Omega Owners Forum
Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: 05omegav6 on 13 October 2014, 19:34:58
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Anyone any experience of them? Any good?
Window shopping again ::)
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Nope. Sounds nice though! :y
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Anyone any experience of them? Any good?
Window shopping again ::)
Meant to say, it's the V70 I'm considering...
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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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.. 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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A very good friend of mine had a V70 and it was very quick and comfortable too, :y
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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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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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Nope. Sounds nice though! :y
Looks nice too! :y
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Volvo-V70-3-0-T6-AWD-Turbo-Estate-Automatic-Ex-Police-Metallic-Grey-/201192897374?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item2ed807fb5e
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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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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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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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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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Dont tell webby that,he will think you have been doing burnouts ;D
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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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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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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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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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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...