2008 Volvo C30 Version 1. Nice Daily Driver With Lots Of Recent Maintenance on 2040-cars
Huntington, West Virginia, United States
Listing our 2008 Volvo C30 coupe. We're the third owners and have had the car for approximately two years now. The car was original a Volvo corporate lease vehicle for one of their executives. Following that it was purchased by a pharmaceutical sales rep who put the majority of the mileage on the car. We purchased the vehicle with just over 90k miles on it and it has been a reliable daily driver ever since. Since we've purchased we've had the following service/parts replaced:
-New manual transmission - came out of a car with 26k miles on it (with receipt). Was installed by the local Volvo dealer along with a new clutch.
-New passenger side wheel bearing
-Brand new tires - less than 3k miles on them
-Two new wheels - noticed a small shimmy so we purchased OEM replacements from Volvo
-New floor mats/rear trunk mat/rear trunk cover - all from Volvo
-New R design pedals - to replace worn original rubber pieces
-A/C recharged - blows cold
-Passenger tail light replaced - original had a deep scratch on it
-Paintless dent removal - to remove door dings. This was done about 18 months ago and despite our best efforts there are two door dings currently. Still very good for the mileage/year
-Installed rear bumper protector - helps prevent scratches while loading/unloading trunk
-New center armrest - original had small tear
-All fluids (oil/coolant) replaced
Given the age and mileage there are a few negatives. They are as follow:
-Small crack in front grille - hard to see but wanted to point it out
-Few scratches/dings in paint - not bad but the car has over 100k miles on it so to be expected
-Two wheels have curb rash
-Interior seat wear - driver seat has minor bolster wear and small tear in bottom seat cover. Unfortunately this is common with the T-tec fabric
Other than that I can't think of anything significant to add. The car runs/drives just fine. We use it to commute to work and for the occasional road trip where it performs flawlessly.
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