This is my opinion, £5,300 in 5 years (excluding road tax and fuel) sounds like a huge amount to me. If it was me I’d keep the car but look for a local Volvo specialist. I do agree with what everyone else has said that it’s your car and you do what makes you happy, if you like to know it’s been looked after by the main dealer and can afford to keep doing it then do that, but I couldn’t justify it.
I’ve had a 2007 S60 T5 for 6 years, it’s done ~70k in that time and my biggest MOT and service cost me £550 at a local specialist (it’s never been to the dealers while I’ve had it). My missus’ 2014 V60 D4 (we’ve owned for 2 years) goes to the dealers and she has a service plan that works out around £300 a year I think, mainly because of the EGR problems those engines suffer and Volvo being more likely to contribute to repairs on cars serviced at the dealer. But in perhaps 3 years or so I think that’ll go to the local specialists too.
Hope this helps, Luke
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