Volvo V40 T4 - 1 Year Ownership COSTS & Experience “Budget Powerhouse”

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[@bakaenkaaka]

Underrated car. Still have our family -04 V40 2.0T since new and now with 420.000 km on factory engine and trans (clutch lasted (390000 km!) and it always starts, never been unreliable. Solid car that keeps up with or even beats modern cars. Mine is lightened by about 50 kg and with home built catback exhaust and it just flys past everyone at the red lights. A Tesla tried to check me yesterday and we were going side by side until we had to brake. Great first car and most haven’t been tuned or destroyed like bmws

[@justhatemebaby]

Sounds like Tesla driver was not aware that you were competing :)

[@bakaenkaaka]

@@justhatemebaby haha, of course it wasn’t a real race he would’ve slapped me if he went WOT from standstill. First one or two seconds he wasn’t full throttle but he started to pull away after that but by then it was over. But either way it’s impressive I wasn’t slaughtered by a powerful electric car that was clearly accelerating hard. That’s my point :p

[@Seatter_S]

My mum has a 2001 V40 T4 running 270hp and inly 130000km

[@jaskajokunen3716]

@@Seatter_S Gotta hope rust doesnt get to it, i had a s40 and had to give it up because of rust 😔Now i got a 350hp s60 t5

[@Seatter_S]

@@jaskajokunen3716 damn what a shame, mine has the full leather and everything, no rust, a small amount if bubbling on front wings but replcaing them next week

[@davidbillberg2203]

Nice to see something different for a change and also an update of the car.

[@mtozzy11]

Always liked the V40 T4 very much a sleeper car. Own a 2001 VW Bora V6 4motion 6sp manual I've had it for 15 years absolutely love that thing

[@AutoTopnl]

Awesome car!

[@fastpizza4353]

My first car was a Volvo 460 1.9 TD (90hp), was so comfortable that passengers were sleeping, was a fun car to drive it was practically a boat i will remember it forever, you can hate new volvos but damn these old volvos can be really enjoyable

[@vladimirchervenkov6949]

Thanks for saying nothing but kind words about the Volvo V40. I have a 2004 V40 and I love it. Everything you say about it is true! Glad you are keeping this one well maintained

[@arthur850_]

Heerlijke bak. Zelf 2 gehad in 't gezin. Een oudere pre facelift van een paar honderd euro. En de 2e was een zilveren van 2002 met een 1.8. Niet de beste keuze maar die reedt alsnog wel als een spoortrein. Heerlijke luxe aan boord zoals stoelverwarming. En zeker de facelift modellen met de blokjesgrille laten mijn hart nog steeds kloppen...

[@demacf6805]

So glad to see a video about the sort of car I can afford, and glad to see you love it so much! I enjoy the videos about cars I can only dream about, but this one struck an entirely different note. Thanks very much!

[@alexsa122]

I am driving a daily V40 1.9Td Sport Limited Edition with 430k km , perfectly maintained, ans still goes like a new car. i love it

[@contemporarymonk]

Had a 1.8 2001 V40. Absolutely loved the car, super practical and super cheap to run. It is true that the steering wheel is totally disconnected from the road, dry, wet or snow, it all felt the same. Which is fine for this class of car. Safety wise - can attest from my roll over on the motorway at 60MPH. Walked out the car with just scratches and bruises. Now driving a 2005 XC70 - more premium on the interior and it feels it. Super solid engine at 350k kms, still producing around 200HP. But it still feels like a brick on the road, the steering is as numb as on the V40.

[@OPELSUPERBOSSNZ]

Absolute definition of a sleeper. Owned one of these for 4 years. Tweaked the boost but otherwise stock and it was unreal fast. Cant handle for shit but a bullet in a straight line. Very fond memories of hilarious stories beating loads of things it simply should not have. Pissed off alot of people getting beaten by a granny looking Volvo 😂

[@Candy-records]

How much more boost can it handle with stock parts? I've just gotten my V40 2.0 T4 so I'll do a whole engine rebuild.

