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You certainly do some miles !
My wife has had 3 Volvos on the trot all from main dealer over the last 15 years. She has a V70 D5 2009 model which she bought at 1 year old. Been thinking of changing it for an XC60. Test drove a 15 plate D4 R design auto and found it far too choppy ride wise. The suspension was far too hard and it just didn't ride as well as the wife's D5 R design V70, was a bit disappointed. Going to have a drive of a D4 SE LUX to see if it he ride is a bit softer. I do prefer the rear exhaust trims on the se lux over the R design.
My wife has had 3 Volvos on the trot all from main dealer over the last 15 years. She has a V70 D5 2009 model which she bought at 1 year old. Been thinking of changing it for an XC60. Test drove a 15 plate D4 R design auto and found it far too choppy ride wise. The suspension was far too hard and it just didn't ride as well as the wife's D5 R design V70, was a bit disappointed. Going to have a drive of a D4 SE LUX to see if it he ride is a bit softer. I do prefer the rear exhaust trims on the se lux over the R design.
cosworth330 said:
You certainly do some miles !
My wife has had 3 Volvos on the trot all from main dealer over the last 15 years. She has a V70 D5 2009 model which she bought at 1 year old. Been thinking of changing it for an XC60. Test drove a 15 plate D4 R design auto and found it far too choppy ride wise. The suspension was far too hard and it just didn't ride as well as the wife's D5 R design V70, was a bit disappointed. Going to have a drive of a D4 SE LUX to see if it he ride is a bit softer. I do prefer the rear exhaust trims on the se lux over the R design.
I do a few miles - diesels love me as I do mostly long long trips once a week and very few short journeys. My wife has had 3 Volvos on the trot all from main dealer over the last 15 years. She has a V70 D5 2009 model which she bought at 1 year old. Been thinking of changing it for an XC60. Test drove a 15 plate D4 R design auto and found it far too choppy ride wise. The suspension was far too hard and it just didn't ride as well as the wife's D5 R design V70, was a bit disappointed. Going to have a drive of a D4 SE LUX to see if it he ride is a bit softer. I do prefer the rear exhaust trims on the se lux over the R design.
I don't get the R-design love. I wish I'd gone Lux with auto....
Edited by surveyor on Sunday 11th October 16:08
Deerfoot said:
I've just chopped my XC60 in for a V60 D5, I never gelled with the XC and subjectively the XC is very long in the tooth now.
Agreed, we looked at one quite a bit, I loved how it drove but in terms of technology it was really dated, in the end the wife went for a Qashqi instead, which is much more advanced.There's a new XC60 out next year though.....
surveyor said:
I'm surprised. The technology to me seems pretty up to date, certainly compared to modern hire cars etc. They updated the satnav etc in 2015.
My car was an early 2010 car. It wasn't wearing particularly well and it never rode as well as I thought it should given its 65 profile tyres (I had the standard 17 inch wheels).Interesting little development today. Inspected a telephone mast on top of a large hill in Scotland. I'd taken a different access route as to what was shown on the deeds. After my survey, did decide I really ought to follow the proper route as a track exists.
As I slipped and hopped down a mud track, I really hoped that this route existed to the road, as I'm not sure that my 2wd XC60 will make it back up the track to my tried and tested alternative access.
Sods law.... It dead ends, unless I fancy risking through a very muddy field. Only one thing for it - back the way I came. Very impressed with the way it climbed the track - like a little mountain goat...
As I slipped and hopped down a mud track, I really hoped that this route existed to the road, as I'm not sure that my 2wd XC60 will make it back up the track to my tried and tested alternative access.
Sods law.... It dead ends, unless I fancy risking through a very muddy field. Only one thing for it - back the way I came. Very impressed with the way it climbed the track - like a little mountain goat...
Edited by surveyor on Wednesday 9th November 22:35
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