Early morning commuter car hunting..Volvo S60 D5?
Discussion
The old girl received a major service last week including a wheel bearing, cost me a tad under £400 which I didn't think was too shabby.
Did a monster drive the other night and it coped admirably
Looked a bit grotty the day after mind!
The OBC got all excited when I filled it up after it's long run.
Still stand by the fact these are unbeatable for a cheap motorway muncher
Did a monster drive the other night and it coped admirably
Looked a bit grotty the day after mind!
The OBC got all excited when I filled it up after it's long run.
Still stand by the fact these are unbeatable for a cheap motorway muncher
I'm also intrigued in regards to the mileage achievable.
I had the chance to move this on last week as the wife was struggling with our a4 so one of them had to go.
Reality was the d5 is better for its purpose (as the a4 was immaculate)... and worth a lot less.
Picked up a rattle last night that sounds like a loose drop link or something
I had the chance to move this on last week as the wife was struggling with our a4 so one of them had to go.
Reality was the d5 is better for its purpose (as the a4 was immaculate)... and worth a lot less.
Picked up a rattle last night that sounds like a loose drop link or something
Big day today for the old girl...
So that's the value of it gone in the eyes of the general public (not that it actually had any to begin).
Fortunately Volvo beards know this is barely run in.
So how does she look?
In the dark not so bad (and yes I needed a taxi to the pavement!)
In the light of day ... dirty... very very dirty! She's not seen the clean side of a polish car washes sponge since from memory probably October. Which was something like 5000 very salty/grubby/cold miles ago!
The rattle continues and I imagine will be droplinks as that's very common, the aircon sounds like an escaped budgie beat boxing, and I , in trying to park too close, managed to do some bumper kissing with my 940. (Two immovable objects cause no damage to each other it seems!)
I still stand by it being an absolutely immense bit of kit for the money. An equivalent crossover model v70 would be probably 4-5k and whilst offering a bigger load space and possibly a more acceptable version of the car in my eyes would be a waste of money!
Realistically I could afford to replace it now with something a lot newer, a lot flasher, and a lot less boring... but why when it does what it needs to do so bloody well. It laps up my daily 100mile round commute; regardless of weather, in absolute comfort , with a great stereo, at a decent lick whilst returning a good mpg.
The wife doesn't get my obsession with wanting to stick a cheeky map on, but then again she doesn't have to!
So that's the value of it gone in the eyes of the general public (not that it actually had any to begin).
Fortunately Volvo beards know this is barely run in.
So how does she look?
In the dark not so bad (and yes I needed a taxi to the pavement!)
In the light of day ... dirty... very very dirty! She's not seen the clean side of a polish car washes sponge since from memory probably October. Which was something like 5000 very salty/grubby/cold miles ago!
The rattle continues and I imagine will be droplinks as that's very common, the aircon sounds like an escaped budgie beat boxing, and I , in trying to park too close, managed to do some bumper kissing with my 940. (Two immovable objects cause no damage to each other it seems!)
I still stand by it being an absolutely immense bit of kit for the money. An equivalent crossover model v70 would be probably 4-5k and whilst offering a bigger load space and possibly a more acceptable version of the car in my eyes would be a waste of money!
Realistically I could afford to replace it now with something a lot newer, a lot flasher, and a lot less boring... but why when it does what it needs to do so bloody well. It laps up my daily 100mile round commute; regardless of weather, in absolute comfort , with a great stereo, at a decent lick whilst returning a good mpg.
The wife doesn't get my obsession with wanting to stick a cheeky map on, but then again she doesn't have to!
You know what, I understand this view exactly, I'm just coming up to 165,000 on my old 05 V70 and I just cant bring myself to get rid, I seem to have an obsession to get it to 250,000.00 which currently seems to be about 4.5 years down the line so just before my 55th birthday and hopefully shorter days and semi-retirement............