[@näihänseo7]

Can't handle? i owned an v40 2.0t and it handled like a dream

[@huugie025]

Reminds me of my S40 1.8 automatic. Did the job PERFECT and was quite a nice car that drove just so well for the years and price! Sold it later on for a v70 classic 2.4 that just felt more like 'my car'

[@TheTaalman]

simply cool, I drove a 1.8 16V Laguna (station) for more than 10 years. I remark: from day one I missed a 6-th gear. Took it to Winterhols last week and now after 10 years I thought: need something different. Its now a Skoda Octavia Combi RS with new pistons, cylinders, its completely new. New clutch and all chains, belts are replaced. Bought the car for €3.300,- (185.128km) and as a service thing and a best friend as a chief VAG company with own garage we decided to upgrade the car. Now driving it not faster then 4000RPM for 1000km's then it will get the Stage1 upgrade to 270bhp. This car and engine wants an upgrade and will be done by supreme tuning. I always loved the V40 and owned one it was silver like the RS is now. Unluckily someone crashed into it and it was a write off eversince. It was a GREAT car but not very spacious in the back. The wheels came in quite a lot. Nice review!

[@papajorgen7391]

I love volvos man:D My volvo v70 has 436K km and it still starts up no problem, smooth gearbox and everything just works like day one xD greetings from Sweden

[@endritpopaj720]

I had a V40 1.9td 95hp from 1999 with 444,000km. These cars are simply fantastic!

[@jonas2896]

my v40 had an ever shorter gearbox. fifth gear was at a hundred about 3k rpm. but i really miss the car, such a nice engine

[@Varulven18]

oh my god. Its really fun seeing you drive a Volvo Max. Im from Sweden and Volvo is swedish!! Awesome video! Hope there will be more cars like this. keep up the good work!

[@Redstarcrew]

Mer saab åt folket!

[@kevinmartens471]

This one was made in Born near Geleen in The Netherlands though. NedCar. 😉 Back in the days my friend had same green s40, I had a 323i. S40 always followed well up to 190kmh. 20years later and I also drive Volvo now, got a v60 cc, now ordered a xc60 as cc are not available in BE anymore.

[@bakaenkaaka]

I’m pretty sure the s/v40 never had a 6 speed. The last m.y 2.0T and T4 had the M56 trans which is a 5 speed very reliable transmission

[@P4SDetails]

Never owned a Volvo. Great deets. You rock my friend.

[@rogierstroband5646]

Love this review and reminds me of driving the 2.0T version in my days as a student driver. Always loved the s/v40 for both it down to earth looks combined with indeed having quite some punch. And the fact that most people dont value it makes it even more attractive in my opinion :-)

[@brudititanbymare993]

Bought mine a week ago, awesome Car!

[@NathanSijpkes]

Nice, just sold mine. Reliable until it was not, fast, on high speeds economic as well, mine was 2 much lowered and mods. Good seats, fast light nice.

[@Laylander]

This inspired me to get one! Prices went up significantly, so last month I bought a non-running shitbox which had been parked in a field for 2 years. Still doesn't run today, but working on these old Volvos is a blast! Most parts are well thought out and easy to repair. The interior is 90% done (all black leather in suprisingly good condition) and most of the rust has been mended. Just needs a new headliner which i already have laying around, and the engine swapped. I'm going to be putting a ph2 head on a ph1 block to see how far we can push it. I have a 16T turbo laying around i want to bolt onto it. Should be good for about 300 hp.

[@contemporarymonk]

The V40 chassis was designed completely in house by Volvo. They really thought out the mechanical parts well. It is super easy to work on, and parts aren't super expensive and until recently were plentiful. The V70 P2 chassis had some ford influence and you can tell. As some parts are so incredibly hard to replace, that they practically require disassembly of the whole car.

[@Laylander]

@@contemporarymonk They still share most of their parts with the P2 platform though, I'm using forged conrods meant for a B5234T3 in my B4204T5. Also scrapped an P2 facelift oil pickup tube and pump, Ford Focus RS oil cooler and Focus RS M66 gearbox. Also grinded off the 5th cylinder of the exhaust manifold to fit a TD04HL turbine. Haven't had it on the rollers yet, but for about €500 worth of scrapped parts i went from 200hp to estimated 390-410 ish. The V40 also shares quite a few suspension parts with Mitshubishi, so I fitted 4pot brembos from an evo, and got some sweet fully adjustable coilovers.

[@lars5398]

My first car was and still is a 2003 v40 2.0T chipped to the t4 specs and an open airfilter for the turbo flutter.

