The Volvo S90/V90 lease thread
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My V90 Inscription was delivered 2 weeks ago after a battle with lease company and supplying dealer who "lost" 2 S90 R-Designs that they had allegedly secured for me.
The model supplied is an MY18 so it doesn't have Volvo On Call and I'm arguing this with Lease Company and dealer as the spec they provided showed it was included. In fact I thought only MY19 cars could be registered after 1st September due to WLTP regs. Am I wrong?
The model supplied is an MY18 so it doesn't have Volvo On Call and I'm arguing this with Lease Company and dealer as the spec they provided showed it was included. In fact I thought only MY19 cars could be registered after 1st September due to WLTP regs. Am I wrong?
Witchfinder said:
Patrick Bateman said:
Sounds ace!
I leave the house at about 5.30am so in the winter this could be handy, hopefully it can put the heated seats and steering wheel on too.
Not sure about that, I've not put to the test. The app has "parking climate" options in it, but it seems like heating only applies to cars with the optional auxiliary heater (no idea if it will run the air conditioning in summer).I leave the house at about 5.30am so in the winter this could be handy, hopefully it can put the heated seats and steering wheel on too.
From what I've read, I think you have to remote start the car and run it to warm things up on a frosty morning, although it doesn't run the heaters at full. Need to experiment with it.
Then I discovered this and sounds like it makes the Winter Pack less essential. This should hopefully clear all the windows and warm the whole car, not just the windscreen so
I'd just assumed remote start was still unavailable in the UK for legal reasons as was the case in the past. Result. Still want the heated steering wheel really though....
Edited by EvilGazebo on Saturday 10th November 12:42
EvilGazebo said:
I'd just assumed remote start was still unavailable in the UK for legal reasons as was the case in the past. Result. Still want the heated steering wheel really though....
As I understand it, you are fine to leave a running vehicle unattended as long as it's on private land, ie: your driveway.Witchfinder said:
EvilGazebo said:
I'd just assumed remote start was still unavailable in the UK for legal reasons as was the case in the past. Result. Still want the heated steering wheel really though....
As I understand it, you are fine to leave a running vehicle unattended as long as it's on private land, ie: your driveway.Patrick Bateman said:
Any idea on the usual ins and outs of avoiding the expensive 2nd service on a 24 month lease? £495 on the T4 at my nearest dealer!
Have heard folk mention handing the car back a touch early but not sure of the details.
And/or get the first service done a little bit late so the 2nd service light should come on after you've given it back.......Have heard folk mention handing the car back a touch early but not sure of the details.
EvilGazebo said:
Patrick Bateman said:
Any idea on the usual ins and outs of avoiding the expensive 2nd service on a 24 month lease? £495 on the T4 at my nearest dealer!
Have heard folk mention handing the car back a touch early but not sure of the details.
And/or get the first service done a little bit late so the 2nd service light should come on after you've given it back.......Have heard folk mention handing the car back a touch early but not sure of the details.
However I would imagine that a late (or missed) service would invalidate the warranty, which could be hefty to be penalised for in a car with a years warranty left when it goes back? Safest bet would be just hand it back a month early and pay the 55%, I'm sure a penalty for this will be more than £160 odd quid.
Edited by Davey Blueeyes on Thursday 15th November 15:26
Hi all, sometimes when I lock the car the mirrors don't fold in. The car does lock but mirrors stay open.
Then when I unlock and lock again they fold in fine.
Only reason this is annoying me is because I usually look back and know the car is locked if I see the mirrors folded, and am rest assured when checking on the car on random occasions.
It only happens occasionally and have checked if anything is blocking the doors from closing firmly but everything is as it should be.
Anyone else had this happen? Or know what it could be?
Then when I unlock and lock again they fold in fine.
Only reason this is annoying me is because I usually look back and know the car is locked if I see the mirrors folded, and am rest assured when checking on the car on random occasions.
