BLUE - 2017 Volvo V40 T2 R-Design Progress Thread

[Petey80]

Hello all.

Haven't really been on the forum for a while, pretty much since Covid times.

I still had the V50 up until the end of May 2023.... I've update my progress thread here - https://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showt...53#post2901753 - with regards to what happened to her..... Gutted is an understatement.

But onwards and upwards.

I managed to find a fantastic example of a V40 T2 R-Design only 20 minutes from my house.
Went to look at it, test drove it and went away. Then went to look at an S60 T4 R-Design down in Stockport. That was lovely, but just a bit too big and the running costs would've been a bit too much for my pocket.

On the way back from Stockport, I ummm'd and argh'd about which car to go for and the V40 won. So I went to the garage and bought it.

I luckily found the previous owner on the V40 Facebook group, so knew everything about the car.

Here she is on the day I picked her up.















Lovely looking car. Much prefer the Bursting Blue over the Rebel Blue.

Interior pictures;











Half leather interior, which I prefer over the full leather.

She's really well specced and has full service history. The garage I bought it from did an oil and filter change and put it through it's MOT, which it failed.
It had a bad ball joint on the nearside front. They changed the suspension arm and carried out 4 wheel alignment. Drives lovely.

To be continued......