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    New car - but what additions?

    I'm getting myself a new car - a Volvo XC70 AWD D3. But what extra goodies should I go for? What's really worth having, and what's just throwing money away?
    Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

    #2
    A huge great kick ass spoiler - That'll really get people talking



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      #3
      For a Volvo estate, tow bar and caravan.

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        #4
        With a Volvo, anything that keeps you awake would be good.
        Will work inside IR35. Or for food.

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          #5
          Don't pay the dealership the extra £30 for the tin of Werther's Originals in the glove compartment. It's cheaper to buy your own tin of Werther's Originals and install it in the glove compartment yourself.

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            #6
            A Porsche.

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              #7
              Originally posted by TykeMerc View Post
              For a Volvo estate, tow bar and caravan.
              The boot is big enough that a caravan isn't needed. Anyway - I don't do camping. I stay in decent hotels.
              Originally posted by Clippy View Post
              A Porsche.
              I've already got one of those. The Volvo is for carting around wife, three kids and ski equipment. I will try to get the dealership to include the green wellies and some kind of hat.

              I do like the spoiler, however.
              Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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                #8
                I'd definitely get a steering wheel an engine, I found this out the hard way on my first car.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
                  I'm getting myself a new car - a Volvo XC70 AWD D3. But what extra goodies should I go for? What's really worth having, and what's just throwing money away?
                  In order of priority:

                  Full leather interior. Only poor people have cloth seats.
                  Sat Nav / Multimedia system. Because a stick on sat nav screams you are a pauper.
                  Tinted windows. Otherwise poor people can cast their vile eyes upon you.
                  Huge wheels. Just because you know that if someone has bigger wheels than you, you are pwned.

                  HTH

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                    #10
                    I just got a set of cloth seat covers for my "new" van for £9.99 from Aldi. Not because I'm poor but because I'm extremely mean, which makes me trendy.
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