Well, I've done quite a few short journeys today and all was going well, even at places that "often" show symptoms. The car was really quite "sprightly".
Then I did the short journey that is almost guaranteed to give problems and.....
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Originally Posted by steamship
It was almost as if you were driving with the handbrake on.
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To explain, I leave my house (which is on a corner of a side road so there's a bit of reversing and wiggling initially) and drive "down" my road to its end, some 350 yards downhill in a 30mph area steep enough to require minimal throttle or braking until stopping at the end where it joins a main road.
I then stop and turn right (mostly) onto a single-carriageway "A" road (still 30mph) and very often get these symptoms. It's slightly uphill and a fairly busy road so you need "reasonable" throttle, though this evening the road was empty so I didn't rush.
I drove about 200 yards with the engine revving around 3000rpm at under 30mph (and at least one gear change) before I got bored and "blipped" (released and repressed) the throttle at which point it reverted to sensible behaviour, pulling well around 1500/2000rpm.
Subsequent journeys this evening have been through very similar junctions (it's a hilly area) without problems. 
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions and extended leather. Ski hatch retrofit. Aftermarket reversing camera. DVB-T and XCarlink now removed as redundant.
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".  (Even rarer than a D2 S8!) 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. Agate Grey/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. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, 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!
Last edited by HPsauce; 29th July 2014 at 09:35 PM.
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