Hello everyone! This is my first Volvo, and I never thought I would be driving one. I have been driving BMW and Audi for a while. A friend of mine just got an S90 and when I sat in it I was completely blown away! When he told me the deal he got I was amazed. So I went to the dealer and walked out with a S90 T5 Momentum W/ Vision and Momentum + package.
I was fortunate to have to take a 500 mile trip the next day for work and here are my thoughts.
Absolutely love the car! Ride is amazing and super refined. Tech is great and I love driving something that unique. I live in south Florida and a 5 series is like a civic here.
Ok now some observations/gripes:
#1 gripe. My settings do not persist after engine restart. I turn off engine start stop/ change the adaptive cruise control distance /Change driving mode to dynamic. Every time I restart the car it goes back. Very annoying, especially start/stop. It is very hot where I live and the engine going off and taking the AC compressor with it at a traffic light is terrible.
The seat is very comfortable but I am still struggling a bit to find the perfect position for me. The headrest is especially problematic. From reading the forums I am not the only one.
The autonomous driving features are very cool especially on a long trip. It definitely cuts down on driving fatigue, however they are still very rough around the edges.
Transmission could be better I know its an 8 speed for comfort but at times it doesn't seem to know if it wants to upshift or downshift and it shifts hard or just hangs. I hope this will get better with time.
Turbo lag is very bad, I press the gas and have a noticeable delay every time. I may end up regretting not getting the T6 but with the lease deal I got it was hard to pass up the T5 and I can get a new one in 3 years anyway.
The On Call app works very intermittently. It will say the remote start has started and I go out to my car and it is not running ( I am well within the timer) Is says my doors are locked when they are not and vice versa.
The parking break engaging when the seatbelt is off is annoying as well. I never drive without a seatbelt however I have a very long driveway and may move my car to let someone out and i don't need the parking break engaging all of a sudden.
Carplay is amazing but I wish I could make it full screen I don't need to see all the native apps displaying "controlled by carplay". I would also like to see the the nav in the center of the gauge display like the native nav. If it can show media info from Carplay it should be able to show the nav.
The dash gauge display in general is disappointing. There is very little customization, they should take a page from Audi Virtual cockpit.
I love the car. The interior is the nicest I have seen under 100K. Everyone that sits its is blown away and the rear seat leg room is nuts! I may be a Vovle convert for life but for now I am certainly a new fan!
I was fortunate to have to take a 500 mile trip the next day for work and here are my thoughts.
Absolutely love the car! Ride is amazing and super refined. Tech is great and I love driving something that unique. I live in south Florida and a 5 series is like a civic here.
Ok now some observations/gripes:
#1 gripe. My settings do not persist after engine restart. I turn off engine start stop/ change the adaptive cruise control distance /Change driving mode to dynamic. Every time I restart the car it goes back. Very annoying, especially start/stop. It is very hot where I live and the engine going off and taking the AC compressor with it at a traffic light is terrible.
The seat is very comfortable but I am still struggling a bit to find the perfect position for me. The headrest is especially problematic. From reading the forums I am not the only one.
The autonomous driving features are very cool especially on a long trip. It definitely cuts down on driving fatigue, however they are still very rough around the edges.
Transmission could be better I know its an 8 speed for comfort but at times it doesn't seem to know if it wants to upshift or downshift and it shifts hard or just hangs. I hope this will get better with time.
Turbo lag is very bad, I press the gas and have a noticeable delay every time. I may end up regretting not getting the T6 but with the lease deal I got it was hard to pass up the T5 and I can get a new one in 3 years anyway.
The On Call app works very intermittently. It will say the remote start has started and I go out to my car and it is not running ( I am well within the timer) Is says my doors are locked when they are not and vice versa.
The parking break engaging when the seatbelt is off is annoying as well. I never drive without a seatbelt however I have a very long driveway and may move my car to let someone out and i don't need the parking break engaging all of a sudden.
Carplay is amazing but I wish I could make it full screen I don't need to see all the native apps displaying "controlled by carplay". I would also like to see the the nav in the center of the gauge display like the native nav. If it can show media info from Carplay it should be able to show the nav.
The dash gauge display in general is disappointing. There is very little customization, they should take a page from Audi Virtual cockpit.
I love the car. The interior is the nicest I have seen under 100K. Everyone that sits its is blown away and the rear seat leg room is nuts! I may be a Vovle convert for life but for now I am certainly a new fan!
welcome to the club and congrats!
