Volvo V40

I'll hunt you down and do something, not sure what yet, if you buy a Saab 9-3. A Saab 9-5 however, not so bad. About a billion better than a V40.

If you're looking at spending ~£3k, I'd seriously consider a V50 for your short list. They're actually pretty good.
 
V50s are good but tiny. Also rather uneconomical. My mum averaged 25MPG in a 2.4 :/

Passat is a good shout although you'd cut your wrists due to boredom after 30 seconds.
 
Yeah I'd much rather the 1.8T too, purely because I'm a sucker for twin pipes! But they do hold a higher premium over the 2.0

No way can he be getting 36 out of the 3.0 V6 Quattro!!! Unless all he does it 56 on the motorway 24/7
 
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xs2man said:
Nice find, and not too far from me.

Needing another car at the moment anyway, might go look at this...
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Do it, then let us know how it actually looks compared to the eBay pics :p

rossk26 said:
Yeah I'd much rather the 1.8T too, purely because I'm a sucker for twin pipes! But they do hold a higher premium over the 2.0

No way can he be getting 36 out of the 3.0 V6 Quattro!!! Unless all he does it 56 on the motorway 24/7
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I'd imagine that a 70MPH cruise wouldn't be far off that figure in the real world.

Obviously round town it won't be great, but the 2.0 N/A isn't great either. It has all of the downsides of a thirsty engine, with none of the upsides of the power said engines usually create. A guy at work had one (in saloon form), he struggled to see mid 20's average out of his 2.0.
 
adam cool dude said:
The 1.8 in the S/V40 is not a very good engine. One of the very early DI engines and suffers from coking in the head.
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There are two 1.8's, the 1.8 (which is a Volvo engine IIRC) and the 1.8i which is a Mitsubishi engine. The former doesn't coke up like the latter. My mum has the latter, and runs a tank for super through it now and again and it's been fine for the 30 months or so she's had it. Averages 43 mpg for her although I would agree, avoid the engine at all costs.
 
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