That sounds a major pain for a minor bump. Do you think it would kick in for, say, hitting a pheasant?

I'm asking as a potential new purchaser; the fancy engine management system is putting me off to be honest.

Can I add that I've never experienced any of the negatives that @OldFace has, but I have had the full emergency stop process on a UK motorway and active lane switch prevention in France with a car sitting on my rear quarter, as the French do. Both times were justified and may not have avoided an in...

That's exactly what I'm worried about, Oldface . My old Yaris has given me 12 years of trouble free driving -a couple of sets of tyres, exhausts and batteries and £600 a year for tax, MOT, service, insure/breakdown cover. I'll be spending a lot more - which I don't mind, I'm about to retire and happ...

Thanks Darren, the Volvo Club might be worth sinking an initial £35 in - it seems a similar discount to my professional one, but with further perks in the future too.

I've just noticed I can get a discount through my professional institution - makes all those years of fees almost worthwhile!

Thanks White. Do you know what other organisations are given a discount? If I pretend I'm in the CC they may try to flog me a tow bar,

Is it worth dropping into the showroom every month to see if there's anything going or does that look too keen?!

Hi everyone,

I'm looking to buy this year - no particular hurry so I can wait till I can get any good deal and could pay cash.

Is there any good time of year to buy? Did anyone get any good discounts or any free extras?

Thanks.

Well, if all else fails, we can always try the good old 'switch it off and switch it on again' technique!

Not sure how that pans out doing 80 on the motorway though....

Thanks all for the replies.

Like you say, pretty much all cars are computer controlled now, and you only hear of the problems not the 99.999% of issue-free driving.

And to be honest, if something mechanical went wrong with my old jalopy I'd have no idea what to do anyway!

Hello everyone, new member here. I'm thinking of getting rid of my very basic, but very trouble free Yaris for a cx40, but a bit scared off by reading about engine managment system issues and messages like "engine not working properly" etc. As I'm 20 miles from the nearest Volvo garage, I ...