Engine: D5: I have got it I have got it

[James_N]

Originally Posted by trollmaster

Thanks, who would normally do this... Volvo ?? if not do you think it would affect the warranty ??

try RT Mechanics for the remapping. http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showthread.php?t=24197

If not, there certainly is no shortage of tuning companies that do remaps.

[imac]

Originally Posted by James_N

you might get more miles to the gallon than i do in my 740 but....at least here in stafford, diesel is a good 4-5p more expensive a litre, sort of wipes out the advantage of diesel sometimes, guess it depends on how many miles you do.

Glad your pleased with your new car though, they are nice

It'd have to be a lot more than a 5p/litre gap to wipe out any advantage.

Going on my fuel consumption to date, it costs me 9.2p per mile to fuel my D5.

It cost me 20.9p per mile to fuel my T5.

Diesel would have to be £2.09 per litre for it to cost the same to run my D5 as my T5. (Assuming petrol stayed at 91.9p/litre)

So thats a £1.18 difference per litre.

[imac]

Originally Posted by trollmaster

Thanks, who would normally do this... Volvo ?? if not do you think it would affect the warranty ??

www.swautos.co.uk > (www.bsrab.se)
www.volvotuninguk.com > (www.rica.nl)

I've dealt with both companies before, both of whom can advise on upgrades. Warranty would be affected for sure, but both Stuart @ SW and Adam @ VolvoTuning will advise further.

Unfortunately, one of the other main competitors in the tuning field (TME) don't currently offer a D5 upgrade (not sure why, it's probably the biggest Volvo tuning market out there at the moment!?)

[James_N]

Originally Posted by VolvoT5

It'd have to be a lot more than a 5p/litre gap to wipe out any advantage.

Going on my fuel consumption to date, it costs me 9.2p per mile to fuel my D5.

It cost me 20.9p per mile to fuel my T5.

Diesel would have to be £2.09 per litre for it to cost the same to run my D5 as my T5. (Assuming petrol stayed at 91.9p/litre)

So thats a £1.18 difference per litre.

fair enough, i take it back, kinda

I get frustrated because all my mates run diesels, and they all say "OMG my car does twice the MPG that yours does, its crap" and this annoys me because they cant see its false economy. They pay loans and other things on their cars whereas i dont, and then they pay more for their diesel, so its false economy really but i guess if situations are equal then you have a point. It just gets me when everyone thinks diesel is like the cheapest ever solution
No offense meant

[imac]

Originally Posted by James_N

fair enough, i take it back, kinda

I get frustrated because all my mates run diesels, and they all say "OMG my car does twice the MPG that yours does, its crap" and this annoys me because they cant see its false economy. They pay loans and other things on their cars whereas i dont, and then they pay more for their diesel, so its false economy really but i guess if situations are equal then you have a point. It just gets me when everyone thinks diesel is like the cheapest ever solution
No offense meant

No offence taken at all!

To be honest, I would have preferred the S60 T5. It would have cost me the same to insure, nearly the same to tax and would have cost me about £500 less to buy. But I do 12,000ish miles a year in this car many of which are in France where diesel is only 75-80p a litre and petrol above £1 so I decided to go for the D5 as I intended keeping the car for a few years and it'll save me £1200 odd per year in fuel.

I can't quite get used to the sound of the diesel engine, though!

I still hanker after a T5 S60 to be honest. If everything goes to plan, my girlfriend will have my S60 in a couple of years and I'll get an S60R or V70R. (And probably a £200 Fiesta diesel to go to work and back in!).

[James_N]

Sounds good!

Im just lucky, i live 2 miles from work

[imac]

Originally Posted by James_N

Sounds good!

Im just lucky, i live 2 miles from work

I live 3...........!

Most of my miles are done outside of the UK.

From this year on, my mileage will be a lot less as I'll transfer a large block of my mileage onto one of the 850 T5's.