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Thanks :) remote car starters are basically non existent in Europe from what I know, so I know little about it. Here our cars often have some sort of pre-heater. Either Webasto, Eberspacher or Defa is commonly seen. Defa is a cord you plug in, but the others are fuel heaters. I know the V40 CCs came with a petrol preheater here, but I haven't heard of the C30 T5s having one. But my diesel pre heater has a timer that I use to set when I want it to be warmed up. I actually even have an app which I could use to remote start it(the pre heater), but that app is $20 a month, so I don't know that it's really worth it. You can also get remote controllers for remote starting of the pre-heaters. In terms of aftermarket, I think that as long as it is a quality part from a trusted manufacturer, I would probably give it a go if it was something that I really wanted. But yes, being a manual, there's probably a lot more wiring making sure it doesn't start if it's in gear I would imagine. Merry Christmas!

I hear you. I went all last winter without it, and there is a reason I finally got it fixed 😅 but they seem to all have trouble after about 10 years, since both my c30s have had it be broken when I bought them.

Yeah, the cold can do all sorts of stuff to the cars. I visited Volvo and paid them 1500 of my euros to have them fix my diesel preheater, so now I arrive at a warm car and engine every morning, and I can't even begin to tell you how nice that is.

Thanks :) I have been considering a V40 cross country to get AWD. But I wouldn't want to get rid of the C30 for it. Specifically I want a 2013-15 which are the only ones that got the 5 Cylinder petrol engines in the AWD versions. I would like the T4 2.0L 5 cyl low pressure turbo one with 179hp stock, and considerably more with polestar tuning, because I believe it is more reliable than the 2.5 T5. If I got my hands on one I would convert it from a CC to a R-design.

Thanks :) Yeah, it can be a bit much sometimes.

For me, I'm happy with the B14s. I don't see the point of going to the B16s unless you do a lot of track work and want damping adjustability. The B14s strike a sporty balance that is in my opinion firm, but not directly uncomfortable. You will feel every bump, but it will not crash over every bump if that makes sense.

Yes, just a rubber guard. This exact one is called rhinolip.

It really is something special, I'm glad I could be of help in making the decision 😊

Thank you! I have all of my gear listed in the description :), but my main cams are a sony a6400 mirrorless camera, and a dji pocket 3 creator combo which comes with the wireless dji Mic 2. I am a bit of a camera nerd, which is why I have a lot of gear 😅. But the first few videos were all recorded on my phone, but with a rode videomicro microphone. If you want to make content, and have a decent phone, getting a decent microphone is the best investment you can make. Something like the rode videomicro, and a boya by-m1, don't break the bank too bad. I have used the Sony Xperia 5 II and more recently sony xperia 1 V (smartphones) for filming with great success. You don't need lots of fancy gear to get started. But for low light situations like this exact video, a mirrorless with a large sensor is beneficial. I also used a gimbal with my phone, I bought a second hand dji phone gimbal for $50, and I would highly recommend getting one second hand, because there are a lot of people who spent all the up front money only to not really use it, and are selling it for cheap.

@@VinnesAuto ill do the research thank you so much for the valuable info bro appreciate you! Merry Christmas!

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Thanks :) yeah, calipers are interesting to work on for sure, but I think they seem more intimidating than they actually are. As long as you know how to bleed your brakes at least. I actually really enjoy working on brakes for some reason xD. I'll be replacing pads and fluid on the mazda in spring I think, that should give me some better feel, since the brakes are just a bit squishy I feel. I also have a complete custom brake upgrade kit for the C30 waiting to go on, but I am waiting untill after winter, because I don't want the salt destroying the nice finish immediately 😅.

Thanks :) Yeah, I have always wanted a set of Atreus, since before I bought my first C30.

@@VinnesAuto Yeah, I figured. I am planning to buy C30, currently driving V50, so the same P1 chasses, so I am actively looking for Arteus 18 since they are both rare and expensive. But I really think they look the best. All the best, cheers

Depends on the roads you drive on I guess. I have even seen them on 20s. I have had 17s and 18s, and I find that 18s are the sweet spot for responsiveness to comfort rario. 19s would be overboard in my opinion, but then again, Volvo used 19s on the C30 PCP.

