2017+ XC90 T8 - am I mad to buy a used one?

[hoganscrogan]

Been a lease deal chaser for a many years and in the last months of a V90 momentum T4 lease. This car really impressed me, but with the current climate and lease deals I'm thinking buy newish and run for 4/5 years.

This is our 'family car' in which we do low milage and mostly little trips with most of the time but with several long family jaunts from Wiltshire to Yorkshire, Scotland, France etc. with two 6 foot boys/bikes/wetsuits in tow.

EV fan and have a charge point from a previous BMW i£
Many journeys would be under 20 miles so within the st range of todays PHEV's!
Want lots of rear passenger and gear space
Don't want a diesel - DPF/EGR short + journeys!
Good motorway muncher (love the V90's auto drive)

XC90 T8 sounds ideal... however I've been hearing worrying stuff about the 'ERAD ' Electric rear axle/clutchpack giving trouble (last gens bevel gear springs to mind!)? Any insight from owners, Volvo techs would be great.

Also am I mad buying 3 year old tech beast?

Edited by hoganscrogan on Wednesday 20th May 13:22

[hoganscrogan]

Thanks for all the good info peeps, I'm looking around the 30-35k area and to get as new as possible, all sounds reassuring.

[hoganscrogan]

I bought one March 2017 XC90 T8 R-design
£34,500 - 53,000 miles
3 x full Volvo service history - I discovered when you get a Volvo service 12 months breakdown recovery is included!
One previous owner
Heated rear seats, factory towbar, Apple car play - park assist (not 360 camera view)

Like it so far, see link for first trip deets -- https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...