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May 31st, 2020, 16:40 | #1 |
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Considering buying a high mileage XC90 T8 - pitfalls?
I’ve seen (online, not in the flesh) an XC90. It’s late 2015, R Design, in Bursting Blue. Looks real nice and has some nice kit.
There’s a reason it’s cheap though, it’s covered nearly 170k miles. Being sold by an independent garage. It’s had one owner and FSH but I’ve yet to request some more info. One the one hand, I’m thinking it’s cheap if can get it for just under £20k. But then it’s out of warranty and after spending that much I wold be pretty miffed if I had large repair bills the coming years. Given the high mileage (avg 42k miles/yr), I suspect the battery wasn’t used much - so somebody had a high fuel bill!! Therefore there will have been a lot of use on the ICE. A lot depends on story behind previous owner and the TLC/maintenance under his/her ownership. Our own use case will be mostly sub 20 miles so should get by on battery only. If a turbo or supercharger or any other untold number of ICE problems occurred then hopefully it’s still driveable until I’m ready to repair it. Obviously the chassis, suspension, wheels, brakes etc will still need attention. The previous MOT advisories, confirm that too! Would like to keep the car for 5-6 years What are common problems with earlier version of the T8? Is there a way to check battery health? |
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erm... I'm beginning to think I've joined/posted in the wrong forum?!
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You are best of researching the american forum (swedespeed) as there's significantly more T8 owners on it than here, + a lot more high mileage cars as well..
Btw, for each post on ICE issues I've seen 10 on ERAD dying and needing a full replacement - so I'd say ICE is the last thing I'd worry about.. Good luck!
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My gut feeling is 20k is too much.
It is doable. And might not be a money pit. If you are handy with a spanner then brakes, trim items, suspension are normal enough. Worries are ERAD, battery and general electronic complexity. That said, electronic complexity will be the same at 70k or 170k miles. It is kind of just the luck of the game. So if the car is nice, and you can get a good warranty, and you are not scared of risk, and you can get a bit of discount then maybe go for it. Oh and one final point. This was a circa 70k car from new. So the bills will reflect the 70k purchase price. Just because you pay 20k doesn't reduce the bills, the bills will still reflect the 70k original price....
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ERAD is electronic rear axle drive. Essentially the motor, clutch pack and diff which sits inbetween the rear wheels. If it fails the car will still drive but will be very difficult to get going smoothly as the car always initially takes off on electric, even for just a second before the ICE kicks in.
Mine is currently happily moving me about 10m (usually into a junction or roundabout) then I lose electric drive. At which point I panic and mash the throttle, then about 1 second later the engine starts and the car takes off......
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This ERAD ones scare me. Was it something that was faulty by design that was rectified in later designs, including for repairs & replacements? I’m going to give the garage a call this week, see what I can find out about the car’s documented history and anything he knows about previous owner. I hope he had some major work done. |
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If you want a cheap newer car don’t disregard a salvage catagory N or S car! You do need some knowledge about it, if it’s already been repaired and how well. You might find something in your price range or less with less miles maybe newer and or better spec that will go for the time you want to keep it for. They go for about 30% less than the equivalent model, the stigma is from people who don’t understand about catagory cars and think they are death trap cut and shuts which just isn’t the case in this day and age. There’s bargains to be had but you do need to take someone who can inspect the car to be sure it’s been repaired fully and look at pics before it has repaired so you know what parts had been changed. Once you own one no one will know it’s salvage unless you tell them or they do a hpi to be nosey. It’s between you and the next owner , even the insurance companies do not care if it’s cat N or S but they will pay out less as the value of the car is less than If it was hpi clear but you’d know that having saved 30% or so on it.
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