@@VinnesAuto I have r16 Convector at the moment and the ride is kinda rough tbh. I heard that r17 with 215/50 or 55 tires might make the car more comfortable and make the ground clearance higher, which would be helpful in my situation, because my spring are weak at 306k km and pipes sometimes scrape the curb when I park

@@deez023 Well, it's not a luxury sedan either, so it's never going to ride on pillows. I prefer to feel the road beneath me, but to each their own. I am lowered on Bilstein coilovers too, so it's never going to be particularly comfortable. I had a set on my previous C30 with stock R-design suspension that was 235/40r18, and I though the car was really comfortable on those. What can also help if you're after comfort is choosing a wider tire in relation to your wheel width. those were 18x7.5 wheels, originally fitted with 215/45r18, but having it wider compared to wheel size makes the sidewall have less tension. Too a degree, of course, you can't go too wide either. you could for instance go with 225/50r17 on a 7" wide Volvo spider wheel. that would give you about the same outer diameter as my new winter wheels at 225/45r18 but with one inch more tire. What tire you choose also influence the ride a lot. my sports tires are the same size as my daily driver tire, but there is a great difference in both noise and comfort, but at the expense of high speed handling stability and responsiveness. There is no tire that does it all.

I use A5/B5 0w30 Castrol edge for half the year( winter time) and LL 5w30 Castrol edge for the other half. That gives me about a 10 000 km Interval which is ideal If you actually care about your engine. I use 5w30 in summer because it protects slightly better under hard use and high temperatures than 0w30.

@@VinnesAuto I came to conclusion that a5/b5 oil is just environmental requirement and it is a bare minimum for this engine. I can't find any info that they changed the tolerances for the 2l d5 engines compared to 2.4l d5s in the s60 mk1 for example and those cars work on 40 weight oil without a problem (volvo penta marine d5 engine also uses 40 weight oil). I switched from Mobil1 ESP LV 0W30 to RAVENOL SSO 0W30 A3/B4 oil, which has 12cst at 100C compared to 9.7 that Mobil has. My car car doesn't have dpf anymore, so I don't worry about ash content. In spring I want to try 0w40 oil for the next summer season. I also change at 10k km if it's full synthetic with PAO.

I myself haven't no, but that's only because 18s are the sweet spot for the C30s on the road. 19s are more for show and 18s are for go if you get what I mean. I have even seen them on 20s. The C30 PCP uses 19" BBS-es.

Yeah, those ones do look really good! The crazy thing is that I literally just stumbled upon them, and got them for 300 euros! (With bad tires). Cat cameos are always a good thing 😂

Haha 😂 Yeah, ai guess so, and probably another garage while I'm at it! The metallah are great, they also make the C30 look even more modern than it already does.

Already? Thats to bad. I have the same noise on my V70N 2005. But i think i going to buy my driveshaft on bildelsbasen in sweden. Keep up the good work!

@rikardo1581 yeah, I have since figured out that GKN makes the Volvo original drivshafts, so I will be buying one from them soon.

I would recommend the driveshaft spacers from ALG (UK based company so shipping might be costly), which anecdotally help with the longevity of the driveshafts on lowered C30s.

@calj2405 on my previous driveshaft I used those exact drivshaft spacers, and it didn't seem to make any difference to durability. They might be good for longevity if you have a higher quality drivshaft, but definitely not a universal solution.

A young "ass" who was 7-8 seconds faster around that small track than the GR Yaris with much more power that was driven by a guy in his 30s, and a modern bmw 330. In fact the only driver in my class of over 20 people that was faster drove a model 3 performance that does 0-60 in close to 3 seconds. You want to be careful judging people solely on their age, because that might bite your old "ass". I really don't see what you were trying to achieve with this comment.

I love stories like these! I am happy you found the C30 and that it has made you more interested and or appreciative of certain cars!

A 2.0 5 cylinder turbodiesel to be exact. I suppose you would like a silent, efficient, technically superior electric motor. But guess what, people have different preferences.

@@VinnesAuto you are so wrong!! I'm all into powerful gasoline engines & manual transmission. Diesel is for work vehicles. Btw I own a c30 t5 m66.

I figured as much. Just thought I would rile you up some more. The Norwegian market never got the T5 for the facelift, just diesels. So while I agree that petrol engines are more refined and nicer in general, this is one of the better diesels out there. The D4 is the most powerful C30 we have, and it's also one of very few oversquare diesel engines, making it much more rev happy than your average diesel. And as a bonus I get good mpgs. As you probably know, Europe in general has a lot of diesel cars, while the US usually reserves diesels for larger vehicles.

