Had my first sighting today from my XC40 of another one, it was in dark metallic grey (sorry I don't know the proper colour) heading the opposite direction to me north of Hemel Hempstead. Including the white one I saw 3 weeks ago in Berkhamsted, and my own, that's a total of 3 on the roads of W Hert...

Yup that worked. Thanks so much, wouldn't have figured that out in a v long time!

Ah good idea. I'll give it a go in a couple of minutes, and let you know if it makes any difference! Thanks for the tip.

Great articles! It's really nice, having bought/decided to buy something, to have so many reminders that you've made a great decision!

Hi Zed. Welcome, I've also found this a v useful site. Fingers crossed you get your car earlier than October, but I agree it's probably the best out there in any event! Mike

So...we're a mixed Android/Apple family. I've got Android Auto up and running reasonably well, but just tried to get my wife's iPhone set up for CarPlay. As soon as I plug the phone into the USB (as instructed by the manual) the phone goes bonkers, buzzing and flashing in the top right hand corner a...

Not sure what, if any, the repercussions would be for XC40 owners, but I thought this might be of interest. It's on the FT website, so behind a paywall sadly:

https://www.ft.com/content/097ea5c2-54d ... e0209208ec

Nice. Those are really good features and I'm sure you'll love having them fitted when the car arrives. Just over a week with our First Edition and it's things like those that make me smile (and feel safer...) every time I drive the car!

One and a half weeks in and I'm impressed by the build of my first ever Volvo. Not a single niggle or irritation. No doubt that's the cue for the steering wheel to fall off...

Welcome. Having followed the path Discovery 3 - BMW X4 - XC40 I can say it feels pretty spacious inside (and definitely all round roomier than the X4). Hope they deliver for you on time!