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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: tunnie on 09 February 2013, 08:40:01
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So MotherT is seriously considering one of these, shame as the Elite Estate is running nicely now :'(
I know sod all about Volvos, looked at Honest John, which has never been totally accurate for Onegas, but highlights a few issues:
http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/carbycar/volvo/v70-2007/?section=bad (http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/carbycar/volvo/v70-2007/?section=bad)
Diesels are belt driven, the A/C compressor is also driven off the drive belt :o
So if the A/C compressor lets go, so does the engine! :( - ATF Fluid needs changing every 3 years at a cost of £250.
If a bulb fails in the rear tail lights, the rear bumper has to come off! ??? :o :(
Really, really don't like service of modern cars, why do they make it so damn difficult!? Turns out there is no dipstick either, so oil changes must be fun :'(
Anyone had any experience of these?
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Tell my best wishes to your mother Tunnie :) :y
and also say : "mumy a foreign man asked me to say you, "please dont buy it"" :) :y
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Tell my best wishes to your mother Tunnie :) :y
and also say : "mumy a foreign man asked me to say you, "please dont buy it"" :) :y
;D ;D ;D ;D :y :y
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A chap at work has Volvo diesels. They have their problems but are generally pretty good. His 850 ran to 420k miles his current V70's are at 190K and 100k+ and running perfectly.
Wishbone bushes can go and are best replaced with Poly (sound familiar!).
Cambelt intervals are 100k+ and don't usually fail.
The lights you mention are LED and shouldn't ever need changing.
There's also quite an online community.
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Sounds promising, thanks :y
As its going to be so new, don't think I'll be doing DIY on it.
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Looks nice esp this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm27mpf6Ing .
You will have much fun on your next road trip in one , providing your mum dont mind ::) :y
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I have driven modded turbo models .. something wrong with this car.. WWD!
and even if its fast , not impressive.. :-\
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It does look nice, sure its built quite well. Just feel there are cheaper options :(
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Active Bending Lights .
Active Bending Lights
The all-new V70 can be specified with Active Bending Lights: The headlight beams follow the curves and bends of the road, up to 15 degrees in either direction, to provide the best possible visibility when driving at night on twisting roads.
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Active Bending Lights .
Active Bending Lights
The all-new V70 can be specified with Active Bending Lights: The headlight beams follow the curves and bends of the road, up to 15 degrees in either direction, to provide the best possible visibility when driving at night on twisting roads.
Nothing new, most new cars have that. Insignia does :y
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Active Bending Lights .
Active Bending Lights
The all-new V70 can be specified with Active Bending Lights: The headlight beams follow the curves and bends of the road, up to 15 degrees in either direction, to provide the best possible visibility when driving at night on twisting roads.
Nothing new, most new cars have that. Insignia does :y
Oh rite ;D :-[ :y Only active bending on mine is a bad back trying to replace indicator bulb ::) ;D
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Active Bending Lights .
Active Bending Lights
The all-new V70 can be specified with Active Bending Lights: The headlight beams follow the curves and bends of the road, up to 15 degrees in either direction, to provide the best possible visibility when driving at night on twisting roads.
Nothing new, most new cars have that. Insignia does :y
Oh rite ;D :-[ :y Only active bending on mine is a bad back trying to replace indicator bulb ::) ;D
Citroen DS has them first I think, died off a bit, but appear to be making a come back.
Still everything helps, although not sure what spec they have bought looking at :-\
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Active Bending Lights .
Active Bending Lights
The all-new V70 can be specified with Active Bending Lights: The headlight beams follow the curves and bends of the road, up to 15 degrees in either direction, to provide the best possible visibility when driving at night on twisting roads.
Nothing new, most new cars have that. Insignia does :y
I turn my head instead ;D
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Excellent spot by FatherT, he noticed the drivers side front wheel was borderline legal. Passenger side, new, 6+mm.
Sales guy, "oh must have had a puncture that side"
But for me, if it did (valid point) why not change the drivers side too, as it would have been close given passenger side is practically new and drivers side is lunched.
Sales first said they would just stick it on the back ::) - Now going to give one new front tyre, but I said as bare minimum to have a pair of new front tyres which match. But for me suggests possible suspension issues :-\
She's moved on now, in the Merc dealer now ::)
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Noooo if its auto run away! big problems with them!
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Noooo if its auto run away! big problems with them!
Oh dear ::) :-X
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My dad has recently got a V70 D5.
Not bad, IMHO. Quick enough and reasonably refined but being wrong wheel drive, not really a patch on the Omega. Steering headlights apparently "take some getting used to". Oh, and no spare wheel whatsoever, just a tyre pump with a can of tyre weld. :o
I wouldn't drive a car without a spare, personally. There is a decent wheel well, so I would imagine you could get a spare wheel in there.
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I was shocked at no spare too, I think the previous shape has one.
As its MotherT she would it change tyre anyway, so calling out RAC either way.
It's got all the toys, some of the newer German cars lacked. Such as memory seats and such, comfy too. Servicing costs though appear higher than a Merc :o
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I keep getting swayed by the current model Volvo S80, in V8 guise. They're cheap(ish), amazingly well specced and the V8 has a suprisingly 'old school' american V8 sound.
It's a 4.4 with 315bhp, which is respectable...I keep telling myself no, but it's getting very hard. It's either that, or an Arnage, so a V8 Volvo is the sensible choice ;D
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I keep getting swayed by the current model Volvo S80, in V8 guise. They're cheap(ish), amazingly well specced and the V8 has a suprisingly 'old school' american V8 sound.
It's a 4.4 with 315bhp, which is respectable...I keep telling myself no, but it's getting very hard. It's either that, or an Arnage, so a V8 Volvo is the sensible choice ;D
For V8 I still want a Monaro :-*
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I was shocked at no spare too, I think the previous shape has one.
As its MotherT she would it change tyre anyway, so calling out RAC either way.
It's got all the toys, some of the newer German cars lacked. Such as memory seats and such, comfy too. Servicing costs though appear higher than a Merc :o
Yep. Told my dad was a muppet for not taking the spare wheel out of the 02 plate one he part ex'ed for it. ::)
Problem is, even if you can't change a wheel, having one with you means you can continue on your way if you call someone out to fix it. Otherwise, if you have a blow out or kill the tyre, you're stuck until you can buy a new one.
Yeah, the level of toys did make me worry about what happens when they start going wrong.
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Oh, and Volvo dealer servicing is a total rip off. :o
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Oh, and Volvo dealer servicing is a total rip off. :o
£450 for a full service :o
ATF £250, every 3 years.
Lot to be said for Omega running costs!
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Oh, and Volvo dealer servicing is a total rip off. :o
£450 for a full service :o
ATF £250, every 3 years.
Lot to be said for Omega running costs!
There's a lot of stuff on a Volvo service schedule that other manufacturers wouldn't bother with, though. All fluids are changed every couple of years, including PAS, air con is vac'ed out and recharged, etc.
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Older Mercs pre '98 had pretty vigarous servicing schedules, probably the single reason that they were mechanically bombproof :-\ newer ones are 'sealed for life' and a whole lot less reliable for it ::)
Although that does seem to apply to most modern top end cars...