2009 XC90 D5 Summum - an end to the sheds!
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My honest opinion is that looks like you used bumper shine - mine are smooth metallic colour coded black and look OEM, get them painted it doesnt cost that much (free if someone crashes into you BTW!!)
Also I have heard of plasti dip being vulnerable to stone chips and those areas are the most stone chipped from the road debris
Also I have heard of plasti dip being vulnerable to stone chips and those areas are the most stone chipped from the road debris
kapiteinlangzaam said:
y2blade said:
Oh and Why does T6 have a speed limiter yet the D5 doesn't??????
According to VIDA my D5 does have a speed limiter at 125mph, but ive seen more than that on several occasions with multiple GPS devices, so im not sure what to trust.IIRC I had 132mph on the GPS, at which point it really did run out of puff / gears.
I can imagine the 4-speed GM box + the extra 70ish BHP offered by the T6 would realise a top speed of perhaps 140+ mph without a limiter. Perhaps that was too much for the original tyres, or just seemed a bit daft for a 2200kg SUV?
kapiteinlangzaam said:
According to VIDA my D5 does have a speed limiter at 125mph, but ive seen more than that on several occasions with multiple GPS devices, so im not sure what to trust.
IIRC I had 132mph on the GPS, at which point it really did run out of puff / gears.
I can imagine the 4-speed GM box + the extra 70ish BHP offered by the T6 would realise a top speed of perhaps 140+ mph without a limiter. Perhaps that was too much for the original tyres, or just seemed a bit daft for a 2200kg SUV?
AH HA! and there is the answer to a recent problem - how can it be removed please?IIRC I had 132mph on the GPS, at which point it really did run out of puff / gears.
I can imagine the 4-speed GM box + the extra 70ish BHP offered by the T6 would realise a top speed of perhaps 140+ mph without a limiter. Perhaps that was too much for the original tyres, or just seemed a bit daft for a 2200kg SUV?
kapiteinlangzaam said:
hman said:
kapiteinlangzaam said:
According to VIDA my D5 does have a speed limiter at 125mph, but ive seen more than that on several occasions with multiple GPS devices, so im not sure what to trust.
IIRC I had 132mph on the GPS, at which point it really did run out of puff / gears.
I can imagine the 4-speed GM box + the extra 70ish BHP offered by the T6 would realise a top speed of perhaps 140+ mph without a limiter. Perhaps that was too much for the original tyres, or just seemed a bit daft for a 2200kg SUV?
AH HA! and there is the answer to a recent problem - how can it be removed please?IIRC I had 132mph on the GPS, at which point it really did run out of puff / gears.
I can imagine the 4-speed GM box + the extra 70ish BHP offered by the T6 would realise a top speed of perhaps 140+ mph without a limiter. Perhaps that was too much for the original tyres, or just seemed a bit daft for a 2200kg SUV?
Like I say, when I am connected with VIDA, it says on the 'info' page that my car has a 125mph limiter, yet I can drive 10km down the road, over the border in Germany and get 130+ on any GPS device I care to use, so im not sure what to believe.....
The only aspect to muddy the waters, is the fact that I have the Polestar software on my car.
ky timebomb GM autobox I'd get the T6 remapped.
No idea how to translate the numbers into MPG (probably a good thing, as I'd rather not know that I should have just bought a petrol one...) but my 2014 Koleos (smaller car, with a 2.0 4 pot diesel and 6 speed auto box) does between 6.8 and 8.something l/100km, depending on how much time is spent motorway cruising, crawling through Zurich or doing 175kph on the Autobahn so your economy sounds pretty good!
kapiteinlangzaam said:
I found its Swiss cousin in a car park the other day 
And then today was first day back at work after 6 weeks, I found there was a new git to dislike
Seriously nice in the flesh
Replaced by this when I finished the shift:
(dont love it as much, in no small part because its an auto, and there are 2x V10 variants knocking around at work too.
Hmmm, at first the sight of the Volvo's made be a bit reluctant of the thought but the attendence of the Audi's confinced me that these pictures could've only been taken at the Annual Shiny Mirror Meat........
And then today was first day back at work after 6 weeks, I found there was a new git to dislike
Seriously nice in the flesh
Replaced by this when I finished the shift:
(dont love it as much, in no small part because its an auto, and there are 2x V10 variants knocking around at work too.
Been lurking on this for a while and both the fuel consumption and running cost figures seem excellent for such a large car! I drive my dad's E53 X5 from time to time and that does 22 to the gallon on a cruise. The write ups are very detailed also, here's to another year or trouble free motoring!
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