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Anyone know Volvos?

Post by Shoppinit » Thu May 11, 2017 8:46 am

I'm looking for a Volvo XC90 to use as a work horse. Feck me but Volvo like to a bit of engine variety!

Ideally I'd get the V8 but it's a bit too recent, so I'm looking at the following engines:

2.9T 6 in-line turbo (T6)
2.5T 5 in-line turbo (T5)
3.2 6-inline NA

I have heard that the box on the 2.9T T6 is made of bakerlite and likes to hari-kari so I'm kind put off this one.

I hear that the T5 is OK.

My mate who works at LR tells me that the same 3.2 Volvo engine that they used in the Freelander was rubbish and likes to leak and eat head gaskets.

I suppose I could get a diseasel but I'm not thrilled about the low output and I just don't like oil burners. Still, if the government is going to ban them then maybe prices will drop. :P

I might just give up and get a disco, but the Volvos are a bit better value for money.

If anyone's got any advice, I'm all ears.

Thanks.
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Re: Anyone know Volvos?

Post by HPsauce » Thu May 11, 2017 9:10 am

We're talking old/used here presumably, nearly all current Volvos use a 2-litre engine with varying levels of tune/boost and hybrid support.
My modern (2-litre) T5 (not an XC90) has a creamy smooth 8-speed gearbox. The old 2.5 T5 engine has a good reputation.
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Post by Shoppinit » Thu May 11, 2017 9:30 am

Yup, I'm looking at 2005-2008 models.
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Post by W8PMC » Thu May 11, 2017 9:34 am

Sorry, i've no experience of the older XC90's, but the wife bought an XC60 D5 AWD last September & as much as it pains me, it really is a fantastic car & caused me to have a sniff of the new XC90 before ordering my FFRR.

Being the D5, it's a 2.4 4cyl Diesel with around 220bhp, which is more than sufficient for the car. It's Auto but i'm struggling to confirm how many ratios it has, although 6 rings a bell, however it's a very well behaved box & like the engine, suits the car well.
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Post by chunky79 » Thu May 11, 2017 5:21 pm

T5 is used in the focus isn't it as well as the high powered Volvo's? Thought it was renowned for being a solid lump? Just go for that ✅
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Post by Shoppinit » Thu May 11, 2017 6:37 pm

Yeah, I like the T5 engine. Not sure about the gearbox, though.
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Post by V!per » Thu May 11, 2017 10:36 pm

T5 is the one to go for but from what I remember when I was looking for one then all had gearbox made out of putty - apart from the V8 one.
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Post by chunky79 » Fri May 12, 2017 6:16 am

Take it you can't get a manual?
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Re: Anyone know Volvos?

Post by Shoppinit » Fri May 12, 2017 11:44 am

I want an auto so that my wife is comfortable driving it. I want her to be able to drive me back from places when I've drunk too much and I don't want to hear the gears grinding. :shock:
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Post by chunky79 » Fri May 12, 2017 2:42 pm

Can you hear things when you're asleep then?
Is the ghey3 auto?
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Post by Shoppinit » Fri May 12, 2017 2:48 pm

No, manual, and she doesn't drive it*. She'll drive the RS6, but only very, very reluctantly.

Who can sleep through grinding gears?! Even if you're shitefaced, that's a mood killer.

/* and the first and last time she did drive it, she ground the gears...
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Post by chunky79 » Fri May 12, 2017 6:42 pm

Shoppinit wrote: ↑
Fri May 12, 2017 2:48 pm
 No, manual, and she doesn't drive it*. She'll drive the RS6, but only very, very reluctantly.

Who can sleep through grinding gears?! Even if you're shitefaced, that's a mood killer. No idea,
I wouldn't get in the car when the wife was driving when I was sober or drunk, except after my back operation.

/* and the first and last time she did drive it, she ground the gears... I wouldn't let her drive any of the cars again after that!
Reminds me of the last time my mom ever drove a car. She got the Daimler wedged in the car park up Wolverhampton after my dad had a triple by-pass, she got us back home and has never driven since (30 years ago)
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Re: Anyone know Volvos?

Post by Mr Footlong » Fri May 19, 2017 10:31 am

Shoppinit wrote: ↑
Fri May 12, 2017 2:48 pm
 She'll drive the RS6, but only very, very reluctantly.
Really? My other half bloody loves driving the 6, she drives it whenever she can and prefers it over the 4 that I bought for her....
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Re: Anyone know Volvos?

Post by Shoppinit » Fri May 19, 2017 10:38 am

Yeah, she's terrified of damaging it. I don't like being a passenger in it either because invariably it's only when she's driving it that a worthy adversary turns up and wants to play.
chunky79 wrote: ↑
Fri May 12, 2017 6:42 pm
my mom ... got the Daimler wedged in the car park up Wolverhampton
Surely that's a euphemism?!
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Re: Anyone know Volvos?

Post by bam_bam » Fri May 19, 2017 10:56 am

shoppinit wrote: ↑
Fri May 12, 2017 6:42 pm
 Surely that's a euphemism?!
Yep. I first met Chunky's mum 30yrs ago. I was twelve. I took her in the carpark.
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