2009 XC90 D5 Summum - an end to the sheds!

[The Don of Croy]

Alex, not wanting to rub salt into the wound, but what do you calculate to be the cost per mile (ignoring for now depreciation and insurance and fuel) at your elevated mileage?

If it's not rude to ask.

[anonymous-user]

kapiteinlangzaam said:

The Don of Croy said:

If it's not rude to ask.

No probs at all.

Rough calc is about 25-30p per mile, excl. fuel and insurance.

With those included, somewhere around 50p per mile.

Costs would take a jump again around April, as it would be due another 800eur worth of tyres.

My previous gen. V70 was about 15p per mile (or maybe even less) from memory!

That's a pretty horrendous running figure, but does this include all the non essentials you bought? Various sets of tyres, trims to make it look like the run out models etc? It's unfair to the car (I feel) to hold those against it.

[400SE Dave]

Just to balance things, my wife has run her XC90 D5 for 5.5 years from new and covered 93k miles in that time. Apart from standard service items it has cost an Intercooler and a rear wheel bearing so even at main stealer prices less than £1k. During that time we used only 8 tyres snd the last 2 went on only 1 month before selling.

Fuel consumption is not the best, she was getting around 28mpg but what do you expect to a 2 tonne +, non aerodynamic auto barge

[alecescolme]

Good luck with the sale, luck forward to hearing about the Mustang!

[Shadow R1]

kapiteinlangzaam said:

Ive finally found a Dutch Ford dealer with a V8 Mustang, so im driving 1/2 way across the country tomorrow to try one, and potentially order

ooowwww pictures please.

[W00DY]

Awesome. The new Mustangs sound like a big step forward and definitely seem to have lost that slightly tacky vibe of the older ones.


Good luck selling the XC90. Sounds like a pretty grim exercise," here's a bill for 7k euros and now you owe us 200/month in tax"

[Shadow R1]

Great stuff.

Looks good in that colour.

[The Don of Croy]

kapiteinlangzaam said:

...Theres absolutely nothing tacky about the interior etc on these, genuinely a very nice place to be. Ford have done a good job...

If you've spent years in Volvo's finest and you find it acceptable, that sounds like a fair assessment!

Thanks for your (grim) honesty on running costs - I've calculated my CX7 soft roader has cost 21ppm in tax/insurance/servicing and a theoretical 13ppm depreciation. Fuel would add 20ppm at £5.20 per gallon (but we don't mention fuel costs among civilised people).

Your 'stang looks the biz! I have a son working in Canada who also shares your taste...but he'll have to wait a little longer before he can play. Look forward to the new thread as and when.

[5potTurbo]

Ooh, get you!





(The interior of that one does look a LOT better than a new one I drove only 2 years ago!)

[Roger Woods]

Top man!

[Rensko]

Saw my first "BN" plated car in France the other week - thanks to this educational and informative thread, I knew what it meant!

The Mustang looks great. Saw one in London and it was pure awesomeness. If you can get one without the tax implications - party!

[Roger Woods]

I hope you dont have to encounter to many T**ts when selling, I enjoy buying but not the best at selling...........

Roll on Mustang time!

[SVX]

Good choice on the Mustang Alex, hope all goes well with the sale of the XC.

[400SE Dave]

What happened to not giving it away?

[400SE Dave]

Wow, almost insulting trade in offer!

In that case sounds a reasonable result

[jamiebae]

kapiteinlangzaam said:

Sold!

Traded it in at the car garage in the Village where I live.

Very random, but traded it for something eminently more saleable (privately) and much cheaper to run.....

A Mazda CX-5 GT-M 2.0 petrol.

Im not really here or there with regards to the Mazda... itll do a job I need it to for the next 7-9months, but the main thing is the Volvo is gone! The Mazda is €1100 to tax in place of €2400 for the Volvo for starters!

Got €20k for it on trade-in, plus I get to keep the 20" wheels plus all the other little bits n pieces ive added to the car, so by the time im done I should be up around €21,500, which is absolutely fine...

Swapping over on Weds or Thursday.

A virtual pint says Frau Langzaam prefers the Mazda to her Focus and you end up with some serious negotiation to avoid having to offload the Ford instead

[Roger Woods]

Good lad, well done

[Stedman]

Good result in the end. €1000 isn't the end of the world in the grand scheme of things..

[JakeT]

Top job there, and not a lot of depreciation at all over the period! Will you whack your 'BN' place on the new motor, and will we have a thread on that one?