I have just bought a V40 D4 R-Design Pro 190 to replace my wife's C30 D2 Lux 1.6. Reason for change? Two sons over 6' tall, so needed 4 doors. Also because my wife's previous car was a Mini cooper S and she missed the performance (though not the fuel consumption!) The V40 is also Euro 6, so no "fine" for going into Greater London.
I absolutely love C30s, having previously owned a 2.0D R-Design from new in 2009. That was chipped and was a beast of a car.
The V40 is a great car to drive - and it goes really, really well. Shame to hand it over to the missus, really... It is somewhat larger than the C30 - and quite hard to see out of - and i hate the look of the rear, but it has got the thumbs up from rear seat passengers, which is the point of the swap.
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 Volvo V70 P3 ES D3/D4 2011 - 170,000 miles in Black Stone
Volvo V40 R-Design Nav Plus D4 190 - 60,000 miles in Osmium Grey
Past: '90 944 2.0 turbo, '91 944 2.0, '92 945 2.0 turbo, '95 945 2.3 HPT, '09 C30 2.0D R Design 180bhp+, '13 C30 D2 Lux.
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