It only happens occasionally and have checked if anything is blocking the doors from closing firmly but everything is as it should be.
Anyone else had this happen? Or know what it could be?
uzyg said:
Hi all, sometimes when I lock the car the mirrors don't fold in. The car does lock but mirrors stay open.
Then when I unlock and lock again they fold in fine.
Only reason this is annoying me is because I usually look back and know the car is locked if I see the mirrors folded, and am rest assured when checking on the car on random occasions.
It only happens occasionally and have checked if anything is blocking the doors from closing firmly but everything is as it should be.
Anyone else had this happen? Or know what it could be?
Same here! Happens say 4/5 times a month on average. Kind of annoying as I don't think car is locked when I look out sometimes! I just unlock and lock again and it's fine. Haven't really been bothered to get it looked at as it's nothing too major. Then when I unlock and lock again they fold in fine.
Only reason this is annoying me is because I usually look back and know the car is locked if I see the mirrors folded, and am rest assured when checking on the car on random occasions.
It only happens occasionally and have checked if anything is blocking the doors from closing firmly but everything is as it should be.
Anyone else had this happen? Or know what it could be?
Wahay Im officially in the gang
V90 T4 inscription and its lovely
Ive just driven it back through town and its showing 20 miles total inc before I got it and 12mpg - gulp, lets hope it loosens up
One quick question as its dark and I cant be sure, but am I right in thinking there are no rear cup holders?
Somewhat disappointing if so
Cheers - or not
^^^^^ thank you, not immediately obvious in the gloom and an electronic owners manual just isnt the same, speaking of which I *think* I have configured front and rear parking sensors to come on automatically at low speed through the touchscreen although an old fashioned button like my last car would be less nerve racking.
Who knew Volvos could be so techie??
Cheers
Havent had much chance to drive it but have taken the opportunity to get it connected
It stubbornly refuses to talk to the house wifi but connects to the hotspot on my phone easily enough
The downside of this is the hassle, admittedly not huge, of configuring the phone each time I jump in and so I have just fitted my Three 200MB data SIM to primarily use for RTTI on the onboard nav, Ive yet to see how good this actually is compared to Waze but you never know - that and theres no obvious place to rest a phone unlike my old BMW where the Pronav screen was an excellent stand
The car streams Spotify from my phone easily enough but does take a few minutes to get going at the start of each journey
I have less functionality than the F31 (sorry) which let me select playlists, on the Volvo it plays whatever you have lined up and although you get nice album art control is limited to skipping tracks only. It often needs me to press play on the phone too which the BMW never did
Im aware that there is a download for Spotify in Sensus but I'll probably resist this on the grounds that whilst it would be great to have full Spotify on the dash I havent worked out how to guarantee it hoovers my very generous data allowance from the phone hotspot rather than quickly guzzling my 200MB from the onboard SIM
Cheers
Patrick Bateman said:
Any idea on the usual ins and outs of avoiding the expensive 2nd service on a 24 month lease? £495 on the T4 at my nearest dealer!
Have heard folk mention handing the car back a touch early but not sure of the details.
Have a look and see when its actually dueHave heard folk mention handing the car back a touch early but not sure of the details.
My car says it needs its 1st service at exactly 11 months of ownership which is a little cheeky to say the least
Lucky its an 18 month term
Cheers
Anyone else find the inbuilt Spotify App absolutely useless?
It hangs on searching loads, and you don't seem to be able to navigate backwards and forwards by album- for example, search for a song, view what's playing now, and there's no link to take you to the album for the song.
Compared to the Deezer with BMW, it's s
t.
It hangs on searching loads, and you don't seem to be able to navigate backwards and forwards by album- for example, search for a song, view what's playing now, and there's no link to take you to the album for the song.
Compared to the Deezer with BMW, it's s
t. Afternoon chaps
Just FTK on the following:
V90 T4 R Design
Bursting Blue Metallic
Reverse Camera
18 months
7000 miles pa
£2000 initial
17 x £217
OTR price £41450
Total deal cost £5689
% of OTR 13.7%
Made up with the deal and should have the car within two weeks!
