall. That Autotrader one looks a genuine deal, and frankly a good price for a dealer-serviced car throughout its life
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Sorry if I am misunderstanding, but it sounds like you have found the car I'm looking at? £9225 in Minstergate Hutton?
Yea it looks like a really nice car indeed, and the Volvo stamps are a big plus.
I'm going to go have a look on Saturday, I can see a bit of wear and tear on the steering wheel but hopefully not too bad.
I can get almost a 50mpg average out of my V6 diesel Audi A4 so I'm hopeful my particular work commute is fairly economical, I'm not expecting 50+ around town and the general 'average' doesn't need to hit 55mpg, I'm more thinking my drives to work on A/B roads at 55-65mph need to hit 55ish on the regular.
33 miles each way 5 days a week, 20k miles a year probably hopefully keep the diesel healthy.