2009 XC90 D5 Summum - an end to the sheds!
Discussion
Looking smart - I keep being hassled by the wife, mother in law, mother and sometimes the kids about not having a step to get in the car.
I'm fine without one though!
Anyway I have decided against the side steps as I have taken mine off road a few times and the steps would have grounded me out, but they certainly look very good for £300
I'm fine without one though!
Anyway I have decided against the side steps as I have taken mine off road a few times and the steps would have grounded me out, but they certainly look very good for £300
kapiteinlangzaam said:
The 17th of August marks one year with the XC! I wont be driving it between now and then, so its time for Year 1 cost analysis:
Taken from the Spritmonitor website / app (recommended by the way):
As you can see:
- 32,791km driven (20,375 miles)
- Av. fuel consumption of 27.9mpg, with a best ever tank of 36mpg and a lowest of 23.8mpg. Predominatly highspeed Mway work, with some towing as well.
- Total cost of 30c per KM, or approx 38p per mile incl. insurance. (I hope I got the calcs right!)
- Important to note:
1. I dont pay road tax, otherwise that would be another 2,400eur per annum.
2. Depreciation is zero - the car is still worth far more than I paid for it
Im pretty surprised with the running costs, I thought they would be higher to be honest. No major repairs needed, just one service, lots of diesel, one set of tyres and some accessories of my own choosing. That still all adds up to more than 10k euro over a year though, so calling it cheap to run would be a falsehood (and its about twice the price to run per miles than my previous V70 D5
). Its still a 1/3rd of the price of my Alfa though 
I hope the next year is as smooth
I'm sorry, I think my brain has stopped working. I say that because according to my calculations you're paying €6/litre of diesel. Taken from the Spritmonitor website / app (recommended by the way):
As you can see:
- 32,791km driven (20,375 miles)
- Av. fuel consumption of 27.9mpg, with a best ever tank of 36mpg and a lowest of 23.8mpg. Predominatly highspeed Mway work, with some towing as well.
- Total cost of 30c per KM, or approx 38p per mile incl. insurance. (I hope I got the calcs right!)
- Important to note:
1. I dont pay road tax, otherwise that would be another 2,400eur per annum.
2. Depreciation is zero - the car is still worth far more than I paid for it
Im pretty surprised with the running costs, I thought they would be higher to be honest. No major repairs needed, just one service, lots of diesel, one set of tyres and some accessories of my own choosing. That still all adds up to more than 10k euro over a year though, so calling it cheap to run would be a falsehood (and its about twice the price to run per miles than my previous V70 D5
). Its still a 1/3rd of the price of my Alfa though I hope the next year is as smooth
Tell me I'm wrong!
kapiteinlangzaam said:
Its a bug in the report from Spritmonitor.... the figures are correct, but the figures are for gallons, rather than the Litres displayed. The first row for example is 15,29 gallons (or 69,5 litres) at @ price of €96,63, or €1,39 per litre.
My wheel bearings arrived in the week, ill get them fitted next month at the same time as the MOT. Im out of money for now - spent some daft money lately on the cars and other random crap, my wallet needs to take a breather.
Ah. Should've really worked it out myself but sadly my mind doesn't speak imperial. My wheel bearings arrived in the week, ill get them fitted next month at the same time as the MOT. Im out of money for now - spent some daft money lately on the cars and other random crap, my wallet needs to take a breather.
Thought I might add that today I hired an ifor williams trailer and loaded a rav 4 complete with an unfitted engine in its boot and dragged it down to london behind the xc90
It pulled the trailer and RAV fine and was steady as a rock, very impressed with it, I expect I was pretty near its max towing capacity as well..
(towing a heavy trailer load reinforced the fact that I could never have a caravan - the thought is always in your mind, tank slapper, runaway trailer, clipping a car, blow out on the trailer, jack knife - seriously just get a hotel you'll live longer!
It pulled the trailer and RAV fine and was steady as a rock, very impressed with it, I expect I was pretty near its max towing capacity as well..
