RE: Volvo V60 Polestar | PH Used Buying Guide
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Bought ours from new, 3.0 Rebel Blue. Only has 37,000 miles on it so far. Suspect we will run it until it dies as my wife likes it so much she won’t let it go. She loves the comfortable seats and it is a great fast estate car. Not nimble but good enough. Downsides are the gearbox (I use paddles most of the time), car tax, consumption and it is loud on concrete motorway surfaces. If Volvo sold less than the supposed allocation no wonder so few appear second hand.
The one car I regret selling (three litre, 6cyl). Volvo dealer was wanting it out of the showroom, so eventually I managed to get £10k off the asking price.
MPG for my commute was horrendous, but it was a lovely car to drive a bit further afield, an owners meet/drive to the Nürburgring was a highlight (we had owners from NL, PL, D, UK and Isle of Man). Running costs for things like discs and pads, especially the fronts are over £1k, but I didn't have to change them in the 3½ years I had it. Special specific acoustic tyres have quietened down concrete motorway sections. Engine noise when you opened the exhaust valve was incredible.
Had a few meet up at Duxford
MPG for my commute was horrendous, but it was a lovely car to drive a bit further afield, an owners meet/drive to the Nürburgring was a highlight (we had owners from NL, PL, D, UK and Isle of Man). Running costs for things like discs and pads, especially the fronts are over £1k, but I didn't have to change them in the 3½ years I had it. Special specific acoustic tyres have quietened down concrete motorway sections. Engine noise when you opened the exhaust valve was incredible.
Had a few meet up at Duxford
Edited by chopper602 on Monday 27th June 15:34
Edited by chopper602 on Monday 27th June 17:48
Oi! That's my car! Don't know who the lovely lady is but Chris Evans drove it too while it was a press car: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/event/article-287...
Nob00st said:
worked at a Volvo dealer servicing for 3 years when these were new. One thing to look for is if it's had a brake job recently, the pads and rotors for the front of these are frighteningly expensive.
Cool cars though.
They are expensive but it is a heavy car. Changed ours at low 30,000s mark. Mostly due to my being overly cautious and doing too much early maintenance. Was c 7 years old so lots of ageing.Cool cars though.
I have a Silver 2015 3.0 - and I love it - great sleeper - the Ohlins's make the car in my opinion - the only downsides in my opinion are the weight of the car - but then it is a Safe Volvo - and the gearbox is a little slow compared to DSG type boxes - firing it off the lights and surprising people with a Volvo estate is great fun !
Edited by PFMRacing on Monday 27th June 21:25
blade7 said:
biggbn said:
It's the two litre version I lust after, but christ the price of those brakes is scary!!
Why does it need supercharger and a turbo, sounds like more to go wrong to me. biggbn said:
I'm sure both would be very reliable, and yes, there are tales of the supercharger clutch giving problems but the 2.0 is a really bespoke engine and shares most of its internals with the Polestar racing engines, gotta be strong! The four pot also has a better gearbox and less weight over the front wheels I'd think, so should feel lighter on its feet although it's still a heavy car for what it is
I like fast Volvos, but SEAT got 370 bhp from their plain old 2.0 turbo in the ABT enhanced Leon Cupra engine in, 2019. That got knocked back to 350 when they had to fit the GPF in the exhaust though. blade7 said:
biggbn said:
I'm sure both would be very reliable, and yes, there are tales of the supercharger clutch giving problems but the 2.0 is a really bespoke engine and shares most of its internals with the Polestar racing engines, gotta be strong! The four pot also has a better gearbox and less weight over the front wheels I'd think, so should feel lighter on its feet although it's still a heavy car for what it is
I like fast Volvos, but SEAT got 370 bhp from their plain old 2.0 turbo in the ABT enhanced Leon Cupra engine in, 2019. That got knocked back to 350 when they had to fit the GPF in the exhaust though. I'm sure I remember reading of owners who have over 400 reliable horsepower from these cars. I think ultimate shove isn't part of the fast Volvo ethos though, they are a strong words softly spoken kinda car which is why I love them. A white or black one would suit my lifestyle perfectly, just a nice volvo to the uninitiated
Edited by biggbn on Tuesday 28th June 10:30
biggbn said:
I'd rather have the Volvo than a Seat, VW or Mecedes with a similarly powerful four pot, for nobreason other than...i like Volvos.
