Newbie from Kent - S60R

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Post 783987 by kevinking2020 on 2015-08-31 10:10:16

Hi I thought I would introduce myself. I recently brought (May 2015) a 2003 Volvo S60R from Ashford, Kent. I saw it on Autotrader a few times. One weekend I went up to see her and I fell in love with her. She's been well looked after with tons of service history... Also the original owner had her remaped and according to the previous owner it's about 340BHP and 460 NM Torque :D I had to get it and i did... I previously had a 2002 Honda Civic EP3 Type R so big difference in power, this car is quick! Here some pictures. Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image

Post 783989 by twr on 2015-08-31 10:12:37

Very nice, looks a nice tidy example. Nice to see you have got out of a ricer. Welcome and enjoy.

Post 783994 by kevinking2020 on 2015-08-31 10:35:58

Cheers mate. She was a good car the EP3! Did love the V-Tech noise and for a 2 litre N/A she was quick... But now having my third kid i need a bigger and quicker car. The first week of owning the R I drove to Disneyland Paris and Centre Parks south of Paris. Soon as I got onto the motorway I got a warning message saying low Oil :( and typical there wasn't any service stations for ages so i took it easy and then about 30 minutes later, found a garage. All the Oil was in French so it was good enough the sales assisant spoke a little english. I filled her up with some oil and didn't have any problems since! I did about 420 miles to a tank which was quite good, can't remember how much it cost to fill up! After France I took her to SW autos to get a full service including gearbox/AWD and cambelt. The garage rang me that the front bushes need replacing and they replaced them with polybushes (powerflex) and rear drop links need replacing. So altogether it cost £996 the car is on 93k so I've got some plans for her. At the moment I'm looking into a 3" custom catback.

Post 783995 by jamesy12345 on 2015-08-31 10:42:49

:welcome: very nice! exhaust is a good idea since you have remap [QUOTE=kevinking2020;783994]... the sales assisant spoke a little english. I filled her up with some oil and didn't have any problems since...[/QUOTE] with her english..? :lol:

Post 783999 by stribo on 2015-08-31 11:17:12

Welcome to the forum, ours has had a mild remap, but will still do this: [video=youtube;urpYRcgCW2k]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urpYRcgCW2k[/video]

Post 784006 by Harvey on 2015-08-31 11:30:41

Nice looking motor ,welcome.

Post 784029 by Jack Daniels on 2015-08-31 13:17:45

Welcome aboard!

Post 784042 by Ettienne on 2015-08-31 14:42:34

Nice s60r, if it's a family car maybe better to go for off the shelf car back. Some of the custom ones are terrible for drone. Generic Ferrita, bsr, jettex, are all good

Post 784045 by Santa on 2015-08-31 14:52:56

Welcome :)

Post 784156 by T4PAT on 2015-08-31 22:26:33

Hello and welcome.

Post 784179 by abdul on 2015-09-01 05:04:25

Welcome