According to the computer, which is accurate on time and distance, it took 44 hours and 23 minutes to drive 2,713.3 miles, an average of 61mph. It also claimed 49.0mpg, but the fuel computer fibs -it was actually 47.0mpg. Even so, it was, statistically, a decent outing. As an actual journey, it was even more impressive. Some 2,500 miles of that total were done in four days of driving, a two-day outbound and two-day return for a week in Galicia, northwest Spain. I was travelling alone with my thoughts and my music, so it was pretty important that the Volvo didn't tire me out. It didn't. Honestly, I have never had an easier long continental trip. No one drives fast in France any more, as cameras are so prevalent, whereas as recently as five years ago there was always some member of the bourgeoisie sailing past you at 170km/h. So I set the V60's radar cruise control to an indicated 138 - true 133 or 83mph. It is, by the way, one of the very best systems of its kind, operating smoothly and giving you lots of warning, via the cleverly designed instruments, of what it's up to.
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