(towing a heavy trailer load reinforced the fact that I could never have a caravan - the thought is always in your mind, tank slapper, runaway trailer, clipping a car, blow out on the trailer, jack knife - seriously just get a hotel you'll live longer!
Can any of you guys let me know how well 3 kids fit across the back using the central booster seat? I have a 10 year old a 3 year old and a baby, and I want them to fit in comfort keeping the whole boot free for long trips into europe etc.
I guess the 3 year old or 10 year old would go on the booster seat with the the rear facing baby chair on one side and a base and back booster seat on the other side?
Our current FRV is 3 full seats across the back, but the centre booster on the XC90 looks a bit narrow.
I guess the 3 year old or 10 year old would go on the booster seat with the the rear facing baby chair on one side and a base and back booster seat on the other side?
Our current FRV is 3 full seats across the back, but the centre booster on the XC90 looks a bit narrow.
kapiteinlangzaam said:
A little Plastidi project...
Ive been plastdipping various things over the past few weeks and have some dip left over, and by happy coincidence have my old original black bumper bar laying around - so I decided to see how it would look.
The results are better than I was expecting to be honest! I did zero prep work and the whole process took about 20mins (4 coats, 5mins per coat) + the drying time of about 20mins between each coat.
Here it is in comparison to my OE silver bar.
This has given me the confidence to have an attempt with the large areas on the bumpers, ill just need to be careful to select an appropriate shade of black!
In other news: New set of Bosch front wipers @€22.
No other expenses, save (a lot) of diesel... racking up the KM at the moment.
kapiteinlangzaam, you have been great. you did with the front bumper painted? Ive been plastdipping various things over the past few weeks and have some dip left over, and by happy coincidence have my old original black bumper bar laying around - so I decided to see how it would look.
The results are better than I was expecting to be honest! I did zero prep work and the whole process took about 20mins (4 coats, 5mins per coat) + the drying time of about 20mins between each coat.
Here it is in comparison to my OE silver bar.
This has given me the confidence to have an attempt with the large areas on the bumpers, ill just need to be careful to select an appropriate shade of black!
In other news: New set of Bosch front wipers @€22.
No other expenses, save (a lot) of diesel... racking up the KM at the moment.
What color did you use for plastidip?
I am interested in doing it in my car.
regards
kapiteinlangzaam said:
Well, Ive got it back.
- MOT passed no problems.
- Front pads were very low (although still just good enough for the MOT), so had them changed for OE Bosch items. €125 fitted. Made sense to do so whilst the callipers were off the car anyway.
- Bearings:
-Front right was completely buggered, which made sense as I was getting an occasional grumble on left hand bends.
-Front left was just about OK, but on its way out
-Both rears looked OK for their age.
So, im glad my hunch was right and that it all wasnt a massive waste of money. The rears could have waited for a while, but they ALL fail eventually on the '90s, so im not too upset about having them done now. That should see me straight in terms of bearings for my likely ownership period of the car.
It took them 5 1/2 hrs to do the bearings, at a labour cost of €250 which is beyond reasonable. So for all 4 fitted it works out at €800 (£620 ish). The Volvo indy in the UK who I use wanted about £200 per corner, so for the first time ever I have had some work done on the car that was cheaper in NL than it would have been in the UK
The difference in the driving experience is massive by the way. So much smoother and quieter, and no more cyclic thumping noise in a straight line. Woo and indeed, hoo!
We had the rear right bearing done yesterday in our 90, its like a different car come back (apart from the kids S**t in the back that is!) 340 quid lighter- MOT passed no problems.
- Front pads were very low (although still just good enough for the MOT), so had them changed for OE Bosch items. €125 fitted. Made sense to do so whilst the callipers were off the car anyway.
- Bearings:
-Front right was completely buggered, which made sense as I was getting an occasional grumble on left hand bends.
-Front left was just about OK, but on its way out
-Both rears looked OK for their age.
