V60 T6 Polestar
A quick update:
After a short 10 min drive today and up a very steep incline, I returned home, very strong smell, popped the hood and smoke coming out, not enough to call the fire brigade but enough to make me look for the Volvo Fire Extinguisher which doesn't exist, all manufacturers should supply one in my opinion.
Called Volvo Assistance - immediately the guy who came to collect it said he could smell the clutch! Yes I knew that smell was reminiscent of something other than my old train set transformer.
So my electric / alternator theory could be a complete red herring. The cutting out I was experiencing could be the clutch slipping. The car's only done 20K so unless the handbrake was on all the time what could make this happen even if the previous owner drove it hard and it doesn't look like that. Maybe a faulty stop/start switch? Anyway everything at this stage is still speculative.
Hope to get a report from Volvo later tomorrow.
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