Saab 9-5 HOT estate Vs Volvo V70 t5?

[pennrolls]

I've just started a thread on the Saab forum on this site and wondered if I could get an opinion from Volvo owners.
I would be grateful for some input either here or the Saab thread.
Thanks in advance
Andy

[Skodaku]

pennrolls said:

I've just started a thread on the Saab forum on this site and wondered if I could get an opinion from Volvo owners.
I would be grateful for some input either here or the Saab thread.
Thanks in advance
Andy

Can't give direct comparison but next door neighbour has a 9-5 and thinks it's a pile...............compared to the Volvo's he's owned previously.

I'm a very happy D5 owner and can't see the point in burning the light stuff when the "real" fuel does it so much better. Had a look at a V70 D5 SE Geartronic ? Might be pleasantly surprised but they do take a while to loosen up. Fuel costs and VED will certainly be lower than with either the Saab or Volvo petrol variants and if it's not quite as quick - how does that really affect your life 99% of the time ?

Just a thought.

[pennrolls]

You're right, it doesn't affect my life that much, epsecially on the station run in the morning, but knowing you can go fast if you wanted to is important!
The guys at work all have 400 bhp cars, as well

[Skodaku]

pennrolls said:

You're right, it doesn't affect my life that much, epsecially on the station run in the morning, but knowing you can go fast if you wanted to is important!
The guys at work all have 400 bhp cars, as well

The first reason is valid. The second one I'm not sure about. Dare to be different, perhaps ? Whatever you decide, just enjoy it.................life's too short to faff about and this is not a dress rehearsal.

[porscheuro]

ive had various different cars over last few years but keep on ending up with the T5 they dont half shift for the size of em and dont think i'd have owt else unless i had huggins of money

[Petrolhead_Rich]

"Knowing I can go fast if i need to" - So buy a D5!

[mondayo]

Skodaku said:

pennrolls said:

I've just started a thread on the Saab forum on this site and wondered if I could get an opinion from Volvo owners.
I would be grateful for some input either here or the Saab thread.
Thanks in advance
Andy

Can't give direct comparison but next door neighbour has a 9-5 and thinks it's a pile...............compared to the Volvo's he's owned previously.

I'm a very happy D5 owner and can't see the point in burning the light stuff when the "real" fuel does it so much better. Had a look at a V70 D5 SE Geartronic ? Might be pleasantly surprised but they do take a while to loosen up. Fuel costs and VED will certainly be lower than with either the Saab or Volvo petrol variants and if it's not quite as quick - how does that really affect your life 99% of the time ?

Just a thought.

Can you say how long you think it would take to run a D5 in? I've done about 8500 miles in mine and I'm pretty pleased with the performance, but think the economy could be better

[THIABU]

My V70 D5 SE is 'run in' ....127,000 miles: with 'Sports Tune' RICA it matches my 850 T5 (RICA 304) performance-wise up to about 80, but falls behind from there on upwards . Very different drives, both fun, personally prefer the T5 for sheer warp speed, BUT, here's the clincher for me:
Same driving style, same routes over 20,000ish miles -
D5 has averaged 46.3 MPG
T5 has averaged 19.2 MPG

Comparitive BHP / Nm details shown on My profile.

Hope this sheds some light.