Iank

Hi,
Thanks for that and after some consideration I decided to go for the diesel because of costs. What put the nail in the coffin for the 2.5T was the cost of insurance. It nearly doubled although I have no claims bonus and the car is garaged. The most expensive quotes were from so called "budget" companies and the best was from Volvo's own insurance.
I quite enjoyed the "roar" of the diesel while test driving the car and it made one think that they were driving a V8. Sort of took me back to my youth when I owned several V8s and straight sixes at different times of course.
Wife has also being nagging a bit about a caravan so between insurance and wife, D5 it is, although I would have enjoyed the performance of the 2.5t even though I am not exactly boy racer material any more.
Cheers,
Ian