Folks
I have been reading the posts here to understand what I am up against when I take OSD delivery of my XC70. Some of the comments made here do scare me, and I wonder if I made the right decision in opting for a Volvo. Our previous (and current) cars have been a Honda Civic, an Accord and a Toyota Camry. Our experiences in maintaining them have been very positive. We opted for a Volvo because of its
reputation for safety and because we decided it is, finally, time to own a luxury car. With this background in mind, could someone answer the following questions for me?
1. Will routine maintainence, as for a Toyota or a Honda, be enough for a Volvo? Or does a XC70 require extra care? I ask this question because I did not see a conclusion to LisaPhish's problems with respect to vibrations in her XC70.
2. Does one pay a montly fees to some service provider for the GPS in the DVD navigator? My salesman says that there are no monthly fees; but I seem to know more about XC70s than he does.
3. Is it possible to pull out of a OSD contract after plunking down US$2K, but before receiving conformation? Has anyone tried changing their minds?
4. I am making a list of potential problems reported here, such as a single vent for rear seats. But has anyone made such a list to cross-check a new vehicle against?
5. XC70's manual recommends 91 Octane, or better, gasoline. However, 93 octane is the only one commercially available. The claim from the dealers and the posts indicate that the firing cycle, and timing, is optimized for 91. What math I know indicates that 93 octane would, then, give suboptimal performance. So why would anyone want to use 93 octane then? It doesn't compute. Could someone offer an explanation?
thanks for your help.
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