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[MoleT-5R]

Well, at last Friday is here and we have just returned back from the local main dealers with a Very nice V50 1.6D SE/LUX drive-e in chameleon blue, the mrs's is concerned the her dirty diesel will not be wanted here. I said no it is a performance volvo, it's nimble and quick off a roundabout and 60mpg, think nearly that's enough performance for a daily, will try to get some good pic's up tomorrow

[V70 Graham]

Congrats on the new V50, 60 mpg's not to be sniffed at, looking forwards to the piccys.

[LiamT4]

Its not a performance volvo!! ;-) lol

[Kingsford G]

Good on mpg they r and look very nice,congrats mate.

[smithy]

Well, at last Friday is here and we have just returned back from the local main dealers with a Very nice V50 1.6D SE/LUX drive-e in chameleon blue, the mrs's is concerned the her dirty diesel will not be wanted here. I said no it is a performance volvo, it's nimble and quick off a roundabout and 60mpg, think nearly that's enough performance for a daily, will try to get some good pic's up tomorrow

Nice car mate but what you doing with the v70 now

[Wobbly Dave]

you can get HLM to remap it - give it a bit more grunt & improve the fuel economy

[JUDGENINJA]

Let us(me) know what you actually get in MPG... Thinking of jumping back to a Volvo, but the day to day version will need to be an Eco-Volvo... (the 850 is going to be the weekend evil one..

[LiamT4]

(the 850 is going to be the weekend evil one..

Not if the worlds petrol reserves have run out first lol

[MoleT-5R]

Well just to keep you all happy here's a couple of shots when we went to look at the car, not that it took too long to decide and I have to confess it's Jayneybabe's car really and she never drove it until she picked it up and she is smitten, but is still saying that it would never completely replace her V70R AWD, But Amelia ( as she's named her ) did have a couple of kerbed wheels and damaged tyre, which have been re-furbed and re-tyred beautifully and a trip through the Volvo bodyshop she looks the business. Hopefully years of trouble free economical motoring

[MoleT-5R]

Nice car mate but what you doing with the v70 now

Tucking it in the garage whilst we way up the options and save up and fix it, did think to make it manual, but I would like to keep as near orginal as possible

you can get HLM to remap it - give it a bit more grunt & improve the fuel economy

Will be looking into that thanks Dave

Let us(me) know what you actually get in MPG... Thinking of jumping back to a Volvo, but the day to day version will need to be an Eco-Volvo... (the 850 is going to be the weekend evil one..

We'll keep you posted, the car was ownly bought for the savings and we can keep the other two as weekend bad boys

Not if the worlds petrol reserves have run out first lol

cause there guzzled up by fat, thirstsy, V8 BMW's lol

[Volvostorm]

Looks nice mate, that garage looks familiar too!

[M-R-P]

Handles well enough to keep up with faster, older Volvos... good enough

[LiamT4]

cause there guzzled up by fat, thirstsy, V8 BMW's lol

Don't forget frankie and his amg, we're both doing our best to use it all up ;-)

[merc85]

Don't forget frankie and his amg, we're both doing our best to use it all up ;-)

IF THE E55 aint sold by now

[iancho]

Congrats Adrian, you will be saving some money on fuel now and i bet the ride is alot smoother!

[The Flying Moose]

Looks the business Adrian and Jayne.

Very good choice indeed.

Like Wayne I would be interested to know the results of real life MPG with the quoted figures.

[volvokid]

Nice, i want something like this when i replace the V40 if it ever goes bang.

[stribo]

Its not a performance volvo!! ;-) lol

At least it is a Volvo.

Looks nice mate, even if it runs on the fuel of Satan.

[Santa]

Jayneybabe would still be welcome here if she had bought a BMW lol

Sites more about the appreciation of Performance Volvos over owning one

[T5frankie]

looks ok but get it mapped it will give you more mpg and much more boost