What’s your experience with the Volvo XC90?
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Anonymous
| I see them all over the place, and I like the way they look, but a 4 cylinder engine seems underpowered. Do you feel that you don’t get good pick up when you need it? Do you have problems with the car? I don’t hear that Volvo is a good car, but then I see 15 a day. |
Anonymous
| Bump |
Anonymous
| massage chairs. nuff said. |
Anonymous
| No experience with it but I feel that it's for people who want a luxury three row SUV without being associated with the Audi/BMW crowd. |
Anonymous
Interesting, I see almost no moms driving around in Audi or BMWs. I don't really see any BMW SUVs anymore and maybe a few days with BMW sedans and a bunch of Q5s and a few Q7s. Seems to be all Volvo, Mercedes, Acura or minivan. |
Anonymous
| The people in my crowd who have them lease them. I love them, but we keep our cars about 8 years and the reliability scared me off when we recently bought an SUV. I really tried to convince myself to buy one, but, while I don't mind spending a lot of money on a car, I don't want to spend a ton on maintenance and upkeep, or deal with the hassle. I went with the Subaru SUV instead, and even that was pushing me out of my reliable Toyota/Lexus comfort zone. |
Anonymous
| They’re a Volvo. Meaning you already KNOW not to keep it past the warranty because they’re garbage and will nickel and dime you to death on maintenance. |
Anonymous
So funny. I’m in the VA burbs and the Q7 is super popular with the “never minivan” moms. |
Anonymous
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Husband has an XC90 and loves it. Doesn't have any problems with acceleration - the engine is both supercharged and turbocharged and that gives it enough power. I haven't driven the XC90 very often, but when I did, it felt good to me, and I normally drive a smaller SUV with a V6 engine.
Like another poster noted, we're leasing ours, since we don't want to deal with repair issues once it's out of warranty. |
Anonymous
| I have a 2005 XC90. Yep, 2005. After almost 15 years, we’ve had the normal repairs and replacements, but it’s still going strong |
Anonymous
x a million. the audi and bmw are nearly ubiquitous (required) for the Arlington and FFX McMansion/Craftsman homeowners |
Anonymous
| I felt it had a very small third row, tight interior quarters, a gorgeous console, overly complicated technology screen, nice interior touches, and pretty cool safety features. |
Anonymous
| I have a newly leased Volvo XC90 Hybrid and its fast as shit. (I had an XC90 before this with the Pulsar add-on, so that was very fast too.) The onboard electronics are irritating in some ways (not all) But its a beautiful car, drives so smoothly (air-suspension) has temp-controlled seats, massaging seats that are actually kinda nice. Its just a really nice car and I feel super safe in it. Any other car that I might tap is gonna come away worse off than my Volvo. |
Anonymous
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PP here. And "yes" my T8 definitely has powerful pick-up.
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Anonymous
| People who buy Volvos buy them because they know they are horrible drivers. |