After 6 & 1/2 yrs of happy Vec ownership (split almost equally between a 'B' 2.0 DTi LS H/B & 'C' 1.9 CDTi 150 SRI Est), the time has come to move on.
My current driving pattern requires something that can potentially better handle the increasingly bad recent winter conditions so in comes a 2007 reg (02 - 07 model) Volvo XC70 2.4D Estate with 36.6k miles in a weeks time well in advance. Got a good Px on the Vec (74.5k miles), almost 25% of the XC purchase price.
Both my Vecs have performed faultlessly apart from routine maintenance, including a wheel bearing on the 'C'. Hopefully the XC will continue in the same way. For me, a car change is always a bit of a sad time when the outgoing model has performed well and the incoming one is always an unknown. There have been a couple of times where I'm happy to be rid of a troublesome car but that isn't the case with either of the Vecs.
Reading through the Volvo forums, we have the same issues there as in here and some who love their cars whereas others can't wait to get rid of them, what's new there?
Hopefully, I'll still be allowed in here and even to attend the occasional local 'meet' with a 'non standard' car .
I will upload some of my own pics when I get it but for now, a few of the dealer pics of the actual car:
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