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| Performance | 8/10  |
|---|---|
| Practicality | 8.3/10 |
| Reliability | 8.3/10 |
| Value for Money | 9/10 |
| Reviewer Rating | 9/10 |
| Overall Rating | 9.4/10  |
By brian25x on 18th Oct 2007
| Year Manufactured | 1999 |
|---|---|
| Length of ownership | 2 years |
| Doors | 5 |
| Performance | 7/10 |
| Practicality | 7/10 |
| Reliability | 5/10 |
| Value for money | 8/10 |
| Overall value | 8/10 |
 brian25x's recommendation | |
Its solidly built shows little corrosion and is very reliable.
Turbo a bit weak and can fail from oil leaking (sic)
This is my third Volvo having owned an s40 2.0 an s40 1.8 and now the v40 2.0t I can state that the handling pack on 2.0 and 2.0t not on 1.8 is a must if you do a lot of country road work and there is a marked difference in performance when you go to the 1.8 provided you service them they can give back big mileages first car went to 217'000 gave it to my mate and he used it for another year and second went to 177'000 before the gear box broke the mechanic I gave it to uses it as a spare and though it is busted and due to seize any day it does seem to keep rolling along the 2.0t is just as comfortable as the s40's and has a baby mileage of 77'000 I expect it to go to 200'000 miles ish before I bin it, that's about 5 years of my hard driving my old works vans never gave me that and they weren't as comfy
My recommendation, buy it with a full service history and keep on servicing it. Anything less than 150'000 will (probably) have some life still to give you.
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