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[05omegav6]

Anyone any experience of them? Any good?

Window shopping again

[Sir Tigger KC]

Nope. Sounds nice though! 

[05omegav6]

Anyone any experience of them? Any good?

Window shopping again

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

[henryd]

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

[D]

.. 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.

[kevinp58]

A very good friend of mine had a V70 and it was very quick and comfortable too, 

[05omegav6]

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

[henryd]

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

Would have thought fuel would be crippling for you compared to the Merc.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Nope. Sounds nice though! 

Looks nice too! 

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

[05omegav6]

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

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

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

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

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. 

[2boxerdogs]

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.

[05omegav6]

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

[4x4]

Dont tell webby that,he will think you have been doing burnouts 

[GastronomicKleptomaniac]

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

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...