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Potential pitfalls in budget Volvo XC90 ownership.Views : 2577 Replies : 30Users Viewing This Thread : |
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Jun 5th, 2020, 08:34 | #11 |
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Jun 5th, 2020, 09:35 | #12 |
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If I was buying a SUV at the sub £3k end of the market I would get an XC90 all day long... more reliable than Land Rover/Range Rover, and now there are a good numbers in breakers yards, there are no parts that are prohibitively expensive and with relatively easy access to VIDA/Dice there's no job a competent home mechanic can't do if they're prepared to read and research a bit.
I'm sure early L322's and D3's are probably just as cheap to get parts for but I think the reliability of the XC90 is a key advantage. I get that some of the Jap 4x4 stuff is probably even more reliable and robust but not nearly as refined or comfortable. And with an XC90 you don't need to be a welder :-)
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Jun 5th, 2020, 10:27 | #13 |
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This is reassuring being an XC90 owner plus my welding is c*!p. I am hoping to keep ours a very long time
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Jun 5th, 2020, 11:45 | #14 |
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Not an XC90 agreed but in my experience big, old Volvos can be run economically (as distinct from 'cheaply'), as the following figures for my V70 indicate:
First registered: 17.02.2000 (Late Ph.1) Purchased: 06.08.2016 @ 118354 miles Price paid: £550 Mileage now 130571; 12217 miles covered Expenditure to date: Fuel: £2300 (18.83 ppm, 44.35%) Repairs: £390.28 (3.18 ppm, 7.53%) Servicing: £203.06 (1.66 ppm, 3.92%) Fixed costs: £2292.69 (18.77 ppm, 44.20%) Total running costs: £5186.03 (42.45 ppm, 100.00%) Capital cost, Depreciation and opportunity cost: If I wrote the car off today, my depreciation would be £550, or 4.50 ppm, bringing the total cost per mile in my ownership to 46.95 ppm. If I had invested the capital at, say, 5%, it would by now have yielded something in the order of £113.22, or another 0.93 ppm. Therefore the car has to date cost me a maximum of £5849.25 or 47.88 ppm. If you were to double these figures to allow for the larger size and increased complexity of an XC90 over a V70, I think that would still represent (relatively) economical motoring. Regards, John.
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Jun 5th, 2020, 14:21 | #15 |
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Yes- everyone forgets about depreciation. Our XC90 was north of 17K (ouch!) when we bought it 3 years ago and with the high mileage we have put on her, she is probably worth 8-10k so minimum 2k per year lost just in depreciation!
Something a car salesman will never discuss. So if you factor in depreciation when looking at running costs, if the car itself is in good shape you can spend 1000s and still be in profit. The only downside is if the car is written off as your insurance will not pay you what you have invested into it, so you have to be careful how much you invest. |
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WOW !!! .... you were never in a movie with Tom Cruise were you ? ..... something to do with gambling Impressive stuff .... wish you had been my accountant/ adviser 20 years ago !!! |
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Jun 5th, 2020, 18:34 | #17 |
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I'm married to my accountant, 'W.O.K.'!
I just like playing around with numbers and stats. It's just a simple spreadsheet, no more. Regards, John.
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Jun 5th, 2020, 19:05 | #18 |
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Just dont buy a Jeep. My £1200 Cherokee 2.8CRD was beyond agricultural with its 4cyl engine. Nosier, dirtier, more vibration and thirstier than a Sprinter train. 7mpg round town, 12mpg if lucky on a motorway at 56mph, in 2wd, strong tailwind, downhill and with the mirrors folded in.
But in 4wd low ratio in deep snow it drove like a bulldozer.
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None of these cars are cheap to repair and maintain though - expensive new, aimed at well-heeled buyers, they were never intended to be cheapo budget runabouts........
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About the only major differences I can think of are a more complicated audio system and a gyro under the drivers seat. The plus side is much more room under the bonnet.
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