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Feb 5th, 2018, 13:09 | #21 |
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I have had it done on my T8 - its sooo worth it
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Hi JC, I'm quite divided on this subject. One can see the glass half full or half empty, I guess So I'm only going to quote those sections where I slightly disagree.
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The Polestar upgrade, on the other hand, only provides +5hp and 20Nm, which translates into a (close to?) zero increase in performance (from those figures alone) on a 2300kg car. You are basically paying £900 for an optimisation of the gearbox, or, as Lexmann points out, for a correction of the downgrade of the gearbox :-P Quote:
Your 5 years of warranty will have long passed before you get any issues due to the increase of a measly 5hp and 20Nm; it's a zero risk transaction for Volvo. Quote:
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With this being said, it does leave a bitter taste in my mouth, thinking we have paid so much for a luxury car which isn't polished on purpose just to be able to try to squeeze more cash out of us. If you look at it rationally, this happens on a daily basis with every product out there, though (freaking light bulbs which should be lasting for decades). But somehow Volvo made this a bit too obvious. Don't get me wrong, my 335d had an attrociously programmed ZF gearbox, and a lot of us on the BMW forums were ready to pay for an update that would make it faster/smoother. But one thing is paying for an actual development of something that was not perfectly done by ZF in the very first place. Another thing would have been BMW downgrading ZF's gearbox, and then charging to bring it up to spec... |
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Feb 8th, 2018, 18:51 | #24 |
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Totally agree with everything you have said Bicax and this is obviously an interesting subject to a lot of people on this forum judging by how many views my original post has created
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XC60 on order. It would be interesting what it is like to drive 190hp in a 2 tonne car. Last edited by J30 YAP; Feb 22nd, 2018 at 23:48. |
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Feb 22nd, 2018, 23:58 | #26 |
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Most of the time I'm just happy to take it easy, I'm really past all that rushing around, but the other day I felt like a little bit of a burst. I selected dynamic mode, resulting in shxt off a shovel, this car can really shift if needed and I'm talking up hill.
Take it from me Polestar is worth it.
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Feb 23rd, 2018, 14:47 | #28 | |
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The increase in 0-60 is less than a second quicker and top speed remains the same. Like I said for me it's all about the extra torque, I also think there is a difference with the gear change, possibly a bit smother. I don't regret spending the extra, but then I did cut back on some other things which I considered I didn't need. I'm liking my XC60 regardless of minor issues.
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