Hopefully won’t get dealayed any further then,with a bit of luck
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Yeah I have to say it left a lot to be desired when I did a thorough proctology a few days ago. No better than a lot very budget brands (none of which charge anything like the XC40s RRP). I guess there's a reason why there are a ton of cheap £185pm lease deals out there now. Built from cheese & cardboard!
When you carried out your proctology did you find cheese and cardboard? That must have been painful.leveragedbeta wrote: ↑Fri Jan 31, 2020 10:50 amYeah I have to say it left a lot to be desired when I did a thorough proctology a few days ago. No better than a lot very budget brands (none of which charge anything like the XC40s RRP). I guess there's a reason why there are a ton of cheap £185pm lease deals out there now. Built from cheese & cardboard!
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No, just panel gaps, velcro and glued components, rattling boot trays, loose fitting headliners, cheap scratchy plastics, noisy gearboxes and clutch pedals from Fisher Price. It just didn't feel like circa £33k of build quality. Disappointing really. My brother also had a fair few issues with his V90.
Leased at £185pm you might be able to make a case for it (hence my interest) given that this is astra/fiesta/i30 territory but I'm wondering if it will spend half the lease in for repairs.
And its not like I'm a spoilt car snob - my last three have been skoda, fiat and nissan.
Leased at £185pm you might be able to make a case for it (hence my interest) given that this is astra/fiesta/i30 territory but I'm wondering if it will spend half the lease in for repairs.
And its not like I'm a spoilt car snob - my last three have been skoda, fiat and nissan.
You misunderstand me, or I'm not understanding something.
It's your use of the word proctology that I attempted to make a joke of. Doesn't seem quite fitting in, presumably, describing an investigation.
For what it's worth I have a similar opinion of the car. It's a mid 20k car being sold for mid 30s. Perhaps time will tell, I'll either keep it long term or cut my losses and buy a genuine mid 20k car
It's your use of the word proctology that I attempted to make a joke of. Doesn't seem quite fitting in, presumably, describing an investigation.
For what it's worth I have a similar opinion of the car. It's a mid 20k car being sold for mid 30s. Perhaps time will tell, I'll either keep it long term or cut my losses and buy a genuine mid 20k car
I would tend to agree with Toasted. Over the years, allowing for inflation, I've always had low to mid £20k cars - many of them.
This XC40 was my first mid £30k car, and to be frank it isn't as good, or well made, as any of my previous cars.
My last was a middle of the road VW, others have been Renault's, Citroen's, even a Fiat or two .
I'm not saying that the Volvo is bad, I do like it a lot, it's just that it's far too expensive for what it is, especially with my experience of cars worth a good £10k less on the whole.
I wouldn't be able to answer what would be a good mid £30k car as I've never had one.
This XC40 was my first mid £30k car, and to be frank it isn't as good, or well made, as any of my previous cars.
My last was a middle of the road VW, others have been Renault's, Citroen's, even a Fiat or two .
I'm not saying that the Volvo is bad, I do like it a lot, it's just that it's far too expensive for what it is, especially with my experience of cars worth a good £10k less on the whole.
I wouldn't be able to answer what would be a good mid £30k car as I've never had one.
I see these comments all the time but instead of saying amid £20k car how about name some examples?
When I had a look round at cars of a similar size comfort and tech I did not find any mid £20k cars unless you go for something like a duster?
When I had a look round at cars of a similar size comfort and tech I did not find any mid £20k cars unless you go for something like a duster?
XC40 T5 R-Design Pro in Bursting Blue with Convenience, Intellisafe Pro, Winter Plus and Xenium Packs and a few other bits. Ordered July'19 picked up end of Nov'19.
What are these people thinking of? Making comments we don't agree with and then not providing sufficient detail .
Here's a few
Audi A3
VW Golf
Ford Focus
VW Passat
Audi Q2
All mid £20k cars that in my opinion easily outway the XC40 in terms of quality. I don't think technology, or size was mentioned in previous posts, it was always quality, build etc.
A Duster can be had for a little over £10k, and I'll grant you the XC40 has better quality than a Duster.
Here's a few
Audi A3
VW Golf
Ford Focus
VW Passat
Audi Q2
All mid £20k cars that in my opinion easily outway the XC40 in terms of quality. I don't think technology, or size was mentioned in previous posts, it was always quality, build etc.
A Duster can be had for a little over £10k, and I'll grant you the XC40 has better quality than a Duster.