It's exactly ten years since I collected my shiny new company car from a Volvo shop near my West Midlands workplace. Today it's been in for a slightly overdue service and a just-in-time MoT, and I'm pleased to say it's doing well.
Getting it through the MoT required four new indicator bulbs because the 2002 originals were no longer orange enough, but it passed the smoke test first time. I've also got a probable cause for the awkward neutral-to-first shift we've been trying for a while to pin down. And the clutch sensor I knew it needed seems to have cured the curious whiffling from the turbo under load, so that's all good.
The anniversary makes me pause to think what's happened - to me and elsewhere: two job changes, a second Beestling, an expensive but successful relocation, two new prime ministers and England gaining then losing the status of top cricket nation.
What I do miss from 2002 - apart from diesel at 75p a litre - is the feeling I used to get of being able to outpace just about anything if the need arose. Now it's merely a middling turbodiesel - but I now live in the Southeast, so if it goes at all it's fast enough. And it's still brilliantly comfortable and the HU-803 audio unit is as good as everyone here who's commented on it knows.
So ten years of excellent service. It felt so good on the way home that - even though I took a moment in the showroom to try a V40 for size - I hope it'll be on our drive for a little while yet.
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