Have i bought a Volvo or a ford?

[GMad]

Originally Posted by Volvophile

Your S60 is neither. It was a car totally developed by Volvo when they were an independent company and uses the Volvo developed P2 platform.

To find a Ford developed Volvo you have to have to go as far as 2004, when the S40/V50 were launched.

Aye that's true! Plus of course a Mondeo has better headlights and considerably better steering lock!

[faffi]

Originally Posted by GMad

Aye that's true! Plus of course a Mondeo has better headlights and considerably better steering lock!

Are you sure The Mondeo has the largest/worst turning radius of any car I've owned.

[GMad]

Originally Posted by faffi

Are you sure The Mondeo has the largest/worst turning radius of any car I've owned.

But still better than my S60! Plus the headlights (both dipped and main beam) are lush in comparison.

[faffi]

My Mondeo has Xenon and I feel they are weak. On high beam, the Xenons stay on together with the mains, and light is good. Not excellent, but quite good. Maybe it's just me preferring the more yellow light from normal bulbs, but I've driven cars with Xenons much better than the ones on my Ford. Like the current Passat and Octavia.

Still, I find that a yellow-ish light makes it easier to see bumps etc. in the road. Which is why I ordrered my coming S40 with standard headlamps (H4)

[fenton_jd]

Originally Posted by faffi

My Mondeo has Xenon and I feel they are weak. On high beam, the Xenons stay on together with the mains, and light is good. Not excellent, but quite good. Maybe it's just me preferring the more yellow light from normal bulbs, but I've driven cars with Xenons much better than the ones on my Ford. Like the current Passat and Octavia.

Still, I find that a yellow-ish light makes it easier to see bumps etc. in the road. Which is why I ordrered my coming S40 with standard headlamps (H4)

Hate to break it to you but the S40 has the worst headlights I've ever witnesses in any car! Atleas the 2004 > 2007 version did. Maybe they sorted it for the newer registered ones

[markt1]

Their better than the Triumph Dolomite i used to own

[sdavidwh]

Originally Posted by markt1

Their better than the Triumph Dolomite i used to own

have never owned one of these but when I was growing up in Bolton a doctor had a Dolomite & I fell in love with it....ace looking car IMO

Dave

[Guru]

Originally Posted by markt1

Triumph Dolomite

Ouch too many childhood memories in that one!

Rowhedge, Colchester 1976 - 1981. My father used to drive a dark reddish-purple one back and forth to Essex University, although I was only 2months - 5 years old at that time, I remember it well, and the family photo album will remind of it eternally, with me sitting on its bonnet and the cat sniffing the front tyre .

I also remember how my dad would get cross over village chavs, "punks" as we called them then, nicking petrol from its tank ... they would always keep the fuel cap too!

[markt1]

Mine was a basic model hey they had warning lights to tell you no seat belt LOL mine was rotten so my dad cut the front off a dolomite sprint wih the twin headlights removed the old one and welded it straight on my 13L and i also badged her up as a sprint but the giveaway was mine had no vinyl roof and the wheels were different if i recall right

[faffi]

Originally Posted by fenton_jd

Hate to break it to you but the S40 has the worst headlights I've ever witnesses in any car! Atleas the 2004 > 2007 version did. Maybe they sorted it for the newer registered ones

Time will tell - nowt much I can do with it now