Will finally be able to fit all the baby's stuff in the boot unlike in my current Polo!!
Cheers,
Jonny
Just FTK on the following:
V90 T4 R Design
Bursting Blue Metallic
Reverse Camera
18 months
7000 miles pa
£2000 initial
17 x £217
OTR price £41450
Total deal cost £5689
% of OTR 13.7%
Made up with the deal and should have the car within two weeks!
Will finally be able to fit all the baby's stuff in the boot unlike in my current Polo!!
Cheers,
Jonny
jonnyefc said:
Afternoon chaps
Just FTK on the following:
V90 T4 R Design
Bursting Blue Metallic
Reverse Camera
18 months
7000 miles pa
£2000 initial
17 x £217
OTR price £41450
Total deal cost £5689
% of OTR 13.7%
Made up with the deal and should have the car within two weeks!
Well done... who with?Just FTK on the following:
V90 T4 R Design
Bursting Blue Metallic
Reverse Camera
18 months
7000 miles pa
£2000 initial
17 x £217
OTR price £41450
Total deal cost £5689
% of OTR 13.7%
Made up with the deal and should have the car within two weeks!
numtumfutunch said:
Havent had much chance to drive it but have taken the opportunity to get it connected
It stubbornly refuses to talk to the house wifi but connects to the hotspot on my phone easily enough
The downside of this is the hassle, admittedly not huge, of configuring the phone each time I jump in and so I have just fitted my Three 200MB data SIM to primarily use for RTTI on the onboard nav, Ive yet to see how good this actually is compared to Waze but you never know - that and theres no obvious place to rest a phone unlike my old BMW where the Pronav screen was an excellent stand
The car streams Spotify from my phone easily enough but does take a few minutes to get going at the start of each journey
I have less functionality than the F31 (sorry) which let me select playlists, on the Volvo it plays whatever you have lined up and although you get nice album art control is limited to skipping tracks only. It often needs me to press play on the phone too which the BMW never did
Im aware that there is a download for Spotify in Sensus but I'll probably resist this on the grounds that whilst it would be great to have full Spotify on the dash I havent worked out how to guarantee it hoovers my very generous data allowance from the phone hotspot rather than quickly guzzling my 200MB from the onboard SIM
Cheers
These are all the reasons I've begrudgingly paid £300 for Android Auto on my ordered S90. I've got it on current car and could never go back to manufacturer ICE....It stubbornly refuses to talk to the house wifi but connects to the hotspot on my phone easily enough
The downside of this is the hassle, admittedly not huge, of configuring the phone each time I jump in and so I have just fitted my Three 200MB data SIM to primarily use for RTTI on the onboard nav, Ive yet to see how good this actually is compared to Waze but you never know - that and theres no obvious place to rest a phone unlike my old BMW where the Pronav screen was an excellent stand
The car streams Spotify from my phone easily enough but does take a few minutes to get going at the start of each journey
I have less functionality than the F31 (sorry) which let me select playlists, on the Volvo it plays whatever you have lined up and although you get nice album art control is limited to skipping tracks only. It often needs me to press play on the phone too which the BMW never did
Im aware that there is a download for Spotify in Sensus but I'll probably resist this on the grounds that whilst it would be great to have full Spotify on the dash I havent worked out how to guarantee it hoovers my very generous data allowance from the phone hotspot rather than quickly guzzling my 200MB from the onboard SIM
Cheers
Get in, plug phone in so it charges, hide it in the centre console.
Decent Google Nav, Google Play Music which is where all my music is anyway, everything can be reasonably reliably voice controlled, texts and WhatsApps read out, podcast apps, TuneIn, cover art, etc etc.
Volvo apparently making it the native ICE for 2020 onwards which I think is a good plan.
I know Apple types are largely less enamoured with CarPlay mind.
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