NICE! Wish V70s and diesels sold well here in the States.

 

Thanks Yeah i guess the T5 and T6 is the most common engines over at the states?

 

On the P3 V70 we only got the 3.2 FWD.
For the P3 XC70 we only got the 3.2 and T6 AWD until very recently when they added the Drive-E T5 FWD and then for 2016 they dropped both the 6-cyl motors for the 2.5L 5-cyl T5. (sad face!)

 

Looks nice! Is that a logo on the mudflaps? I saw today FRONT MUDFLAPS on a XC60? What is that? Or was it optical? My XC70 also black, not an easy color but black rules!!

[2011 XC70 D5 Polestar]

 

Thanks. Yes i have put the Volvo logo on the mudflaps I saw an Volvo 855 that had it so i tried it on mine and i think it looks good. Okey i think you can get mudflaps both front and rear here in Sweden for xc60. Yeah it is not an easy color to maintain in a good condition that's for sure. First black car i have so i have got my hands full trying to keep it looking good.

 

That is really nice. Interesting how the last year of these V70s in EU look like S/V60 front ends. I think it goes well with that sized wagon.

 

Polestar soon?

[2011 XC70 D5 Polestar]

 

No i am pretty happy with the power as it is for now, i will put some money on new wheels and some other stuff first. I also have problem with oil leakage so i want to see how they are going to fix that first before i put more money in to the car. I had it in to fix the leakage a while ago but it started to leak again so its going back to the workshop in a few weeks.

 

I like the wing on the back. Did you do the install yourself? Does it function well in keeping the rear window cleaner of debris? I am located in WA. State, rains quite a lot here in the North West and may be a good item to help keep rear window from gunk build up and dirty road spray. Black car is really beautiful but "is" kind of tough to keep clean.

 

Thanks. No i let the volvodealer install it for me, i didnt want to take the "risk" with a new car. I dont think it is so hard to do it by yourself because there are markings on the trunk where to drill the holes. That saying that it would keep the rear window cleaner i think is a lie. I think gets just as dirty as if you wouldnt have it at all.

 

Hm, johnny? Could swear I've seen this car on jagrullar. Kul att folk hittar hit och vice versa

I think polestar on the new VEA engines sounds like an absolute waste of money. A thousand dollars for "gear hold" and snappier gear shifts? Doesn't sound like money well spent to me.

And yeah, the 2014+ V70 exterior is really growing on me.

 

Hm, johnny? Could swear I've seen this car on jagrullar. Kul att folk hittar hit och vice versa

I think polestar on the new VEA engines sounds like an absolute waste of money. A thousand dollars for "gear hold" and snappier gear shifts? Doesn't sound like money well spent to me.

And yeah, the 2014+ V70 exterior is really growing on me.

Yes that's correct i have a thread on jagrullar.se
Kände att man kunde slänga ut en fot här också

Yeah you dont get a lot of power for the money so to speak. I think i will get 19hp and 40nm or something like that.
And since i got a manual gearbox the "snappier" gearshifts etc. doesn't do me very much.
I am as i said pretty happy with power i got at the moment, it is not a race car it's supposed to run cheap and there is enough power to overtake cars on the highway.
Just have to test in the summer if it does 220 kph as it should

 

So does my girlfriend... no, seriously, do they also exist for the XC70?

 

In sweden there is for both front and rear.

 

The 2,5T that for some reason was introduced in the XC70 in the states, when the 6-cyl was scrapped, has /never/ been fitted to an XC70 in sweden. Both the 2,5T and 2,5FT made it to the V70 for some years but never the XC70, that one only had 5- and 6-cyl engines here. Not sure it ever even got any 4-cyl ones here but I might be wrong.

 

I can confirm the rear spoiler/wing doesn't do much good when it comes to keeping the rear window clean.
Went on a skiing trip last week, and my rear window was totally mucked up with snow, dirt and salt grit after a 350 mile drive. My buddy's XC90 looked new washed in comparison!

By the way, hello from Sweden here too!

 

Crazy:

XC70 D5 2011 Polestar

 

 

Front ones?

 

Yes, Front and Rear. Purchased them from IPD.

 

I have front and rear on my XC70. I like them on these cars

 

Here is my install of both mudflaps on my XC70.

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Stop! All!

I know I know all about the mudflaps on the XC70, first thing I installed ofcourse.

What I am trying to say is that I have seen flaps in front of the front wheel(!!) of the XC60 and it kinda looked nice. Perhaps its not a mudflap but for sure its a flap. Maybe I should give up on it. Trust me I've seen it. Will look for a pic.

 

Some XC60s have little plastic "flaps" just before the front tires. Looks like they may even be on the rear of the car, too. I believe they come off of the wheel well liner, and I don't think you can add them to the XC70.

 

Thats what I was talking about! Thanks.

 

I think i have something like that on my V70 too. A small flap in front of the front wheels.

 

I've seen those and I struggle to see what point they serve. Or do people commonly reverse fast enough to be at risk of spraying their cars with mud water or shooting up gravel?

 

Very nice looking V70. What kind of fuel economy do you get with a diesel?

 

I have a D5 2011 and is currently showing 6.8L/100km. Convert that: 35 MPG/US. I never use "kickdown", always slow.

Think the D4 does 5.8L/100km (40 MPG/US)

The D3 I dont wanna know...Horsepower is gone in that one...


XC70 D5 2011 Polestar

 

The best i have managed is 5.2l/100km and the worst is 0.62l/100km on mixed driving. I usually stay between 0.56-0.59l/100km now during winter when i use the dieselheater going home from work and it sometimes run along with the engine to get it up to temperature faster and keeping it at right temperature when its really cold.

And what it is in mpg i let you calculate

 

You have AWD? D5?

XC70 D5 2011 Polestar

 

D4 Vea fwd manual 2015

 

Aaaahhhhh... Saving fuel engine! Well done. My next car will be a fuel saver.


XC70 D5 2011 Polestar