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by hdasmith
Fri Mar 27, 2020 10:10 pm
Forum: Faults & Technical
Topic: Electrical socket installation
Replies: 5
Views: 2915

Re: Electrical socket installation

Where are you based? Regulations change by country. What king of socket are you wanting to put at the parking space? A proper EV charger, or a standard socket (13A in the UK). Because of the draw from the car, you can’t put it as part of the socket ring in the house, it needs its own feed from the c...
by hdasmith
Sat Feb 08, 2020 10:07 pm
Forum: Main Volvo XC40 chat
Topic: mpg query
Replies: 10
Views: 5067

Re: mpg query

don't think so - the two journeys I made (North Wales to Nottingham) were on consecutive days - day 1 going east on supermarket fuel was 51mpg, day 2 coming home on (mostly) Shell V-power was 42mpg. I must admit the V-power diesel was VERY cheap (130.9p/l) compared with 123.9p/l for the standard Sh...
by hdasmith
Sun Jan 19, 2020 10:55 pm
Forum: Main Volvo XC40 chat
Topic: Missing speakers?
Replies: 14
Views: 9762

Re: Missing speakers?

https://www.volvocars.com/uk/cars/new-models/xc40/specifications/features#item-cc3fcca0-e6fa-49a9-bef0-8bce056d92a8

Can’t find the diagram showing the layout anymore, but fairly sure I’m right with what I said.
by hdasmith
Sun Jan 19, 2020 10:44 pm
Forum: Main Volvo XC40 chat
Topic: Missing speakers?
Replies: 14
Views: 9762

Re: Missing speakers?

Should be speakers in there. The standard setup has eight speakers. Two in each rear door, one on each front door, centre dashboard and air woofer.
by hdasmith
Sat Jan 18, 2020 12:26 am
Forum: Faults & Technical
Topic: Squint Steering Wheel
Replies: 13
Views: 9771

Re: Squint Steering Wheel

Problem was solved by a specialist first time.
by hdasmith
Sun Dec 22, 2019 9:49 pm
Forum: Main Volvo XC40 chat
Topic: Phone number of SIM in boot
Replies: 14
Views: 6090

Re: Phone number of SIM in boot

Ah, ok. Better find my number as well then!
by hdasmith
Sun Dec 22, 2019 9:47 pm
Forum: Faults & Technical
Topic: Suddenly got TPMS warning during ride
Replies: 10
Views: 5157

Re: Suddenly got TPMS warning during ride

Isn’t there already a pump in the boot, under the lifting floor, and under the next layer?
by hdasmith
Wed Dec 18, 2019 5:56 pm
Forum: Main Volvo XC40 chat
Topic: Phone number of SIM in boot
Replies: 14
Views: 6090

Re: Phone number of SIM in boot

Just out of interest, what do you need the phone number for?
by hdasmith
Mon Dec 09, 2019 10:40 pm
Forum: Main Volvo XC40 chat
Topic: Instantaneous fuel consumption
Replies: 4
Views: 2824

Re: Instantaneous fuel consumption

Press the menu button on the steering wheel, and scroll to the bottom. There you’ll see average overall, average trip, and instantaneous. It’s not obvious that you can scroll beyond what you initially see, just keep holding the down button.
by hdasmith
Mon Dec 02, 2019 10:02 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: POOR HEAD LIGHTS
Replies: 18
Views: 6633

Re: POOR HEAD LIGHTS

Best headlights I’ve ever had on a car.