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Plod Volvo T6 AWD...
« on: 13 October 2014, 19:34:58 »

Anyone any experience of them? Any good?

Window shopping again ::)
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Re: Plod Volvo T6 AWD...
« Reply #1 on: 13 October 2014, 20:11:32 »

Nope. Sounds nice though!  :y
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Re: Plod Volvo V70 T6 AWD...
« Reply #2 on: 13 October 2014, 20:13:21 »

Anyone any experience of them? Any good?

Window shopping again ::)

Meant to say, it's the V70 I'm considering...
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Re: Plod Volvo V70 T6 AWD...
« Reply #3 on: 13 October 2014, 20:19:31 »

Anyone any experience of them? Any good?

Window shopping again ::)

Meant to say, it's the V70 I'm considering...

Christ,are you fed up withe Merc already ???
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Re: Plod Volvo T6 AWD...
« Reply #4 on: 13 October 2014, 20:25:00 »

.. of what vintage? I had a T6 XC90 (2009) when my T5 was in for some warranty work. Lucky if I got 16mpg out of it. Either LPG it, or get nice and friendly with the local petrol station.
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Re: Plod Volvo T6 AWD...
« Reply #5 on: 13 October 2014, 20:41:47 »

A very good friend of mine had a V70 and it was very quick and comfortable too,  :y
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Re: Plod Volvo V70 T6 AWD...
« Reply #6 on: 13 October 2014, 21:03:56 »

Anyone any experience of them? Any good?

Window shopping again ::)

Meant to say, it's the V70 I'm considering...

Christ,are you fed up withe Merc already ???
It's a bit more complicated than that :y
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Re: Plod Volvo V70 T6 AWD...
« Reply #7 on: 13 October 2014, 22:14:33 »

Anyone any experience of them? Any good?

Window shopping again ::)

Meant to say, it's the V70 I'm considering...

Christ,are you fed up withe Merc already ???
It's a bit more complicated than that :y

Would have thought fuel would be crippling for you compared to the Merc.
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Re: Plod Volvo V70 T6 AWD...
« Reply #9 on: 13 October 2014, 23:01:28 »

Anyone any experience of them? Any good?

Window shopping again ::)

Meant to say, it's the V70 I'm considering...

Christ,are you fed up withe Merc already ???
It's a bit more complicated than that :y

Would have thought fuel would be crippling for you compared to the Merc.
In fuel cost terms, the Merc costs the same as my 3.2 Omega, a lighter right foot has seen the economy improve, but daily, it's never over 38-39mpg and over 19k miles it's sat at 33.5 :-\
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Re: Plod Volvo V70 T6 AWD...
« Reply #10 on: 14 October 2014, 13:40:13 »

Anyone any experience of them? Any good?

Window shopping again ::)

Meant to say, it's the V70 I'm considering...

Christ,are you fed up withe Merc already ???
It's a bit more complicated than that :y

Would have thought fuel would be crippling for you compared to the Merc.
In fuel cost terms, the Merc costs the same as my 3.2 Omega, a lighter right foot has seen the economy improve, but daily, it's never over 38-39mpg and over 19k miles it's sat at 33.5 :-\

I sometimes wonder how 'honest' the trip computer is.

There must surely be a temptation for the manufacturers to make their products appear more frugal than they really are.  :-\
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Re: Plod Volvo T6 AWD...
« Reply #11 on: 14 October 2014, 16:57:54 »

My brother in law had one for a while, nice comfortable & quick, went through tyres fairly quick & also had a few transmission issues, traded it in last year for a new Zafira.
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Re: Plod Volvo T6 AWD...
« Reply #12 on: 14 October 2014, 19:03:17 »

My brother in law had one for a while, nice comfortable & quick, went through tyres fairly quick & also had a few transmission issues, traded it in last year for a new Zafira.
I gather the rear diff/viscous clutch can play up... but the engine is relatively bombproof when compared with the D5 lump. Sadly I am no stranger to tyre wear :-X
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Re: Plod Volvo T6 AWD...
« Reply #13 on: 14 October 2014, 20:16:22 »

Dont tell webby that,he will think you have been doing burnouts  ;D
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Re: Plod Volvo V70 T6 AWD...
« Reply #14 on: 14 October 2014, 20:49:26 »

Anyone any experience of them? Any good?

