Any further thoughts anyone on a systematic way to investigate this and nail it down? It's getting annoying. 
I went for a short drive yesterday, starting off by "pootling" down the road (250yds downhill) and turning left into the main road at the bottom.
Luckily it's only a 30mph limit as at the first attempt it just dawdled, so I didn't pull out. 
Second go a few seconds later was fine and I then turned on cruise control for most of my journey which is in a 50mph limit.
After a 2-mile drive it was parked for maybe 30-40 minutes then started up and driven home - no dramas at all, behaved normally.
Checked codes today and there's only the intermittent 01119 Gear Recognition Signal problem in ABS (03). Could that be in any way related? 
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions, ski hatch retrofit; extended leather. Aftermarket DVB-T, reversing camera and full XCarlink (Bluetooth etc.).
2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation".  (A much rarer model than a D2 S8 by the way!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one! 
Finally: gone, but not forgotten.....
1998 D2 PF S8. AgateGrey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors.
e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course.  (internal dimming mirror added later)
1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon, Auto-dim mirror, Leather, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!
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