C30 General : Service and general confusion

[OwlDeNuit]

Hi. I'm a C30 enthusiast, coveted them for a while before finally buying one in 2016.

I've just given it its second service at a Volvo specialist garage. The first service was a breeze; however, this second service has flagged up a few things that I'm concerned about and was hoping you might be able to offer some advice.

I'll pre-warn you that despite my car enthusiasm, I don't know much about maintaining them.

These are the comments the garage left me with:

‘Fuel filter - when changed?’

Need two new front tyres (which I was expecting)

Intake breather hose damaged/broken (they said I should get this fixed quite soon)

‘Additive system low??’ (No idea what that means, or the question marks.)

At the end he said there was nothing really to worry about. Nothing terribly wrong and that it was a great car and that he’d really enjoyed driving it (well, you would, wouldn't you?!)

I’m feeling a bit out of my depth with this. Money is tight at the moment, especially after the above service cost of £350, so for now I can only really afford what’s absolutely necessary.

I've looked through the service history and I believe the fuel filter was changed in 2015. It hasn't done the 37,5000 miles since then that Volvo refer to in their service manual, so I'm not sure if I should do this or not.

A friend recommended buying tyres through black circle and getting a garage to fit them, although a very brief look at their website seems to suggest they can fit them and it looks like it would work out cheaper. Is this right? Also, what sort of tyre would you recommend?

I've no idea about the intake breather hose, except that the man at the garage said it's quite expensive to fix.

So, how should I proceed? Any advice very much appreciated. Thanks.