Window shopping again ::)

Meant to say, it's the V70 I'm considering...

Christ,are you fed up withe Merc already ???
It's a bit more complicated than that :y

Would have thought fuel would be crippling for you compared to the Merc.
In fuel cost terms, the Merc costs the same as my 3.2 Omega, a lighter right foot has seen the economy improve, but daily, it's never over 38-39mpg and over 19k miles it's sat at 33.5 :-\

I sometimes wonder how 'honest' the trip computer is.

There must surely be a temptation for the manufacturers to make their products appear more frugal than they really are.  :-\

IIRC its based on a calculation of how much fuel is being injected. ISTR seeing a test where they were usually about 10-20% optimistic...
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Re: Plod Volvo V70 T6 AWD...
« Reply #15 on: 14 October 2014, 21:05:52 »

Anyone any experience of them? Any good?

Window shopping again ::)

Meant to say, it's the V70 I'm considering...

Christ,are you fed up withe Merc already ???
It's a bit more complicated than that :y

Would have thought fuel would be crippling for you compared to the Merc.
In fuel cost terms, the Merc costs the same as my 3.2 Omega, a lighter right foot has seen the economy improve, but daily, it's never over 38-39mpg and over 19k miles it's sat at 33.5 :-\

I sometimes wonder how 'honest' the trip computer is.

There must surely be a temptation for the manufacturers to make their products appear more frugal than they really are.  :-\

IIRC its based on a calculation of how much fuel is being injected. ISTR seeing a test where they were usually about 10-20% optimistic...
Sounds about right. Mine says 32mpg and I reckon its about 28.
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Re: Plod Volvo V70 T6 AWD...
« Reply #16 on: 14 October 2014, 22:33:34 »

Anyone any experience of them? Any good?

Window shopping again ::)

Meant to say, it's the V70 I'm considering...

Christ,are you fed up withe Merc already ???
It's a bit more complicated than that :y

Would have thought fuel would be crippling for you compared to the Merc.
In fuel cost terms, the Merc costs the same as my 3.2 Omega, a lighter right foot has seen the economy improve, but daily, it's never over 38-39mpg and over 19k miles it's sat at 33.5 :-\

I sometimes wonder how 'honest' the trip computer is.

There must surely be a temptation for the manufacturers to make their products appear more frugal than they really are.  :-\

IIRC its based on a calculation of how much fuel is being injected. ISTR seeing a test where they were usually about 10-20% optimistic...
Sounds about right. Mine says 32mpg and I reckon its about 28.

Yep....and yet many people take the figures from the trip computer as the gospel truth.
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Re: Plod Volvo V70 T6 AWD...
« Reply #17 on: 14 October 2014, 22:55:43 »

Anyone any experience of them? Any good?

Window shopping again ::)

Meant to say, it's the V70 I'm considering...

Christ,are you fed up withe Merc already ???
It's a bit more complicated than that :y

Would have thought fuel would be crippling for you compared to the Merc.
In fuel cost terms, the Merc costs the same as my 3.2 Omega, a lighter right foot has seen the economy improve, but daily, it's never over 38-39mpg and over 19k miles it's sat at 33.5 :-\

I sometimes wonder how 'honest' the trip computer is.

There must surely be a temptation for the manufacturers to make their products appear more frugal than they really are.  :-\

IIRC its based on a calculation of how much fuel is being injected. ISTR seeing a test where they were usually about 10-20% optimistic...
Sounds about right. Mine says 32mpg and I reckon its about 28.

Yep....and yet many people take the figures from the trip computer as the gospel truth.

If I dared work out my fuel economy accurately, Id be doing half a dozen brim-zero-brim tests, then comparing them to the trip computer.

But then I would realise the 3.2 doesn't have one... ;)
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Re: Plod Volvo T6 AWD...
« Reply #18 on: 14 October 2014, 23:06:16 »

Mine does, and the Range is pretty much spot on against the odometer... Merc, brim to brim is between 480 and 580 miles typically from 75 litres :-\ so somewhere between 32 and 38 mpg, so 33.5 isn't too far wide of the mark...
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