2009 VOLVO XC90 reviews

Volvo XC90 D5 Active Geartronic 2009

My wife and I had been looking at an XC90 around 3 years ago when she was 1st pregnant and at the time we just couldn’t get one for our budget of £25k. We decided to go for a BMW X3 2.0d se demo that was on offer and had plenty of toys (leather, privacy glass, h/seats etc). This car was faultless for the 2 1/2 years we had it having only 1 service with BMW (£190) in 28k miles and averaging 42mpg on short journeys. However it was coming up due a large service and 4 new tyres so I started looking again and visited Volvo to look at the XC60 and ended up buying a new XC90....got a 2010. MY This car is nicer to drive (although not as sporty its far more comfortable) and has great road prescence. As my wife is expecting our 2nd child it is going to be prefect as the boot is huge and the car has loads of nice wee family friendly touches. Its only done 2K miles since we got it and the only faults I would mention are : 1. I’m getting poor mileage - average 27mpg which I hope will improve in time as the engine gets run in. 2. A car this size should def have front parking sensors as standard. We ordered the car in fairly standard spec; Metallic paint, automatic and winter pack - that was really it, the standard spec is the same as an SE less full leather and alloy wheels are a wee bit smaller, add to the SE spec you get privacy glass and adaptive xenons; we are delighted so far. All of this plus 3 years servicing included for £24k; there was a 3 year old XC90 SE on the forecourt with 42k miles and it was the old D5 ( 163 ) and it was for sale for 21k, only 1 year warranty and no servicing ????? I think I can do without leather seats thanks. Ill keep you posted