Yep, as long as the thing remains reliable there´s little reason to spunk a huge amount every month on a lease for something that probably won´t even do as good a job. Throw in a little light home maintenance to further bring the coasts down and you´re laughing all the way to the bank.
We´re in a similar situation with our E90 320d work hack. Just approaching 195,000km, still reliable, no DPF so one less thing to worry about, great fuel economy, home oil/filter changes are a piece of piss, plenty of part worn wheel/tyre sets for sale locally, etc etc. It´s doing its job very nicely and we´ll keep it as long as it´s still allowed into cities.
With all the modern emissions gubbins on Diesel engines it seems they´re not even that economical on fuel any more.
We´re in a similar situation with our E90 320d work hack. Just approaching 195,000km, still reliable, no DPF so one less thing to worry about, great fuel economy, home oil/filter changes are a piece of piss, plenty of part worn wheel/tyre sets for sale locally, etc etc. It´s doing its job very nicely and we´ll keep it as long as it´s still allowed into cities.
With all the modern emissions gubbins on Diesel engines it seems they´re not even that economical on fuel any more.
whilst I'm happy to have a crack at most things mechanics ,despite being something id love to be able to do, escapes me massively!
I'm hoping with minimal input from my friendly mechanic and seeing onto of minor issues she'll keep plodding along indefinitely.
Sadly with a 92 mile round trip commute every day that i have to fund anything more fun would be detrimental to by outgoings!
Long live the Volvo!
I'm hoping with minimal input from my friendly mechanic and seeing onto of minor issues she'll keep plodding along indefinitely.
Sadly with a 92 mile round trip commute every day that i have to fund anything more fun would be detrimental to by outgoings!
Long live the Volvo!
Update time!
It's rapidly approaching MOT day for the old bus so I've now had to start looking for solutions to the knocking and clunking I'm currently suffering.
I've ordered some powerflex inserts for the wishbones, HD drop links front and rear and some new springs.
The springs are a two part solution.
1) they're over 100k and I always tend to look at a refresh, dampers were replaced at some point in the past 4 years.
2) I've got some new wheels so a cheeky 35mm drop should make it all the better.
So the wheels are these
They're a rare option that came on the xc90 executive models and are an 18" two piece split rim made by BBS.
I've bought them cheap but they need a refurb as they all seem to corrode on the outer dish.
I've ordered the necessary hardware to bolt them up and found a picture online showing they will fit...
I fully intend to avoid the leaning forward look.
Still tempted by a cheeky remap
We shall see how this progresses!
It's rapidly approaching MOT day for the old bus so I've now had to start looking for solutions to the knocking and clunking I'm currently suffering.
I've ordered some powerflex inserts for the wishbones, HD drop links front and rear and some new springs.
The springs are a two part solution.
1) they're over 100k and I always tend to look at a refresh, dampers were replaced at some point in the past 4 years.
2) I've got some new wheels so a cheeky 35mm drop should make it all the better.
So the wheels are these
They're a rare option that came on the xc90 executive models and are an 18" two piece split rim made by BBS.
I've bought them cheap but they need a refurb as they all seem to corrode on the outer dish.
I've ordered the necessary hardware to bolt them up and found a picture online showing they will fit...
I fully intend to avoid the leaning forward look.
Still tempted by a cheeky remap
We shall see how this progresses!
Edited by croakey on Thursday 16th March 16:20
The budget refurb of the wheels is well under way..
Sprayed in Halfords finest ford starburst silver paint.. I had no idea what the right colour was so chose one by name.
Need a last wet and dry and polish but looking a lot better
They won't win awards but should look decent enough.
... and today I bought some s60r xenons, they might work, they might not. I'm not at all sure but figure it was worth a punt as they're quite sought after
Sprayed in Halfords finest ford starburst silver paint.. I had no idea what the right colour was so chose one by name.
Need a last wet and dry and polish but looking a lot better
They won't win awards but should look decent enough.
... and today I bought some s60r xenons, they might work, they might not. I'm not at all sure but figure it was worth a punt as they're quite sought after
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