[@danielfernandez932]

Great video!! I love this cars. Please one Saab 95 aero!!!

[@unknownvinnumber]

Haha nice! I still remember this video showing up a year ago in my feed! Would love to see a Saab collab in this series haha! By the way: where can we support your football team (for the Dutch viewers?) haha!

[@sebastiantesar9813]

Why everybody talks about car the same ? :D I'm S40 T4 ph1 owner and I love everything that car can offer

[@langen6931]

i had a v40 t4 with the cool green color as you guys got. but it was a looong way to get it pass the inspection. So i acually did scrap it, but a upgrade from a v40 t4 would be the Volvo 940 Turbo wagon its bigger rwd and with little tweak on the wastgate hose. it will move! let it be on like 0.8-0.9 of boost its working great with all original parts

[@maximilianboost8498]

My wife has the 2.0 version of this, very solidly built. As said in this vid the suspension is terrible, some how combines a crashy harsh ride with poor body control. The opposite of a Lotus.

[@peterdamen2161]

Fantastic car and I love how you talk about it 🙂

[@danne7771]

pls try saab aero next, maybe 2004-2005 with 250hk

[@Dutchamp]

Got the same from ph1.5 1999 at 370000km One disadvantage of mine the engine uses a lot of oil. Piston ring problem this will be its last year of use so i use oil from the Action wich isnt really bad. Good car. And i maintain the car from 2019

[@C-M-E]

Perhaps a distant cousin of the OG Turbo Brick, but these are definitely the underdog of Europe and have been for a long time (decades?).

[@BarbecuedPossum]

I have one of these as my budget race car.. pro tip dont lower it much 😂 the wiring looms go through the wheel arch liners and managed to rub completely through one which killed it and shorted the starter 😢 fixed the wiring now just need to fit the new starter but yeah very reliable good cars over all

[@MrMarshy123456]

Personally owned an S40 T4 eleven years ago now ( 60k miles one owner same green as your V40 ) bought it due to the mileage and rarity of the T4 model, unfortunately it was written off 6 months later by a drunk driver, I tried to find a replacement with similar miles but couldn't find anything near so ended up car less for 6 months, in that time I met my then future wife then three weeks later she found a really low mileage manual S70r advertised around the corner in a shop from our house, we bought the car as our first car together and we still have the S70r to this day ( now on 47k miles ) you cannot beat the T4 bang for buck older Volvo's are just better !

[@nboy7]

Great car, I really like them, not as much as the 5 cylinder 850 wagons but still great.

[@djm4648]

drive a v40 my self but not the t4 the 1.9d 102hp and i love it and actually the turbo lak is not too bad for me, I already have boost at 1900rpm and it is an 8 valve engine so very good and as you say I could also use a 6th gear, I mean it's not that bad if you drive 120kmh the engine spins 2500rpm but it's a diesel so would be nice

[@soulis1000]

I had a 98 t4 and a 01 t4 and the 01 was a much better car. The one thing i dint like was the power band, it kind of dies at the high rpm's, you have got to short shift it.

[@colinsterken609]

Blijft een gave bak, vooral omdat ik dit exemplaar laatst de onderhoudsbeurt heb mogen geven.

[@yerunski]

You should try to swap the front suspension with an updated (phase II) car. Apparently they did a big improvement there. I commented before on this Volvo, I also had the same (but a 1.8) and front suspension was the worst ever. For the rest a nice comfortable car for long journeys abroad :)

[@losteden]

i have a s60 t5 01 very nice car i dont sell it.this v40 have potential i think ordering a bsr or Rica tune will help

[@datsunalzheimer]

I have one with the little baby turbo. That thing is has a really nice spec, im jealous. I've been thinking of upgrading to a better condition T4 but theres currently only 1 prefacelift one for sale in my country and its shit :D Edit: The 1000hp V40 is from Finland, also you could get these in a pretty awesome shade of purple, and i think the facelift one had a pretty eyecatching brighter metallic purple too

[@albinsjosten2892]

The Volvo v40 is a basic car but its fun to drive its like a gokart mine is a 2.0T from 00 and it just go

[@luca-pk5ff]

I have drived one. Very fast and cheap

[@Lacigany.]

