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Putting Polestar Optimisation BACK ON

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Old Jun 18th, 2021, 13:07   #1
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Hi,

Newbie on the forum, so please be gentle, but owned my 2017 S90 for a few years now. After some advice!

The S90 came with Polestar on, but due to insurance at the time, had to take it off...... , I know, should have sold a kidney instead........

However, now that it is "considered" a factory fit option (and a different insurer!). It is viable to put back on again. Would this just be a labour to put it back on as the software was original purchased for the car? Or would it, "GULP", cost the full whack again? Any had this experience? Or better still, someone who works in a Volvo Dealership?? Thanks in advance!
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Old Jun 18th, 2021, 13:26   #2
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Hi,

Newbie on the forum, so please be gentle, but owned my 2017 S90 for a few years now. After some advice!

The S90 came with Polestar on, but due to insurance at the time, had to take it off...... , I know, should have sold a kidney instead........

However, now that it is "considered" a factory fit option (and a different insurer!). It is viable to put back on again. Would this just be a labour to put it back on as the software was original purchased for the car? Or would it, "GULP", cost the full whack again? Any had this experience? Or better still, someone who works in a Volvo Dealership?? Thanks in advance!
Honestly I would call directly to you closest dealer and discuss that but I won't be surprised if they would like to charge for optimization again
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Old Jun 18th, 2021, 15:12   #3
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Interesting question, and I have never heard of anyone in this scenario. I am guessing that a Volvo dealer had to uninstall it, so did you get invoiced for the workshop time? The dealers should have records for the car, so my assumption is as the software has already been paid for you would only need to pay for the re-installation.
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Old Feb 18th, 2022, 14:03   #4
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Hi,

Newbie on the forum, so please be gentle, but owned my 2017 S90 for a few years now. After some advice!

The S90 came with Polestar on, but due to insurance at the time, had to take it off...... , I know, should have sold a kidney instead........

However, now that it is "considered" a factory fit option (and a different insurer!). It is viable to put back on again. Would this just be a labour to put it back on as the software was original purchased for the car? Or would it, "GULP", cost the full whack again? Any had this experience? Or better still, someone who works in a Volvo Dealership?? Thanks in advance!
So, how did you end up addressing this?

Where you able to re-install it?
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Hi,

Newbie on the forum, so please be gentle, but owned my 2017 S90 for a few years now. After some advice!

The S90 came with Polestar on, but due to insurance at the time, had to take it off...... , I know, should have sold a kidney instead........

However, now that it is "considered" a factory fit option (and a different insurer!). It is viable to put back on again. Would this just be a labour to put it back on as the software was original purchased for the car? Or would it, "GULP", cost the full whack again? Any had this experience? Or better still, someone who works in a Volvo Dealership?? Thanks in advance!
An old thread I know, but a question hopefully someone can answer.
As stated above, is Polestar Opt. considered a factory fit?
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An old thread I know, but a question hopefully someone can answer.
As stated above, is Polestar Opt. considered a factory fit?
In the eyes of my insurance company Polestar Optimisation is not considered a factory fit when I wanted to have it installed prior to delivery.
It was classified as an accessory/an add on performance remap/chip and therefore they would not insure the car if I installed.
From previous threads, there are some insurance companies that have a different opinion on this.
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Old Apr 6th, 2022, 22:48   #7
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I'm with Aviva, no problem or premium extra
That's weird, I am also with Aviva and they refused to insure the car if I added Polestar from new. As it was not on their "added extra" list they had to refer it to the underwriters. As soon as they saw a circa 10bhp increase they refused to insure the car.
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I'm with LV. It was about £50 extra, classed as "chipping / remap"
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Old Apr 7th, 2022, 12:39   #10
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I have looked into Polstar in the past and would gladly pay the money for it.

I can see that each insurer takes a separate view on the matter, and each insurer will review differently according to how they class it.

On the one hand insurers can class it as factory fit. However, it is actually a performance upgrade, the vehicle has more power, torque and is faster to accelerate. Accordingnly lots of insurers are not going to quote or waste your time etc.

For my 2012 the power was up about 4% and torque a little more so it was not really worth me doing.

I think the real question is why this is not standard across the range. £700 for a dealer to actually manually update in the tiny numbers they do probably equates to well under £100 if rolled out across every vehicle.
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