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by q3billy
Mon May 27, 2019 9:44 pm
Forum: Main Volvo XC40 chat
Topic: Harman Kardon stereo?
Replies: 81
Views: 53671

Re: Harman Kardon stereo?

https://i.imgur.com/4QjE9Uo.png Has anyone else noticed this happening? I thought it was dust collecting but I think I must have been vacuuming the material underneath through the gaps over the last few months. I clean my car every week which maybe doesn't help. No idea how to fix this! Hi Abby, th...
by q3billy
Fri May 24, 2019 4:48 pm
Forum: Main Volvo XC40 chat
Topic: upgrading from 8 speaker audio
Replies: 1
Views: 1888

Re: upgrading from 8 speaker audio

Before I got rid of my car I was going to get the audio system completely redone at a specialist, there was one in South London who had worked on a current generation XC90 so knew how Volvo systems worked. It can be done of course. I wanted the air-woofer in the front deactivated, the subwoofer in t...
by q3billy
Fri May 24, 2019 4:39 pm
Forum: Main Volvo XC40 chat
Topic: Harman Kardon stereo?
Replies: 81
Views: 53671

Re: Harman Kardon stereo?

hmm ok glad I have found this.. So I think the spacial audio is quite good left and right but it's VERY front heavy. The volume in general on my HK stereo is not great and during a call via Car Play at least, I can barely hear what is going on. Music wise it can go fairly loud but it isn't ear expl...
by q3billy
Mon Apr 01, 2019 3:28 pm
Forum: Main Volvo XC40 chat
Topic: Poll: Which engine/transmission are you looking at, or have purchased?
Replies: 71
Views: 133243

Re: Poll: Which engine/transmission are you looking at, or have purchased?

Had my RDesign T4 for 10 days now I am averaging 34mpg with mixed driving town and motorway used eco setting most of the time and considering it’s a new engine I am more than satisfied, after reading some of the horror stories on this forum mileage at present 295 Wow that's really good! I averaged ...
by q3billy
Sat Mar 30, 2019 8:58 pm
Forum: Main Volvo XC40 chat
Topic: T3 performance issues
Replies: 14
Views: 13157

Re: T3 performance issues

We test drove a T3 manual (MY2019, so 150bhp) and a T5 auto. The T3 performed very similar to our current 2017 diesel Tiguan, if not a little quicker on the sprint. Obviously doesn't have the low down diesel grunt but still impressive for a small engine. We took the option of the MY2020 T3 manual (...
by q3billy
Sat Mar 30, 2019 2:48 pm
Forum: Main Volvo XC40 chat
Topic: My car is a turd.
Replies: 14
Views: 9568

Re: My car is a turd.

Hi Senwar, that is exactly the noise I have. We went down to Cornwall a few weeks ago and it drove me mad the whole way down. Im really pedantic about rattles so the XC40 and I are not getting on very well! Good idea about the buyback as the values do seem to be incredibly strong. I'm the same with...
by q3billy
Fri Feb 08, 2019 11:55 am
Forum: Faults & Technical
Topic: Too many defects
Replies: 14
Views: 10682

Re: Too many defects

It’s not a dealer issue... dealer and service should only recognise the fault and replace. The problem is from factory since there was no quality control in my case with so many defects. Really awful for a premium automaker. The sad side of the story is that I was told Rattles are normal and humidi...
by q3billy
Fri Feb 08, 2019 11:52 am
Forum: Main Volvo XC40 chat
Topic: Can't wait to get rid
Replies: 37
Views: 22847

Re: Can't wait to get rid

I'm also very very allergic to rattles and a bad audio system, especially with a new car ! So that would also be big issues for me, but hopefully it doesn't come that far. Myself I'm driving a new Peugeot 5008 and in the beginning it also had a rattle that drove me nuts but "we" (myself n...
by q3billy
Fri Feb 08, 2019 11:49 am
Forum: Main Volvo XC40 chat
Topic: Can't wait to get rid
Replies: 37
Views: 22847

Re: Can't wait to get rid

I'm also very very allergic to rattles and a bad audio system, especially with a new car ! So that would also be big issues for me, but hopefully it doesn't come that far. Myself I'm driving a new Peugeot 5008 and in the beginning it also had a rattle that drove me nuts but "we" (myself n...
by q3billy
Tue Feb 05, 2019 3:58 pm
Forum: Main Volvo XC40 chat
Topic: Standard XC 40 Stereo
Replies: 23
Views: 16077

Re: Standard XC 40 Stereo

I am very disappointed with the HK system. That amount of claimed power through that many speakers should be able to blow the windows out, but it is nowhere near that. The phone is actually quite difficult to hear at times. The only positive I can hear is that it is distortion free - but, then agai...