V60 Polestar

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chopper602

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2,182 posts

223 months

Monday 20th March 2017
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Biggest UK gathering of Polestars took place yesterday at a VT event at IWM Duxford



10 6 cylinders and one of the new 4 cylinders. Six blue, two silver, two black and one white.

loskie

5,218 posts

120 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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chopper602 said:
If you use Facebook, please join the 'Polestar Owners UK' group. The owner of the page is trying to get as many owners 'known' as possible.

Cheers
Yes and later the chavs will be round to rob your house, you and your car keys.
WTF do folks need to lay out their life on Facebook, Twitter etc?

After_Shock

8,751 posts

220 months

Friday 24th March 2017
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loskie said:
Yes and later the chavs will be round to rob your house, you and your car keys.
WTF do folks need to lay out their life on Facebook, Twitter etc?
Er think you will find its a private group and part of the membership is not putting your post code and house number on.

Edited by After_Shock on Saturday 25th March 05:29

FN2TypeR

7,091 posts

93 months

Saturday 25th March 2017
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chopper602 said:
Biggest UK gathering of Polestars took place yesterday at a VT event at IWM Duxford



10 6 cylinders and one of the new 4 cylinders. Six blue, two silver, two black and one white.
I love these, that's awesome cool

FN2TypeR

7,091 posts

93 months

Saturday 25th March 2017
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chopper602 said:
FN2TypeR said:
but the clunky gearbox might start annoying me
first I've heard of the clunky gearbox . . . have you driven one ?
Yes, albeit briefly. Clunky is perhaps the wrong word - it's just a bit dim witted and slow in this day and age of super fast and smooth twin clutch autos.

Shoegrip

399 posts

91 months

Saturday 25th March 2017
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To be fair the V60 is quite old now so shouldn't be compared to newer cars.

pixelmix

203 posts

108 months

Friday 7th April 2017
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Still contemplating one of these later in the year (still torn between this and a 335/340i or even a Golf R Estate) and was surprised to finally see one on the A9 by Aviemore last week. Anyone on here?

My old man was complaining about the noise at the traffic lights outside his office in Edinburgh recently too. Don't think he is a fan of the exhaust note. smile

hostyle

1,322 posts

216 months

Tuesday 11th April 2017
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Just came here to see about experiences with a V60 D3 Geartronic, but as a mate works at the dealer I got the chance to take out the 4-banger Polestar aswell. What a car! Any of you lucky enough to own one, I'm jealous. It's enough of a Q-car to not attract attention, until you give it some. I only had half an hour worth of fun, but I really enjoyed it. Sadly it's a tad overpriced for my company car budget biggrin

Icehanger

394 posts

222 months

Wednesday 12th April 2017
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hostyle said:
Just came here to see about experiences with a V60 D3 Geartronic, but as a mate works at the dealer I got the chance to take out the 4-banger Polestar aswell. What a car! Any of you lucky enough to own one, I'm jealous. It's enough of a Q-car to not attract attention, until you give it some. I only had half an hour worth of fun, but I really enjoyed it. Sadly it's a tad overpriced for my company car budget biggrin
Another one who's popped on the Volvo side, looking to get something more discrete than the Audi and a bit of me really likes the polestar.
Too many Audis south of Birmingham getting taken and love the fact it looks "like a Volvo" and therefore likely to just get ignored.

Anyone able to tell me what the Tech interface is like on the T6? Not sure the best place to start the research, cheers.

chopper602

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2,182 posts

223 months

Wednesday 12th April 2017
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Icehanger said:
Another one who's popped on the Volvo side, looking to get something more discrete than the Audi and a bit of me really likes the polestar.
Too many Audis south of Birmingham getting taken and love the fact it looks "like a Volvo" and therefore likely to just get ignored.

Anyone able to tell me what the Tech interface is like on the T6? Not sure the best place to start the research, cheers.
I don't know what you mean by tech interface . . .

hostyle

1,322 posts

216 months

Thursday 13th April 2017
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Icehanger said:
Another one who's popped on the Volvo side, looking to get something more discrete than the Audi and a bit of me really likes the polestar.
Yep, although my reason to for a Volvo were a bit more modest than that. I'm on the hunt for a new company car. On my punch list are; 150ps, automatic, diesel, xenon or LED and 18" wheels. I had some candidates, but never considered a Volvo thinking they would be to expensive like Audi, BMW, etc.
Dutch company car tax is a bh basically, you have to add 22% of the value of the car to your OTE salary. And then there's the added taxes for diesels in general... so a basic Audi A3 or BMW 118d specced to my likings could go over €50k... A V60 Polar+ Dynamic D3 Geartronic on 18" with some options is €47k. A V40 D4 is an even better deal at €42k all-in.

Icehanger

394 posts

222 months

Thursday 13th April 2017
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chopper602 said:
I don't know what you mean by tech interface . . .
Apologies, meant "media interface", phone music etc, cheers

chopper602

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2,182 posts

223 months

Thursday 13th April 2017
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Icehanger said:
Apologies, meant "media interface", phone music etc, cheers
It's got everything, CD, DVD, Bluetooth phone and audio, HDD, USB, Aux, Ipod.
Sat Nav with free updates

Deerfoot

4,902 posts

184 months

Thursday 13th April 2017
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The media stuff on my V60 (2012 car) is great. I have no phone problems and the nav is easily to update via the internet.

My nav graphics are a bit clunky (addressed on the latest Sensus system) but it works fine.

The DAB radio works a treat around Wiltshire too.

I only use an mp3 player via a 3.5mm jack but there is also a usb connector in the box beneath the armrest.

Try one, you might like it...

Stephanie Plum

2,782 posts

211 months

Friday 12th May 2017
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Woohoo. Just joined the club smile

Agreed a deal on a Rebel Blue 2015 car today, collect next week. Can't wait.

chopper602

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2,182 posts

223 months

Friday 12th May 2017
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Stephanie Plum said:
Woohoo. Just joined the club smile

Agreed a deal on a Rebel Blue 2015 car today, collect next week. Can't wait.
New four cylinder or old six ?

Stephanie Plum

2,782 posts

211 months

Friday 12th May 2017
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Old six biggrin

chopper602

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223 months

Friday 12th May 2017
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Stephanie Plum said:
Old six biggrin
Excellent - enjoy the noise !

Stedman

7,218 posts

192 months

Saturday 13th May 2017
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I see one nearly every day in Whyteleafe train station car park (Surrey) - it's certainly bright compared to the resale greys etc!

Stephanie Plum

2,782 posts

211 months

Sunday 14th May 2017
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A quick query on tyres for any owners reading. The car we are buying has P Zeros all round. They have quite a lot of tread so we'll have to live with them for at least the summer. Have any of you switched tyres and got any thoughts on these or any other options?



Edited by Stephanie Plum on Sunday 14th May 18:16