XC90 is a safe car.. but this is no more than internet myth BS.
Here's one XC90 crash with fatality from just last year.
No car is invincible. IIRC the Lexus RX350 had the lowest driver fatality rate last I checked.
Considering a 2013 Volvo XC70 - Any Personal Experience?
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XC90 is a safe car.. but this is no more than internet myth BS.
Here's one XC90 crash with fatality from just last year.
No car is invincible. IIRC the Lexus RX350 had the lowest driver fatality rate last I checked.
Yes, Volvo dealers will service my Land Rover because they knew the engine.The engine was built in Whales U.K. by Ford to be clear.
I test drove a slightly newer example of the OP's "Hawaii expatriate" and almost bought it. Then I remembered I didn't need or want AWD or the R.E.A.D. unit with all its 'down-low' accessories.
Shoehorning all those parts under a hood seems like asking for trouble....a hopelessly old-fashioned outlook, I know.
The 2.0l 4-cylinder with its 8 speed transmission, also an AW unit, was what was infecting my brain. Many on this and other sites offered advice. I found a 2015 with which I've been very happy.
I often see sustained mpg numbers of 32 and higher during my highway runs.
That engine's absence of dipstick is the #1 complaint.
I've no doubt that the electronic oil level sensor, which works ONLY AFTER the warm engine sits a few minutes, has contributed to many of these engines being oil starved.
The maintenance history and overall nimbleness of the vehicle is what hooked me. In my search, I drove 'em all. 3.0l and 3.2l AWDs all had a deep buzz which accompanied easy driving. In fact, as a general comment on all the Volvos I've test driven over the years, something wrong with a drivetrain has been the recurring, glaring fault of otherwise great looking cars.
Remember, a FWD vehicle with Winter tires is often all one needs. AWD, while intoxicating, isn't always necessary.
The largest kicker was a dealership in New Hampshire. They showed real interest in the cherry 1999 Saab 9-5 SE I had to swap. The XC-70 they had exhibited wobbliness in a front corner; possibly from post-crash repairs. The response of, "Gee, I don't know what you mean" was welcome as it ended my dealing and saved time.
Gee, why all the dealership hate?
Shoehorning all those parts under a hood seems like asking for trouble....a hopelessly old-fashioned outlook, I know.
The 2.0l 4-cylinder with its 8 speed transmission, also an AW unit, was what was infecting my brain. Many on this and other sites offered advice. I found a 2015 with which I've been very happy.
I often see sustained mpg numbers of 32 and higher during my highway runs.
That engine's absence of dipstick is the #1 complaint.
I've no doubt that the electronic oil level sensor, which works ONLY AFTER the warm engine sits a few minutes, has contributed to many of these engines being oil starved.
The maintenance history and overall nimbleness of the vehicle is what hooked me. In my search, I drove 'em all. 3.0l and 3.2l AWDs all had a deep buzz which accompanied easy driving. In fact, as a general comment on all the Volvos I've test driven over the years, something wrong with a drivetrain has been the recurring, glaring fault of otherwise great looking cars.
Remember, a FWD vehicle with Winter tires is often all one needs. AWD, while intoxicating, isn't always necessary.
The largest kicker was a dealership in New Hampshire. They showed real interest in the cherry 1999 Saab 9-5 SE I had to swap. The XC-70 they had exhibited wobbliness in a front corner; possibly from post-crash repairs. The response of, "Gee, I don't know what you mean" was welcome as it ended my dealing and saved time.
Gee, why all the dealership hate?
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Good deal.
Buying mine from Texas netted me rust free, FWD, & no heated seats.
Not a vehicle on vehicle crash.
Losing and control and flying off the road is a different category.
There have been fatalities - but not where two vehicles collided.
Lol, no.
It's a grossly overused, outdated and misquoted marketing claim from Volvo.
What? Did you read the article I linked? Did you see the picture of the XC90 in the article? Sure looks like and sounds like a head-on collision. (quote pasted below)
"The McHenry County Sheriff's Office said the two teens were in a 2021 Dodge Challenger Hellcat that was speeding just after noon Sunday on Davis Road, when it tried to pass a 2021 Jeep Wrangler in a no-passing zone.
The Hellcat then hit an oncoming 2020 Volvo XC 90 at the top of a hill, and spun out before catching fire."
A question that has me curious too. Was it "imported" just for sale? And if yes, why? Did the owner move with it to Utah, and then decide to sell it after getting here?
Having spent the last 25 years of my career working for a Tier I airbag and seatbelt manufacturer, I'm quite familiar with the constant pursuit of the safest cars on the road, by Volvo. Our company had bought from the insurance company a totaled Volvo sedan that had been equipped with our companies airbags and seatbelts. The wrecked car, with deployed airbags still in place, along with a copy of a news article about the accident, and a letter from the driver, thanking our company for helping save his life, spent time in each of the company plants that were involved in manufacturing the airbags and seatbelts.
The accident was severe enough that no one should have lived. But the driver, the only occupant, got out of the car on his own. When emergency responders arrived, they were perplexed by the empty car, and could not believe that he was the driver. IIRC, the driver did go to the hospital for some lacerations and a few fractures.
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I often don’t read your posts any more.
You like to bash Volvo, and other brands, you have done it often, and I am too busy to entertain your posts today.
Besides, you don’t read posts or articles, either, isn’t that right?
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