Our new addition: Volvo XC90 T6
Discussion
Les84 said:
watch the G/box on those, they fail quite frequently.... I have lost count how many we have done at work.
My brother has one the same. Gearbox failed recently. One of my brother's oldest friends has worked in in an auto gearbox place (indy) since they left school, and repaired it for him for c. £2k. Apparently this indy does all the repairs for local Volvo main dealers. I'm told that the dealer picks up the phone, calls the indy, they recover the vehicle complete, strip, repair, rebuild and return to the dealer for something just over £3k. Dealer's standard charge to customer is north of £6k.....
CAPP0 said:
Les84 said:
watch the G/box on those, they fail quite frequently.... I have lost count how many we have done at work.
My brother has one the same. Gearbox failed recently. One of my brother's oldest friends has worked in in an auto gearbox place (indy) since they left school, and repaired it for him for c. £2k. Apparently this indy does all the repairs for local Volvo main dealers. I'm told that the dealer picks up the phone, calls the indy, they recover the vehicle complete, strip, repair, rebuild and return to the dealer for something just over £3k. Dealer's standard charge to customer is north of £6k.....
Aye forewarned is forearmed, We were well aware that the s
tty GM Gearbox in these things is a ticking bomb before we acquired it...like I said, it was a "Gift Horse....." we'd have been stupid to say no.It does have an additional oil-cooler, can't do much more than that...No point worrying about it.
Update:
Bit of a bill popped up recently for Front suspension parts (Genuine parts fitted by trusted local garage) and two tyres (was quoted £800 initially but it weighed in at just over £600 in the end)
Our T6 is getting daily use at the moment due to the flood waters, MissB has deeper water to get through on her route to work than me so she is in the T6 I'm using the S60 D5 (so as not to risk drowning my S4).
Bit of a bill popped up recently for Front suspension parts (Genuine parts fitted by trusted local garage) and two tyres (was quoted £800 initially but it weighed in at just over £600 in the end)
Our T6 is getting daily use at the moment due to the flood waters, MissB has deeper water to get through on her route to work than me so she is in the T6 I'm using the S60 D5 (so as not to risk drowning my S4).
bit of an overdue update:
6th March
...........From one, looking at the other
24th March on way to work
My big girl is still being used daily as floodwater is still too deep for my S4.
Yep still too deep for my S4, but finally going down now.
24th March on way home: Yes it went down that much in one day!
The flood water here is going down pretty quickly now
25th March
Taken tonight, still floodwater in places, the blue thing is a Pheasant feeder drum to stop people going through the hidden "pothole" it is laying in.
26th March...........From one, looking at the other again
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Flood water is lingering.
28th March
Still a good bit of water around out here...you can see how much it has gone down as blue feeder barrel was almost covered on Monday (it is there to highlight a hidden "pothole"
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XC90 is loving it
1st April
Pics taken tonight.
Yeah...I'm not putting my S4 through that^^^^
tbh I'm really enjoying using the XC90 daily, mega comfy seats (unlike the ones in my Audi) and nice driving position can see further ahead on rural lanes.
As the mpg question was asked on another thread, Like for like driving/commuting fuel costs:
£50 a week in the XC90 T6
£30 a week in the S4
£30 a week in the S60 D5 (There is no cost difference between the S60 D5 and Audi S4..measured at my wallet)
6th March
...........From one, looking at the other
24th March on way to work
My big girl is still being used daily as floodwater is still too deep for my S4.
Yep still too deep for my S4, but finally going down now.
24th March on way home: Yes it went down that much in one day!
The flood water here is going down pretty quickly now
25th March
Taken tonight, still floodwater in places, the blue thing is a Pheasant feeder drum to stop people going through the hidden "pothole" it is laying in.
26th March...........From one, looking at the other again
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Flood water is lingering.
28th March
Still a good bit of water around out here...you can see how much it has gone down as blue feeder barrel was almost covered on Monday (it is there to highlight a hidden "pothole"
)XC90 is loving it
1st April
Pics taken tonight.
Yeah...I'm not putting my S4 through that^^^^
tbh I'm really enjoying using the XC90 daily, mega comfy seats (unlike the ones in my Audi) and nice driving position can see further ahead on rural lanes.
As the mpg question was asked on another thread, Like for like driving/commuting fuel costs:
£50 a week in the XC90 T6
£30 a week in the S4
£30 a week in the S60 D5 (There is no cost difference between the S60 D5 and Audi S4..measured at my wallet)
Shadow R1 said:
That's interesting, I would have guessed the S60 would have been less than the Audi.
Thanks for answering my question about how much they are to use.
I was surprised when i first got the S4 too, I imagine because the diesel engine in the S60 takes longer to warm-up and run efficiently, my commute is 20mins of rural roads. Thanks for answering my question about how much they are to use.
The S4 & T6 warm up a LOT quicker than the D5.
No problem.
Makes a change to see a petrol instead of a diesel! Plus with all this price-fixing going on with diesel, shouldn't think it's much different to runAfter a great three years this is prob my last post about the big swede.
Some pics taken since previous post:
Gets very dirty
Always cleans up well though
Always nice to see another T6 on the road, same colour and wheels too
Reassuringly sure footed thanks to the Continental winter tyres she runs on all year round.
Has been an absolute pleasure, sadly the XC90 is going.
I fancy a V8 petrol commuter next.
Some pics taken since previous post:
Gets very dirty
Always cleans up well though
Always nice to see another T6 on the road, same colour and wheels too
Reassuringly sure footed thanks to the Continental winter tyres she runs on all year round.
Has been an absolute pleasure, sadly the XC90 is going.
I fancy a V8 petrol commuter next.
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