RE: Volvo S60 Polestar Engineered | Driven
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Baldchap said:
janesmith1950 said:
If you don't plug it in, do you still get all of the performance all of the time?
Nope. You have a ~300bhp 2 ton barge.
Same on a long run once the batteries are flat.
RicksAlfas said:
Baldchap said:
janesmith1950 said:
If you don't plug it in, do you still get all of the performance all of the time?
Nope. You have a ~300bhp 2 ton barge.
Same on a long run once the batteries are flat.
It's also why the 330e does terrible mpg after the first tank of petrol on a family holiday. Trust me on that one.
Baldchap said:
RicksAlfas said:
Baldchap said:
janesmith1950 said:
If you don't plug it in, do you still get all of the performance all of the time?
Nope. You have a ~300bhp 2 ton barge.
Same on a long run once the batteries are flat.
It's also why the 330e does terrible mpg after the first tank of petrol on a family holiday. Trust me on that one.
Might as well get a normal petrol and chuck a couple of anvils in the boot.
janesmith1950 said:
Sound pants. When you pull out to overtake you want to know whether you've got 300 or 400bhp. If you're not going to get the full beans all the time, WTFP?
Might as well get a normal petrol and chuck a couple of anvils in the boot.
Why? Would 300 be comically insufficient? If it is, and no overtaking manoeuvre be undertaken with full confidence, would 400 be enough? Maybe 700 or 900 bhp is what’s required to overtake, confident in the knowledge you’ll safely get past. Might as well get a normal petrol and chuck a couple of anvils in the boot.
Simonium said:
Why? Would 300 be comically insufficient? If it is, and no overtaking manoeuvre be undertaken with full confidence, would 400 be enough? Maybe 700 or 900 bhp is what’s required to overtake, confident in the knowledge you’ll safely get past.
I've got a 530e and the hybrid system warns you when the battery is completely flat (reduced power warning) but it only ever lasts a few seconds and has happened to me maybe 5 times in 25,000 miles. The car keeps c10% always available and if this goes lower it tells you.cerb4.5lee said:
2 tonnes...I love this new electric revolution...better for emissions but miles worse on brakes and tyres! 
It will have regen braking like mine, hardly any brake dust which is bonus and the brake pads will last a lot longer. Tyres seem fine too - 25k rears, front still at 3mm so the fact it has the equivalent of two fat men in batteries doesn't seem to matter much.Pintofbest said:
cerb4.5lee said:
2 tonnes...I love this new electric revolution...better for emissions but miles worse on brakes and tyres!
It will have regen braking like mine, hardly any brake dust which is bonus and the brake pads will last a lot longer. Tyres seem fine too - 25k rears, front still at 3mm so the fact it has the equivalent of two fat men in batteries doesn't seem to matter much.Good that it isn't bad for brake dust though for sure and that does annoy me.
cerb4.5lee said:
I certainly don't miss how quickly Bmw's chew through tyres in fairness. Have a Mercedes(4wd though) currently and I am shocked at how long the tyres last. Fronts were swapped at 50k miles and the rears are still going and legal at 63k miles!
I was happy with the tyres till I read that 
Good job it's a company car!
Simonium said:
Why? Would 300 be comically insufficient? If it is, and no overtaking manoeuvre be undertaken with full confidence, would 400 be enough? Maybe 700 or 900 bhp is what’s required to overtake, confident in the knowledge you’ll safely get past.
That isn't what I said. I didn't say I needed any specific amount of power to overtake. What I said was that to overtake and find yourself 25% down on optimum power means the performance will not be what you might expect.
I've been happy with 67bhp and happy with 450bhp over the past 5 years. Seeming there was always 67 or 450 horsepower, I knew what I'd be getting.
Not to mention, where's the joy in a car where the full performance is only available when you've been bothered to plug it in? Appreciate that it can self-fill pockets with its hybrid activity, but how well will that last on a flowing A road or fast European motorway run?
Love the idea of full EV, love ICE cars. Think hybrids are pants!
And £130k for a tarted up 2.2 tonne V70 with 3 doors is the biggest joke I've seen since Diane Abbott's son!
I have had a V90 T8 now for a few weeks. It’s a fantastic car. Great looking, supremely comfortable and pretty nippy. Doesn’t feel as fast as my wife’s Golf R but supposedly similar 0-60 times. On the question of whether you have 300 or 400 hp, we’ll, by looking at the gauges in front of you there is a battery gauge. When it goes low, press a button in the simple menu based system and get the engine to charge the battery to your desired level. Or press another and save the battery power at this level until you want it. It’s very simple and very intuitive..... but really not very economical.
Edited by aarondbs on Wednesday 4th December 18:49
beerexpressman said:
I think I'd choose the V6 Kia stinger over this...
Save £16k + and a couple of hundred kg's
Sorry to disappoint, but is Stinger is quite a lot more cramped, and isn't exactly lightweight either around the 1900kg mark kerb irl, a similarly powered S60 T6 is actually lighter then. Save £16k + and a couple of hundred kg's
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