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May 13th, 2019, 09:02 | #11 | |
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I am sure I read a post by a chap that didn’t, and buggered up his roof.
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May 13th, 2019, 14:41 | #12 | |
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I believe you to be correct, I'm sure I read that if you change the direction of the roof, either opening or closing and not completing the full cycle, it messes with the sensors and causes them confusion because the roof hasn't fully done what they're expecting it to do. |
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May 13th, 2019, 15:58 | #13 |
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Been busy looking at cars, In a last ditched attempt to keep my wife within the Saab family I (we) test drove a 9-3 diesel and it was absolutely awful, I will add at this point it was the first 9-3 I've driven ours have always been "proper" Saabs (9-5's, 9000's and classic pre GM 900's) and petrol as well so this was a bit of a shock. Took out an S40 diesel and although a very different car to the 9-3 felt much better despite only have 10k less miles on it, but my wife decided it was not big enough. Took out an S80 (D3 IIRC) and I personally thought that was a very good car but despite that being smaller than her 9-5 decided it was too big and she didn't like the cream interior and this is the odd thing I pointed out the smaller external dimensions of the S80 over her 9-5 and her response was that it was "vast" on the inside. Now I felt that was a result, smaller on the outside but bigger on the inside but apparently not. So took out an S60 (2.4 diesel) again I though this was cracking car (actually that's an understatement), but we had this cream interior again!!! I was hoping she'd fall for one of the "S" variants but it's not happening. I'm going to have to pluck up the courage and armed with some knowledge given by the members view a C70 and I know full well that despite how big/small the interior is or indeed what colour it is or if the car runs like a bag of spanners or the roof only just manages to open and shut juddering all the way and losing hydraulic fluid from all the rams it will still be perfect and we will need to buy it there and then. |
May 14th, 2019, 10:50 | #14 |
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May 14th, 2019, 15:22 | #15 |
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Late Saabs were very poorly made, they felt cheap when new and didn't wear at all well. Very sad considering how robust even the GM 900 was.
The C70 is very well made, almost no common issues, and the mechanicals are all very well proven. Mine is a D5 manual and it is effective and efficient, but rather coarse. I'd have liked a T5 but was covering big mileages when I bought it. I'd restrict my search to MY '08 (late 57 plate onwards) cars as they fixed quite a few gremlins. You can get some with "Sovereign hide" leather which is far nicer than the standard stuff. There are some ugly has hell trim combos (light grey and cream) but plenty of all black or black trim and white leather cars out there that look great. Spacious inside for a convertible, but not cavernous by any stretch. Excellent seats and high quality trim too. SE Lux cars have an astonishingly good stereo and are well worth seeking out, although the 18" wheels do the ride no favours at all. I've owned a lot of cars, some very much more expensive than the C70, but it's the one I've kept longest!
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May 14th, 2019, 16:15 | #16 | |
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=Fuel consumption/road tax is the short answer. We are in a slightly unusually position in that we have just one family car between us which to all intents and purposes is my wife’s car (motorbikes for me I’m afraid). If is was just a second car for my wife petrol would be fine. Our current 9-5 is 2005 which reduces it’s road tax (still over £300) one a year younger would be getting on for double that. Official urban cycle is 18 mpg. Contrast that with the S80 I took out. Official urban cycle is 36 mpg and current road tax. £200. Now I’m well aware official mpg figures are very often not that accurate but it’s still hard to argue with those numbers. The S80 didn’t feel overly compromised to me. It was marginally less refined when moving off from standstill when compared to my rather long in the tooth 9-5 but minimal and once underway it felt quite a bit better. My wife would dearly love open top motoring but we have to temper that with it being needed for all the normal family duties as well. I thought a C70 could (may well still) do both. I’m lucky I don’t have to give a moments thought as to passenger comfort/fuel consumption/road tax (or indeed what colour the dash is) when I get a new bike, test ride them and whichever leaves me with the biggest grin is coming home with me, simple.
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That genuinely did make me laugh out loud. I did see one Volvo with what I'll swear was "pine" trimmings, Of all the spares/parts and servicing items I've bought over the years wood stain has yet to be amongst them but if it was my car I'd have to do something about that. |
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May 14th, 2019, 20:07 | #17 |
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Hey what's wrong with that colour combination?!
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May 14th, 2019, 21:34 | #18 |
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Yep, another +1 for light grey and cream.
However my 2008 C70 D5 manual has been the most problematic car I've ever owned with many having similar problems on here: Leaking boot Rear tyres step way too easily AM failed on the radio Brake pressure sensor failure Bi xenon ballast failure twice Alarm failure and going off randomly with service required on dash Broken front spring Two front wheel bearings Two rear shock absorbers Front window winder cable snapped Window washer pump failed Rear number plate lights fell apart Tow hook electric connector corroded and fell off In all that it hasn't left me stranded.......yet.....come close though. I don't think I'll be buying another Volvo......but it is a lovely car with the roof down. |
May 15th, 2019, 16:48 | #19 | |
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i have same feeling, no more volvo! Even my local dealership confirmed as they're crap ! in my one i did replaced also shocks and struts as they're cracks easily ! and may cause roof clunks at not smooth surface, also quite common rear antirollbar bushes- quite common and also may make roof noises. after replacing its pretty solid. it let me down during the 1100 miles trip as alternator belt broke. it stopped coz of a/c compressor which runs the same pulley as alternator so if one break u cant drive, and if ure unlucky can damage engine as alternator belt may go straight into cambelt. I have d5 version so swirl flaps qute common and i did replaced them as well. brake servo. what not broke yet is roof, turbo, transmission and steering rack im feeling sick having this car there is always something to do and always bills ends up with goooooood couple hundreds. seats are poor quality as they rips off and cracks easily. driveshafts replaced twice!! Never had that hug problems with another cars! when u drop ur roof down u forget about that but....Its my last Volvo! never ever Volvo. Maybe old ones like my old s40 which i sold that was unbreakable tank!!! Sold with 200k on the clock as bi fuel-runs on lpg from factory! |
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May 15th, 2019, 23:13 | #20 | |
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