Horses have fled, turtle is back...

[Arianne]

It was good while it lasted, and it lasted ten days. After ten days of stonking performance and driving joy.......the turtle has returned and it's frightened off the horses - the car's back to it's uninspiring self.

So I have sent the obligatory email to my dealership and I will no doubt hear from them soon. Goodness knows what they will try next.

What a shame. Our XC60 is such a wonderful looking car but we've effectively experienced lacklustre engine performance across most of the winter months. I actually bought this car in R-design trim because I wanted the stiffer suspension, coupled with the sprightly VEA D4 FWD performance, to enjoy driving around the twisty Scottish Border's country roads.

It was a close call between the D5 AWD and the VEA D4 with FWD. Their performance is almost identical due to the weight loss when AWD is ditched. My thinking was that I could accept FWD with winter tyres and benefit from the improved fuel economy and £30 VED.

What I have got is the £30 VED. That's it. The performance is hardly ever available because of the turtle, fuel economy is usually hovering around 33mpg and, on those rare occasions when we do have 181PS available, I am reminded that I don't have AWD when I decide to utilise all that power through the front wheels.

Aagh

If Olof keeps this up then I will seriously start thinking about the earliest feasible opportunity to dispose of this car and try a different marque. There's absolutely no way I am repeating this with another 4cyl VEA powered Volvo because, if I get the same result, I would feel like a complete .........turtle!

Arianne

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