V40: - Time to move again - but where to?

andyf117 · Jan 5th, 2024, 17:08

Some twelve-and-a-half years since joining when I bought my first Volvo, and then a 'move' four years later from the S40 96-04 sub-forum to the C70 06-13 one, it's time for me to 'move' again...

....with April to October being our busiest time of year - not to mention the horrendous holiday season traffic here - my C70 T5 was no longer getting the use it deserved, averaging only 3,000 miles per year over the last three years, and most of that when weather conditions precluded having the roof down (when it was 'bright and sunny', SWMBO usually insisted that the temperature was too low)...
....at £395 for Road Tax, Group 34 for insurance, and with the 2.5L 230bhp engine being quite thirsty on the short 20-30 mile journeys which it did in the main, my pride and joy had become something of an expensive 'ornament' that spent the vast majority of its time stationary on the drive, plus it was potentially going to need extensive work for its MoT - so, albeit very reluctantly, the decision was made to part company with it, and get something less expensive to own and run...

....and having spent the whole of December regularly checking the 'For Sale' listings of the main online sites, as of yesterday, following a 700-mile round trip to collect the only one in the country which had almost all the available 'extras', I'm now the owner of a V40 R-Design T2 Pro (£180 VED, Group 19, and 2.0L 122bhp) - but the question is, as I don't seem to be able to find one which covers post-2017 models, which sub-forum do I 'move' to now?

steV50 · Jan 5th, 2024, 17:46

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Originally Posted by andyf117

I'm now the owner of a V40 R-Design T2 Pro (£180 VED, Group 19, and 2.0L 122bhp) - but the question is, as I don't seem to be able to find one which covers post-2017 models, which sub-forum do I 'move' to now?

It will still be the V40 12-17 sub-forum although it should really be headed V40 12-19.

andyf117 · Jan 5th, 2024, 17:59

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Originally Posted by steV50

It will still be the V40 12-17 sub-forum although it should really be headed V40 12-19.

Thanks - I suspected as much, as I did see a 2018 model post in that one...

Jan 5th, 2024, 17:08	#1
andyf117 Junior Member Last Online: Feb 12th, 2024 17:03 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Penarth Guest House, St Austell, Cornwall	Time to move again - but where to? Some twelve-and-a-half years since joining when I bought my first Volvo, and then a 'move' four years later from the S40 96-04 sub-forum to the C70 06-13 one, it's time for me to 'move' again... ....with April to October being our busiest time of year - not to mention the horrendous holiday season traffic here - my C70 T5 was no longer getting the use it deserved, averaging only 3,000 miles per year over the last three years, and most of that when weather conditions precluded having the roof down (when it was 'bright and sunny', SWMBO usually insisted that the temperature was too low)... ....at £395 for Road Tax, Group 34 for insurance, and with the 2.5L 230bhp engine being quite thirsty on the short 20-30 mile journeys which it did in the main, my pride and joy had become something of an expensive 'ornament' that spent the vast majority of its time stationary on the drive, plus it was potentially going to need extensive work for its MoT - so, albeit very reluctantly, the decision was made to part company with it, and get something less expensive to own and run... ....and having spent the whole of December regularly checking the 'For Sale' listings of the main online sites, as of yesterday, following a 700-mile round trip to collect the only one in the country which had almost all the available 'extras', I'm now the owner of a V40 R-Design T2 Pro (£180 VED, Group 19, and 2.0L 122bhp) - but the question is, as I don't seem to be able to find one which covers post-2017 models, which sub-forum do I 'move' to now? __________________ Current: 2019 V40 R-Design T2 Pro in Ice White Previous: 2009 C70 T5 Sport in Polar White Prior: 2004 S40 2.0 Sport Lux in Black

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