New Car Day - Volvo C30 T5

Hi Raymond,

I think you are a lucky man as I owned a 2.0L C30 between 2009 and 2013, I only sold it because I took on a part time job transporting a disabled lady around and needed an estate. The C30 was one of the two favourite cars I have owned since I learned to drive, the other was a Renault 16 TS. The one you have bought was, and is, my dream version but being retired I cannot afford either the petrol or insurance.

There is an old saying that more criticism is generated by jealously than anything else, and that is the impression I have got from some of the carping comments on here, drive your car and enjoy it.
 
Earley Man said:
Hi Raymond,

I think you are a lucky man as I owned a 2.0L C30 between 2009 and 2013, I only sold it because I took on a part time job transporting a disabled lady around and needed an estate. The C30 was one of the two favourite cars I have owned since I learned to drive, the other was a Renault 16 TS. The one you have bought was, and is, my dream version but being retired I cannot afford either the petrol or insurance.

There is an old saying that more criticism is generated by jealously than anything else, and that is the impression I have got from some of the carping comments on here, drive your car and enjoy it.
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Thanks :)

I am happy to discuss with anyone about the purchase and happy to be proven wrong, but it did seem to struck me odd on Mr Bump's argument shifting from one to the next when I proved what I had done turned out to be the best approach. It comes across as a mission against me personally as opposed to the car/whole debacle.

Anyway, bygones be bygones, I picked up a hard boot cover for the car, much neater now. along with a set of spare bulbs.

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That does look neat.
 
Raymond Lin said:
Much better than this alternative, it looks like an afterthought.

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LOL That looks like a homemade special, please don't tell me that Volvo delivers them as standard like that? Oh dear...
 
dejongj said:
LOL That looks like a homemade special, please don't tell me that Volvo delivers them as standard like that? Oh dear...
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The option for the boot cover is either none at all, that curtain rail (you can see the Orange c30 badge? That's official!) or the hard cover.

I had wanted the hard cover from the start but the car didn't have it, but I can't turn down the car because of this when I can souce a new replacement easy enough.
 
Years ago I had a Volvo 850 T5 estate as a company car. it was great fun. It was a very boring dark blue but it flew. One downside was I struggled to get more than 10k miles from the front tyres. Enjoy your C30, it looks very smart.
 
Update

Had the car now a year and a half, put on 16k miles. Whats to report?

1 - zero parts failed
2 - service and MOT passed with flying colours
3 - service is not cheap, £400 by an indy (same with dealer)
4 - getting like 17mpg around town driving…can literally watch the needle move. Average 30mpg overall
5 - very comfortable, quiet, really fast when it wants to move!
6 - boot space is restrictively small, cannot fit a large suitcase


If you can live with the lack of boot space and the mpg, I'd recommend this to anyone looking for a comfortable, quiet hatchback.
 
You can't beat a good Volvo ,my S60 2.5tdi t5 auto/ geartronic goes like s*** off a shovel and still returns around 50mpg for general use and 60+ on a long motorway run .only thing I don't like is having a boot ( like a cave) it's also a superb tow car .and although now twelve years old looks like it came out of the showroom
 
rjbell said:
What has happened to old red cars going pink is it the paint formula? And has this now been solved?
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I *think* the fading red was from back when cars had what was called single stage paint finishes. Which I think was just the primer, then the main colour. Now cars have two stage paint which is basically a clearcoat on top of the main colour. I think the clear coat prevents the UV degradation of the paint underneath's colour.
 
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