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biggs682
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Sorry but it needed to be told to a wider audience
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I first got into Volvo when I borrowed an s70 from the company car pool one day, liked it so much, a didn’t bother swapping back to the Rover 620 turbo I was driving. Loved the comfy and heated seats and the fact they are so well put together
Replaced that with new V70 in about year 2000, with resplendent tan leather, then moved jobs so had to hand it back.
New job was in London so took cash allowance and bought an R reg V90, one of the last off the line 3.0 straight 6, top spec interior etc. Very usefully you could fit 3 booster / car seats across the back seats. Kept that for years and such a great family wagon. Had 188k on it when I sold it, and then replaced it with the car I always wanted, an 05 V70R, christened the flying hearse by a work colleague.
I’ve replaced it a couple of years ago with a 12 plate V60.
Once this madness is over and if I still have a job I do fancy the new shape V60.
Never found a car anywhere that had comfier seats, and you jump in drive for 4 /5 hours and still feeel fresh.
Replaced that with new V70 in about year 2000, with resplendent tan leather, then moved jobs so had to hand it back.
New job was in London so took cash allowance and bought an R reg V90, one of the last off the line 3.0 straight 6, top spec interior etc. Very usefully you could fit 3 booster / car seats across the back seats. Kept that for years and such a great family wagon. Had 188k on it when I sold it, and then replaced it with the car I always wanted, an 05 V70R, christened the flying hearse by a work colleague.
I’ve replaced it a couple of years ago with a 12 plate V60.
Once this madness is over and if I still have a job I do fancy the new shape V60.
Never found a car anywhere that had comfier seats, and you jump in drive for 4 /5 hours and still feeel fresh.
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Does anyone have the Dynaudio High Performance stereo option in their brick? 11 speakers of silky sublime sound.
BianchiVirgin
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Just HP system in mine. Have to say it's pretty good. Much better than the standard system in the '60.
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Got the Dyanaudio in mine. Its just sublime. Dynaudio make reference speakers for the BBC.
BianchiVirgin
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Well you're just proper posh then.
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EFA
Being serious for a moment, a car interior must be one of the most acoustically challenging environments to try to reproduce hi do, and the law of diminishing returns sets in reasonably early, I imagine.
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I'd say so. The HP system is probably as good as my ears will ever hear anyway. I doubt if I could tell the difference anymore.
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It's a superb environment...until you fire up that big old 5 pot oil burnerEFA
Being serious for a moment, a car interior must be one of the most acoustically challenging environments to try to reproduce hi do, and the law of diminishing returns sets in reasonably early, I imagine.
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In both my XC90s, the best sound system I have ever known. With the 2 front door speakers currently missing, the sounds in the 240 are somewhat less impressive
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👋XC70 euro3 D5 owner here. Bought on a whim as I needed a bigger car than my focus. The local landlord is always raving about them(he has a 940 with orbital mileage and a new xc60 polestar’d) so I put a cheeky bid in and checked a handful of days later,ah I’d best get rid of the focus.😝
I wanted a euro3 to avoid the dpf (i’d had a Peugeot in the past and it ruined a fantastic car imo). I’ve had it two or three years and it’s owed me two tyres, two light bulbs and refurb of both rear brake callipers. Beyond servicing and autobox oil change which is expected, it’s been a joy, Rochdale to Loch Lomond calculated at just under 50mpg comp said 57! If I’d of researched properly I’d of gone for a lower mileage ocean race but hey ho. It’s scratched and has its faults but I don’t worry parking it at Tesco and at 189k and runs v sweet, if my Ms visits anyone over a distance she takes mine rather than her Xtrail(it drinks fuel and isn’t as comfy), if I’m driving, both her and the kids nod off it’s so comfy. All I feel it’s missing is a heated windscreen and a tighter turning ⭕️
I wanted a euro3 to avoid the dpf (i’d had a Peugeot in the past and it ruined a fantastic car imo). I’ve had it two or three years and it’s owed me two tyres, two light bulbs and refurb of both rear brake callipers. Beyond servicing and autobox oil change which is expected, it’s been a joy, Rochdale to Loch Lomond calculated at just under 50mpg comp said 57! If I’d of researched properly I’d of gone for a lower mileage ocean race but hey ho. It’s scratched and has its faults but I don’t worry parking it at Tesco and at 189k and runs v sweet, if my Ms visits anyone over a distance she takes mine rather than her Xtrail(it drinks fuel and isn’t as comfy), if I’m driving, both her and the kids nod off it’s so comfy. All I feel it’s missing is a heated windscreen and a tighter turning ⭕️
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Ah, enough XC owners to start a thread of our own. Your generation is arguably the sweet spot of XC70's, and the became progressively less watered down and rugged after that. Hell, you can even get the current XC70 in 2WD, which seems completely pointless to me,
As it happens, the DPF used on the Euro 4 D5 engines is of the dry type without additives so rarely gives trouble, but I can't blame you for steering clear anyway.
As it happens, the DPF used on the Euro 4 D5 engines is of the dry type without additives so rarely gives trouble, but I can't blame you for steering clear anyway.
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My first XC90 was the Ocean Race edition, wonderful colour and top spec with all the toys, sadly sold as we needed the funds for a house move. Coped ok with a bit of mud too, Haldex AWD IIRC..
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There is no current XC70 - it's been dropped from the range for a couple of years, but yes I know what you mean, the last gen had an eco version D3 with 163 horsepowers and fwd. That said, if fitted with decent all season tyres it'll get pretty much anywhere that's needed.
We've had Euro 3 discussions earlier thread and I do think it's the best of the lot. That said we're now running a 2012 model and it's fine, and 200+ bhp makes it quite brisk, but it has lost the rufty-tufty nature of the Euro 3, sadly.
