• pnelego@lemmy.world
    2·
    17 hours ago

    Careful! Starting in 2015-2018ish a lot of cars started sending telemetry to your insurance company.

    • PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.socialEnglish
      5·
      2 days ago

      My first car was a 2005 xc70, and that thing would run like nothing was wrong with 3/5 engine coils blown. I miss that car sometimes…

      • amniotic druid@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        1·
        14 hours ago

        I say to let the market decide. Stop subsidizing gasoline costs and people might be more discretionary, but I don’t think they should be banned outright. There’s plenty of utility in a sports utility vehicle.

      • blargh513@sh.itjust.works
        3·
        2 days ago

        Get a P2 V70.

        I have one, it is old, but gold. Like, the paint color is gold. It doesn’t run very well. It’s handsome though.

        • amniotic druid@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          2·
          2 days ago

          If you can get your hands on one. A V70R is my dream car behind a 240 Torslanda, but both now seem to be in the “scalped by 21 year olds” category. A XC70 is only slightly different and much more available

          • blargh513@sh.itjust.works
            1·
            1 day ago

            Would love one, but they’re usually beat to hell and back.

            I also would not mind finding a P3 XC70 T6 and putting the suspension from a V70 in it. Make a P3 faux v70r. Get a licence plate that says FAKE R

            • amniotic druid@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
              2·
              14 hours ago

              Haha, that’s awesome. By coincidence, I was looking at a P3 XC70 last fall when I was car shopping, but it was too beat up for me.

              Ended up getting a Buick Regal TourX. I love my wagons.

              • blargh513@sh.itjust.works
                1·
                4 hours ago

                I have a P2 V70 and a P3 XC70. Also S90. I may have a problem. Family member crashed the XC into a tree/bush thing. It’s in the garage getting put back together. Waiting on parts. The clown who crashed it is being a lazy turd. If he doesn’t get moving on it, he’s going to be walkin’ soon.

    • amniotic druid@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      5·
      2 days ago

      I had a V8 and it was maybe my favorite car I’ve ever had. If not that, then the most capable. I threw a whole 6.5’ sofa in the back and took it across the state. Not even my brother’s GMC Suburban can haul that much volume