So, im glad my hunch was right and that it all wasnt a massive waste of money. The rears could have waited for a while, but they ALL fail eventually on the '90s, so im not too upset about having them done now. That should see me straight in terms of bearings for my likely ownership period of the car.
It took them 5 1/2 hrs to do the bearings, at a labour cost of €250 which is beyond reasonable. So for all 4 fitted it works out at €800 (£620 ish). The Volvo indy in the UK who I use wanted about £200 per corner, so for the first time ever I have had some work done on the car that was cheaper in NL than it would have been in the UK
The difference in the driving experience is massive by the way. So much smoother and quieter, and no more cyclic thumping noise in a straight line. Woo and indeed, hoo!
Sooo went and bought a complete heated leather interior for mine - cost £150!!!!! All 7 seats and door cards...bargain looooool
front drivers seat is a memory electric seat, needs a switch panel but has the memory module - and I need to work out how to plug the seat into the existing loom.
any care to take some pics of the plugs on theirs front and back of the 2 modules - please?
need to also discover if the addition of heated seat switches will result in a warm posterior
front drivers seat is a memory electric seat, needs a switch panel but has the memory module - and I need to work out how to plug the seat into the existing loom.
any care to take some pics of the plugs on theirs front and back of the 2 modules - please?
need to also discover if the addition of heated seat switches will result in a warm posterior
kapiteinlangzaam said:
The 17th of August marks one year with the XC! I wont be driving it between now and then, so its time for Year 1 cost analysis:
- Total cost of 30c per KM, or approx 38p per mile incl. insurance. (I hope I got the calcs right!)
Stripping out your fuel costs I make it closer to 21.3p per mile - over 20k miles in a year is pretty hefty!- Total cost of 30c per KM, or approx 38p per mile incl. insurance. (I hope I got the calcs right!)
For a large barge that's pretty impressive, especially as you'll expect to discount depreciation.
My CX7 by comparison is up around 24p per mile (no fuel included), but the jolly road tax is due this month (goodbye another £475.00). However, the figure includes 4 x tyres and one years warranty, so hopefully good for another six months (maybe) without expenditure.
Looking at your insurance - 1200 euros? Golly, mine's £256.00 fully comp. What's that about?
So I have the car back from the Volvo specialist (Swedish Car Clinic) and it seems a LOT quieter - perhaps 18,000 miles intervals are too long?
I used Swedish Car clinic because when I phoned back Romars to check they said £280 and they didnt have courtesy cars nor pick up service as they are in MK and I am in Aylesbury. SCC came and collected the car and even chucked some fuel in it as I had left it empty - OOPS!
Cost was £215 for the service using Genuine parts too!- they didnt change the air filter which I thought would be part of a major service, not to worry as I can chuck one in myself at a later date, and they only used 6 (I thought it needed 7) out of the 8 litres of A5/B5 Castrol oil I sent them which cost £72 for from opie oils with "PISTON" as the discount code. So now I have 2 litres of A5 B5 oil to use as a top up (thats 2 years worth!!)
So all up £215 + 6 litres of oil + an air filter if I can be bothered so max £300- Volvo were about £480 if I remember rightly...
I used Swedish Car clinic because when I phoned back Romars to check they said £280 and they didnt have courtesy cars nor pick up service as they are in MK and I am in Aylesbury. SCC came and collected the car and even chucked some fuel in it as I had left it empty - OOPS!
Cost was £215 for the service using Genuine parts too!- they didnt change the air filter which I thought would be part of a major service, not to worry as I can chuck one in myself at a later date, and they only used 6 (I thought it needed 7) out of the 8 litres of A5/B5 Castrol oil I sent them which cost £72 for from opie oils with "PISTON" as the discount code. So now I have 2 litres of A5 B5 oil to use as a top up (thats 2 years worth!!)
So all up £215 + 6 litres of oil + an air filter if I can be bothered so max £300- Volvo were about £480 if I remember rightly...
Edited by hman on Monday 20th October 16:05
Edited by hman on Monday 20th October 16:57
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