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S40 / V40 '96-'04 General Forum for the Volvo S40 and V40 (Classic) Series from 1995-2004. |
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Mar 13th, 2011, 13:19 | #1 |
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Help with a V40
I have been looking for a V40 for about a month, and there seems to be nothing locally except a couple of 'autos' . AS I have no experience with autos boxes ,Can anyone tell me if they are reliable and also economical ?? Thanks
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Mar 13th, 2011, 15:25 | #2 |
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they are certainly very reliable in the V40 and expect the positive side of 30 mpg on a run .. less in town of course .
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Mar 13th, 2011, 20:13 | #3 |
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Ive got a 1.8 auto, no problems with the box so far and my economy is a bit bad at the moment buts thats due to a FPR/HT LEAD problem. Only think I would say is that there seems to be differing opinions on changing the gearbox fluid. Haynes recommends every 80,000 miles or 8 years, less if used for towing or stop/start driving. I changed mine at 45,000 miles as it was 8 years old with no issues. However other people have said changing the fluid can cause problems.
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Mar 14th, 2011, 12:32 | #4 |
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Thanks for your input, that widens the field for me I've only been looking at manuals !
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Mar 14th, 2011, 13:38 | #5 |
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ive also got a auto
If you can find one with the 5speed auto, its imho one of the better auto boxes out there. getting about 33-34mpg combined, and i cant drive "eco" just not me. the 5speed ,allows you to "grandad mode" and pootle about nicley, shove the pedal a bit more and get a shift on, or just Hoof it and go nutter. lovely box, or mines borked . kick down is nice and predictable, shifts smoothly, and when "hoofed" it will Shift. only slight downer i can think of is when your moving off from standstill, there Can be a slight delay in (less than a second) going from "just moving off" to "moving off". simple fix is to press the pedal a tiny bit more than you would in a manual. Nothing really more than learning a new car. After having this auto, id really be loathed to go back to a manual. So relaxing and easy to drive, and unlike other auto's by other makers, i dont feel the need to grab the stick n shove it to the right gear, it just Does it and does it properly mines a 2002 1.8 volvo engine, with the aw55 type box (adaptive if im right), love it.
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