Adventures in the Inland Sea

[RedXC]

You must had a heck of a fun day!!! I wish I can try that. Im trying to find a off-road dirt trail in the bay area where i can try out the XC. Nice photos!!!

[gary]

Truly impressive pictures...WOW! Thanks for sharing them.

[bobigski]

Beautiful pictures. Yes Volvo shold see them.Impressive performance of an AWD XC70. I have a 90 AWD

[Sasquatch]

I have to wonder how the bearings and other metal on metal areas will stand the test of time with sand in there.

Looks like fun though.

[XCS]

Dani K.
As usual you have taken us on a great trip. I wish I had as much courage as you. It was nice to see the XC matched up against the other manufacturer’s machines. I think we can all get a better idea of just how capable our cars really are.
Great Pictures!

Sasquatch,
I do wonder about the longevity of parts under those conditions, but I don’t believe the Volvo will fare any worse than the others. And from what I’ve seen of the cost for parts on my son’s Toyota FourRunner, I’m not sure it will be that much more expensive.

[Sasquatch]

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Sasquatch,
I do wonder about the longevity of parts under those conditions, but I don’t believe the Volvo will fare any worse than the others. And from what I’ve seen of the cost for parts on my son’s Toyota FourRunner, I’m not sure it will be that much more expensive.

Good points. The only thing is that the Volvo is closer to the ground, and has narrower tires, thus could get stuff in more places (driveshafts, brakes, bearings, ...) more easily.

Cool stuff.

[XC-Fan]

Hi Dani K., thx for the pics!! I enjoyed it very much :-) Am I allowed to copy some pics for my privat XC Homepage? I would also like to translate your description of that tour into German.

I have added a card of Katar. Could you please paint a point in that map to show us, were the tour took place? Is it the inland sea at the border to saudia?

Thanks a lot! Ragards
Torsten - the www.xc-fan.de (and I could only drive my XC70 in special offroad terrains. But believe me, this is danger enough for a XC70. Pics from all the defectiv parts will follow ;-))

[kayaking]

Dani, I'd bet that you may be the first on this site to go out and purchase the new XC70-AT. But then again, it seems your standard XC70 performed admirably!! Totally amazing expedition! Very impressive photo's. Thanks for posting. Wish I was there!

[Dani K.]

Hi Dani K., thx for the pics!! I enjoyed it very much :-) Am I allowed to copy some pics for my privat XC Homepage? I would also like to translate your description of that tour into German.

Sure thing XC-Fan. You can post the pictures on your website, which is great by the way. I only wish I could speak german. And Happy Birthday by the way.

I have added a card of Katar. Could you please paint a point in that map to show us, were the tour took place? Is it the inland sea at the border to saudia?

The arrow on the map shows where we were. It's a fourty minute drive from Doha to Messaieed. That's where we deflated the tyres. From Messaieed onwords to the point on the arrow, it's all desert and it takes about 50 minutes to get there. You can see Saudi Arabia from there.

Thanks a lot! Ragards
Torsten - the www.xc-fan.de (and I could only drive my XC70 in special offroad terrains. But believe me, this is danger enough for a XC70. Pics from all the defectiv parts will follow ;-))

Make sure you post those pictures. The XC is great and I had no problems resulting from going up the dunes. I believe the effect is similar to driving in the snow due to the salt and all of that.

Dani, I'd bet that you may be the first on this site to go out and purchase the new XC70-AT. But then again, it seems your standard XC70 performed admirably!! Totally amazing expedition! Very impressive photo's. Thanks for posting. Wish I was there!

Well kayaking I'm not sure if I'm the first one with a 2006 MY. Anyone else out there? I'm glad you enjoyed the pictures.

[littlewaywelt]

Very, very cool pics and what a great trip that must have been.

As far as off road goes, this (no disrespect at all intended) isn't that great a deal. This would be a trail rating of 2 on the 1-5 scale. It's only a test of the traction control and awd system which are obviously very good. Sand and snow are not challenging aspects of offroad driving (articulation, clearance, approach & departure angles, etc).

...all that said this is one very very capable car...moreso than most would ever guess.

How did the tow eyelet fare?