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by Bernard Bernardsson
Wed Feb 22, 2023 10:09 pm
Forum: Main Volvo XC40 chat
Topic: Towing Question...D3 or D4?
Replies: 6
Views: 1060

Re: Towing Question...D3 or D4?

For balance, coming back from York today, it dropped to 28mpg.
by Bernard Bernardsson
Wed Feb 22, 2023 9:47 pm
Forum: Main Volvo XC40 chat
Topic: Towing Question...D3 or D4?
Replies: 6
Views: 1060

Re: Towing Question...D3 or D4?

D4 here, towing a 1500 kg caravan, tend to get 30-33 towing, which is a lot better than I got with my previous car, a 163hp kuga diesel. Driving without the van, behaving on a motorway run, as if the vans on the back, its almost double that. Tows great, plenty of power, so just put it in eco and cru...
by Bernard Bernardsson
Mon Aug 29, 2022 9:47 pm
Forum: Faults & Technical
Topic: Rubber seal
Replies: 8
Views: 898

Re: Rubber seal

KeithR56 wrote: Mon Aug 29, 2022 9:09 pm You could sell it on eBay. Ask £7.95 to undercut the competition.
I'll clean it up, the worlds my lobster!
by Bernard Bernardsson
Mon Aug 29, 2022 9:05 pm
Forum: Faults & Technical
Topic: Rubber seal
Replies: 8
Views: 898

Re: Rubber seal

Andy40 wrote: Mon Aug 29, 2022 7:56 pm
Oldie wrote: Mon Aug 29, 2022 5:45 pm It fits on the thingy behind the wotsit :?:
Yes, but it’s not on that side - it’s on tother
Is that just near the oojimar, under the wotchmacallit?
Ta fellers I'll give it another coat of looking at!
(Gits :twisted: :twisted: ) lol
by Bernard Bernardsson
Mon Aug 29, 2022 11:43 am
Forum: Faults & Technical
Topic: Rubber seal
Replies: 8
Views: 898

Rubber seal

Screenshot_20220829-113834_Chrome.jpg So, while messing around with the sim card,see other post, I found a big rubber cap like thing on the drive. Googled the valeo part number, and it came up with xc70 headlight cover cap.cars just been serviced, but I can't see anywhere this could fit, around my ...
by Bernard Bernardsson
Mon Aug 29, 2022 10:15 am
Forum: Main Volvo XC40 chat
Topic: 3 SIM card on offer at Amazon £28 (Aug 22)
Replies: 54
Views: 6767

Re: 3 SIM card on offer at Amazon £28 (Aug 22)

Still wasn't working, so had a fiddle, had to turn on the cars hotspot, as well as the cars modem, to nudge the dim into action ;)
by Bernard Bernardsson
Sun Aug 28, 2022 10:28 pm
Forum: Main Volvo XC40 chat
Topic: 3 SIM card on offer at Amazon £28 (Aug 22)
Replies: 54
Views: 6767

Re: 3 SIM card on offer at Amazon £28 (Aug 22)

Well.. it came nice and bonny, put it in, nowt..
I get a sim symbol on the screen, but when I press the connect car modem, it gives me the donut and after a minute or two, tells me to insert a sim card. Am I missing something?
by Bernard Bernardsson
Sat Aug 27, 2022 7:37 pm
Forum: Main Volvo XC40 chat
Topic: 3 SIM card on offer at Amazon £28 (Aug 22)
Replies: 54
Views: 6767

Re: 3 SIM card on offer at Amazon £35

Thanks for the heads up, ordered it today. Been hotspotting off my phone, but keep forgetting to turn it on 🙄🙄,
by Bernard Bernardsson
Thu Mar 31, 2022 9:26 am
Forum: Main Volvo XC40 chat
Topic: Fuel consumption
Replies: 28
Views: 5930

Re: Fuel consumption

To be honest Felindre, that's as good as I got from the Kuga, which was a diesel, so it's good for, what after all is probably a petrol, 3 1/2 ton outfit 👍
by Bernard Bernardsson
Thu Mar 31, 2022 8:05 am
Forum: Main Volvo XC40 chat
Topic: Fuel consumption
Replies: 28
Views: 5930

Re: Fuel consumption

I'm really impressed to see the mileages from the petrol xc40s, my previous car was a diesel Ford Kuga, (2l,163bhp), and to be honest it wasn't as good mpg, as some of the figures you're getting. I tow a 1500 kg caravan, and get around 30 mpg, while towing, obviously I keep to around 55 mph and a lo...