@@VinnesAuto europe became anti car nation. Full of woke people and the stupid climate agenda.

With mixed driving I get around 5.2 l/100km, but with short trips which I've been doing a lot recently, I have 5.5 l/100km. All in all, not bad for the performance you're getting.

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Yeah, thought I would try out a bit of a different style.

No, I don't use Tik Tok, and I never will. But I might make an Instagram account soon.

Yeah, so far there is no sign of a spiritual successor to the C30. The EX30 carries it's numbers, but is nothing like the C30, and not even just because it's electric. It carries a completely different philosophy and purpose. The p1800ES line and legacy might just have died with the C30 in 2013. We can only hope that it may someday return.

Given that I am probably worse at Ukrainian then you are at English, that's not really something I can do. Usually youtube will add auto-generated subtitles after some time, and then you can choose to have it automatically translated.

From what I can see, you are already able to choose auto-translated subtitles if you go into settings.

Thanks :) I though I would try something a bit different.

Thanks :D I appreciate it!

Thank you, very true! Yeah, I was sick for a few weeks, but hopefully I will get back to once a week, or at least bi-weekly uploads.

Thanks :D

Congratulations! You will love it :)

Thank you :). That is one nice C30! I don't know where you are, but in Norway the service schedule is 1 year or 30k kms on d3/d4 🙄. Do me a favour and change the oil at 10k or one year if you can. If you do, there is no reason it won't go 10 times that mileage :)

Thanks :D Always trying to get better

Well, the stock one is the good one if you have the later version with hands-free and or Bluetooth media. Does what you need, doesn't do what you don't need. (Like distracting you.) If you're missing Bluetooth media but have aux, I recommend a Bluetooth adapter, specifically the mpow mbr2. But if you're sure that you want a touchscreen, then I would put the alg performance head unit as your best bet. There is also one called Bluepower which is the only option for full integration, but it is expensive.

​@@VinnesAutoTHX for your answer, ill check it out🖖

I know it's a controversial topic, but I see so many (often) young people that don't know the basics, and lack a mindset for driving fast. So I thought I would at least give this type of video a go. If it can prevent just a single possible accident, I'll have done my job. Nice! Best of luck with the new road, drive fun ;)

Haha 😂 those are what we sometimes call main roads in Norway :D I was hoping to get a short and concise video, but that obviously didn't work :) It is probably not a bad idea to try a go at scripting, because I ramble on a Lot! I always have to cut out large parts in an attempt to make it digestible, but we're all always learning, I just have to actually put to use what I learn.

@@VinnesAuto It can definitely help if you know beforehand what you want to talk about. But it is really hard to explain something to an audience in another language that is 100% logical in your brain. At least I struggle with that haha :D

Haha :D as long as we do our best, that's a good start I reckon :) In Germany I guess you have more local/german resources, whereas here, at least for me, a minimum of 95% of everything I consume is in English, so I'm getting decent with it I think. But there are always some words that I forget, but then again the same applies when speaking Norwegian and I can only think of the English word.

@@VinnesAuto You are correct. But it is also in German for me haha. I would say my english is really good, especially for Germany. Yours might be a tiny bit better but in terms of understanding I have 0 issues. It just takes a bit sometimes to find the correct word in the back of your head. Yeah that always happens to me as well, especially in Uni. Some people already were like, wtf dude why :D

Read the comment on your last comment ;)

Mine is lowered, but my previous C30 was on stock R-design suspension. In my personal opinion it was a really good mix of comfort and sportiness. Handling smaller bumps with no problem, never really hit any very big bumps, but on your usual tired old road I felt it was very composed. I haven't driven much on gravel, but for snow, it's really nice actually for being FWD. It does naturally have a understeer balance, but you can make the tail slide out a bit if you try, and particularly if you upgrade the rear sway bar. The DSTC system is also very clever, keeping you in line if you just want a small bit of fun. As for comfort on a gravel road I can't say for sure, but with 17s it shouldn't be any worse than any other hatchbacks. The 9-2x is a seriously cool car, we never got that one over here.

Not a bad use of thinking power