I think there must be quite a difference in 'driveability' between petrol and diesel Volvos.
My last car was a diesel V60 (D4) - worthy and solid but stodgy and unexciting to drive. I had a petrol V60 once as a courtesy car and it was far livelier and lighter on its feet. I think that one was an R-Design which might have made a difference.
I had a good test run in an XC40 when they came out, but then (early 2018) they were still pushing diesels. A good car but rther wallowy: if you like a Qashqai then you'd like this. But that clearly wasn't your impression of the petrol XC40. Friends have a T5 and love it.
I wonder how you're getting on with the touchscreen-controlled heating and AC. To have to prod away just to adjust the temperature etc sounds potentially dangerous - but Volvo say that you can do it all by voice control.
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