In the never ending quest to find a replacement for the F2, I'm looking at a Passat Alltrack, (The 190PS engine), I'm booking a test drive of a used (2017) one for this weekend, and was wondering if anyone has any experience of the vehicle. Updated- Waiting for a Scotland v England 6 Nations home win. 24th Feb 2018
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No experience of the VW but I have looked at the Volvo Cross Country range.

I’m sure a member on Disco4.com has a V90CC and they have nothing but praise for it. 21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200

Not the Passat but we also have a 2.0 Tdi VW Tiguan 4motion. Had it 6 years and nearly 100k miles. Only needed 1 front spring and 2 suspension bushes over and above normal servicing. It's a great car and a lot more frugal than the Fl2. Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948

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a relative of mine went from D3 to D4 and then 18 months ago got a brand new XC90 R Dynamic 3.0D.... and hates it. Cant wait to get rid of it this December.

He (and his wife) say the all the autonomous safety features are massively over sensitive even after Volvo turned the sensitivity right down and disable what they could. He also says its inanely boring to drive and doesn't look forward to getting into it as much as he did with the D4.

Not suggesting that Volvo are bad cars as they are far from it, just that they are little bit boring and unengaging.

Our neighbour had one & changed to an Audi, he said it is a much nicer car. Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

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Bobupndown wrote:

Not the Passat but we also have a 2.0 Tdi VW Tiguan 4motion. Had it 6 years and nearly 100k miles. Only needed 1 front spring and 2 suspension bushes over and above normal servicing. It's a great car and a lot more frugal than the Fl2.

Had a brand spanking new same model and got shot within 3 months

Most uncomfortable ride ever IMHO. ( Neck and spine issues so was good whatsoever for me personally ) If it wasn't so bad it'd be funny.

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If you don't get on with it - have a serious look at the Ford Edge - I've been boring people to death in another thread about my search for a replacement for the FL2 and have now settled on an Edge Vignale which I pick up tomorrow

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RogB wrote:

a relative of mine went from D3 to D4 and then 18 months ago got a brand new XC90 R Dynamic 3.0D.... and hates it. Cant wait to get rid of it this December.

He (and his wife) say the all the autonomous safety features are massively over sensitive even after Volvo turned the sensitivity right down and disable what they could. He also says its inanely boring to drive and doesn't look forward to getting into it as much as he did with the D4.

Not suggesting that Volvo are bad cars as they are far from it, just that they are little bit boring and unengaging.

It will be unengaging if he was expecting a 3.0 as Volvo only offer 2.0 on the XC90  21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200

Consider one of these, saw one of these opposite my house today, looked beast like, with an R50 badge on grille . . . . 5 litre engine V10 etc etc

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j77 wrote:

RogB wrote:

a relative of mine went from D3 to D4 and then 18 months ago got a brand new XC90 R Dynamic 3.0D.... and hates it. Cant wait to get rid of it this December.

He (and his wife) say the all the autonomous safety features are massively over sensitive even after Volvo turned the sensitivity right down and disable what they could. He also says its inanely boring to drive and doesn't look forward to getting into it as much as he did with the D4.

Not suggesting that Volvo are bad cars as they are far from it, just that they are little bit boring and unengaging.

It will be unengaging if he was expecting a 3.0 as Volvo only offer 2.0 on the XC90

Followed a T8 XC90 today......I guess they must have slipped two engines in that one  Regards

David

Lovely i6 has now gone, but not me......

Please let me know if anything in my post offends you, as I may wish to offend you again......

The only thing that is certain is that the next set of wheels I will be driving wont be a Disco Sport having read the lengthy thread on here about it, Updated- Waiting for a Scotland v England 6 Nations home win. 24th Feb 2018
Gone-1972 88 SWB Soft top
Gone-1981 24v FFR Lightweight
Gone-2009 Freelander 2 TD4 GS manual
Gone before it bankrupted me- 2008 Discovery 3 TDV6 Auto
2013 Freelander 2 SD4 GS Auto

j77 wrote:

RogB wrote:

a relative of mine went from D3 to D4 and then 18 months ago got a brand new XC90 R Dynamic 3.0D.... and hates it. Cant wait to get rid of it this December.

He (and his wife) say the all the autonomous safety features are massively over sensitive even after Volvo turned the sensitivity right down and disable what they could. He also says its inanely boring to drive and doesn't look forward to getting into it as much as he did with the D4.

Not suggesting that Volvo are bad cars as they are far from it, just that they are little bit boring and unengaging.

It will be unengaging if he was expecting a 3.0 as Volvo only offer 2.0 on the XC90

my bad... fat fingers.... meant to say 2.0