Beautiful 💚

[@wellnesmind]

I use to have this one 🎉

[@DG-od4si]

nice video, thanks

[@vekku80]

That +1000hp volvo is from Finland 😃

[@boggo3277]

my dad had one of these with a 1.9tdi it had somewhere around 350000km but we scraped it cause the turbo blew and the engine had a very loud knock

[@Nordheide]

Would love to see more budget cars that are reliable!

[@your-mom_was_here]

10:00 Nothing that set of coilover can fix

[@mihairepsol]

such a good car...

[@worldhello1234]

@3:30 The fact that Volvo elitists think it is not a real Volvo keeps prices reasonable. They would rather go for a 850 or early V70 than the "Mitsubishi-Ford-Volvo" made in Holland. 😂

[@ivanpopov1016]

Finally, a proper car

[@DarraghCAE86]

What is the name of the Volvo specialist?..I need some parts for a t4

[@danielfl.9347]

What Oil do you use and how much does she drink?

[@kikopaterov6781]

Do you think to sell it after the wheels fall off

[@joninkin420]

i own V40 2.0T

[@DestroTutberidze]

Hey @AutoTopNL, what kind of watch are you wearing ?

[@plxton]

Have you ever reiewed a C30? I'd be interested on your take on that car.

[@AndreasElf]

Were was this sold. Don't think I've ever seen it in Sweden.

[@mollosiandogs7472]

tune it

[@TimV1987]

Misschien ooit eens laten chippen? Een BSR chip zou op zo'n 235pk moeten komen. Ben ook altijd wel fan geweest van de V40 t4 maar ze zijn zo zeldzaam en ik heb helaas geen plaats om alles bij te houden :( Maar zeker leuk dat jullie dit doen :)

[@AutoTopnl]

Er is ons aangeraden dit niet te doen door een tuner die we goed kennen. Dit ivm leeftijd en km stand

[@arthur850_]

@@AutoTopnl Kan je beter overlaten aan de 5 cilinders. Die zijn sterker. Maar dit zijn ook geen rampenblokkken. Erg sterk

[@gildurao8674]

It as some "Carisma"😉

[@jareknowak8712]

The Mitsubishi Carisma by Volvo.

[@FireFox705]

I have a Carisma, another underrated car

[@jareknowak8712]

@@FireFox705 I had Space Star GDI. Suprisingly good suspension tbh.

Maybe upgrade on MBC? :D

[@kamiun6279]

With a 5 cilinder and 6th gear this car would be perfect but still a nice car tho

[@jaskajokunen3716]

If it wouldn't be based on a mitsu carisma with rust issues it would be much better.

[@majmik9704]

i got -03 S40 1.8 and its been stalling and randomly shutting down, anyone had same issues? :(

[@Nordheide]

Check gas pump

[@dinges8561]

Would you sell the car?

[@daanr8121]

Ik heb er 1 gehad maar die is de zelfde avond dat ik hem ophaalde opgeblazen😢

[@LukaZloglea]

Get a bigger turbo!

[@Daniel-ynuhnunu]

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[@epicon6]

I’m so embarassed to say this but this used to be my dreamcar at one point 🤮

[@mediumTierGod]

Why embarrassed? It's about what YOU like don't listen what others say buy whatever you love bro.

[@epicon6]

@@mediumTierGod Because it didn’t take long before i thought it’s one of the ugliest cars.

[@mediumTierGod]

@@epicon6 sure not the prettiest looking car but gotta start somewhere right?

[@daan3851]

yo life goes by too fast man…

[@Mister0707]

So it has a wobbly steering wheel? It must be a SAAB...

[@DashCamSerbia]

Are you talking about your dad having bought this car, or am I not understanding you well?

[@J-_-S]

normal car for poor people.

[@Avaksas305]

jsuwhahahahaahhahahahahsehe

[@nigelday001]

First ✅

[@fahreddinkaya9819]

You must also try it's grandpa legendary 850 T5-R (wagon-yellow) 😊

[@keegan5763]

What's the name of the service where you took the V40? I recently bought my self a Volvo V40 t4, and i wanna do a few repairs on it.

[@Frequency-ct4sf]

Heb een V70 t5, ook lekker.

[@mrb8158]

Nice car too put garbage in to it

[@benzman7347]

Im very sorry but that work is already been outsourced. 3 letters: BMW