Was it really Volvo, after Ford and then the Chinese fiddled with it though. My old 850 was built like a tank, the V50 that followed it, not so tough.blade7 said:
biggbn said:
I'd rather have the Volvo than a Seat, VW or Mecedes with a similarly powerful four pot, for nobreason other than...i like Volvos.
Was it really Volvo, after Ford and then the Chinese fiddled with it though. My old 850 was built like a tank, the V50 that followed it, not so tough.blade7 said:
Was it really Volvo, after Ford and then the Chinese fiddled with it though. My old 850 was built like a tank, the V50 that followed it, not so tough.
True, but small/mid size Volvos were never as robust as their bigger brothers.Think 440 Vs your 850.
Or the V40 estate Vs the early V70s.
Or a more recent V40 hatch Vs the V60.
blade7 said:
I like fast Volvos, but SEAT got 370 bhp from their plain old 2.0 turbo in the ABT enhanced Leon Cupra engine in, 2019. That got knocked back to 350 when they had to fit the GPF in the exhaust though.
One is built to VAG reliability and durability standards and the other (hopefully) to Volvo standards though. The last time VAG engineered and built a car to a decent standard it said "Made in West Germany" on the VIN plate.stickleback123 said:
blade7 said:
I like fast Volvos, but SEAT got 370 bhp from their plain old 2.0 turbo in the ABT enhanced Leon Cupra engine in, 2019. That got knocked back to 350 when they had to fit the GPF in the exhaust though.
One is built to VAG reliability and durability standards and the other (hopefully) to Volvo standards though. The last time VAG engineered and built a car to a decent standard it said "Made in West Germany" on the VIN plate.stickleback123 said:
One is built to VAG reliability and durability standards and the other (hopefully) to Volvo standards though. The last time VAG engineered and built a car to a decent standard it said "Made in West Germany" on the VIN plate.
You can get 2 years warranty on SEAT approved used cars, what will Chinese Volvo give you?blade7 said:
stickleback123 said:
One is built to VAG reliability and durability standards and the other (hopefully) to Volvo standards though. The last time VAG engineered and built a car to a decent standard it said "Made in West Germany" on the VIN plate.
You can get 2 years warranty on SEAT approved used cars, what will Chinese Volvo give you?I ran a 3.0 for just shy of 2 years after trading in a B7 RS4. Sold it in 2019.
Proper Q car that makes a great noise and surprises people. Great at cruising, not so great on twisty back roads due to its weight. Front brakes are expensive. Tyres can wear fairly quickly. I know that suspension and top mount issues are now coming to the fore on some cars. Old infotainment system. My dealership experience was bloody awful as they didn't have a clue what they were doing with the car on the occasions it went in to them. However the option to extend the warranty year on year was good. Did a couple of track days in it that chewed the brakes.
In regards to the above posts - I also owned a Seat Leon Cupra R ST with ABT tune recently - I lasted 3 months in it before selling it as it was good, but typically VAG in that it was as dull as ****.
Proper Q car that makes a great noise and surprises people. Great at cruising, not so great on twisty back roads due to its weight. Front brakes are expensive. Tyres can wear fairly quickly. I know that suspension and top mount issues are now coming to the fore on some cars. Old infotainment system. My dealership experience was bloody awful as they didn't have a clue what they were doing with the car on the occasions it went in to them. However the option to extend the warranty year on year was good. Did a couple of track days in it that chewed the brakes.
In regards to the above posts - I also owned a Seat Leon Cupra R ST with ABT tune recently - I lasted 3 months in it before selling it as it was good, but typically VAG in that it was as dull as ****.
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