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Re: Bought my XC90 V8 last night [justjac]
by annoyedbyspam on Wed Jul 06 21:31:27 PDT 2005
Some thoughts on your decision: First, I'm an 11 year Honda owner, so my brand loyalty is to Honda/Acura. Honda Pilot didn't have side curtains for 2nd and 3rd rows, so I dropped the Pilot right away. MDX has an Odyssey-like ride. My wife drives a 2001 so I don't consider this a negative. But, you feel the road in the MDX while my XC90 2.5 AWD seems to hold the road yet hide the bumps. Honda/Acura seats are something you tolerate, not love. Volvo, however, seems to cushion me quite well (5'10" at average weight). Controls in the Volvo are in arm's reach. Not true for some of the MDX controls where I found myself reaching to operate enviro controls. The third row in the XC90 sat my wife's 5'4" (approx) cousin for a 35 minute ride on mostly 45 MPH city roads. More importantly, she sat there again on the way back and didn't punch me in the head upon arriving home. The MDX third row headrests are 3-4 inches from the back glass; pardon me for not considering this a crumple zone. The rear crumple zone in XC90 seems bigger. I asked MDX salesman if the reverse camera was affected by heavy rain. His reply: not all all. Um, somehow I doubt that. Seems like Volvo parking assist would work better in various circumstances other than sunny days. The factory-installed DVD seems safer than a drop-down screen that reaches into my rear-viewing area, but this isn't just the MDX. However, I would kill for an IR sensor in the front of the vehicle instead of under the headrests/LCD panels. I bet Acura has a better solution there (DVD failed to work in my test drive but only because it hadn't been properly prepped off the truck). If you are transporting kids, the XC90 is my hands-down winner. If my vehicle was mostly for myself and had business use, then I'd go MDX all the way. The MDX is a Honda/Acura, so it'll meet 95% of consumer needs and be very adequate doing that. I found XC90 pricing to be better (imagine my surprise) for the features I wanted. Volvo nav systems seem far behind Acura, but I didn't really want that option. I do mostly city driving but will purchase a Garmin/Magellan device as needed. Didn't want antique nav system sitting in my vehicle 3 years from now. A final note on some of the knocks on the XC90 I've seen posted. For my vehicle ONLY, the radio reception is great (pick up Greenville, SC and Greensboro, NC stations quite well here in Charlotte) or at least comparable to my Accord. The 5 cyclinder allows me to embarrass many other SUV drivers while still getting decent gas mileage (17.1 MPG with 95% city roads at 1,500 miles so far). Does this mean I'll win a 1/4-mile race? No, I'll get creamed. But the turbo on the 5 is there when I need it. I have a reasonably soft pedal foot with quick-enough reflexes, so that's how I outmaneuver other SUVs. Lead-foots shouldn't even try the 5-cyl.; go straight to the V8 or, even better, the Cadillac SUVs. No reliability problems, no road noise, and 2 kids who prefer the XC90 to the Odyssey. My one gripe is the CD-track repeating or station pre-sets jumping without my intent to do so. Seems to me like Volvo needs to look at recessed steering wheel controls like Acura has. Could be my hand bumping the controls or loose connections like a previous poster.

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