[Closed] XC60's are good but...

something like 16 airbags including external ones for pedestrians, amazing piece of kit

You could just drive round with your eyes shut I reckon.

You could just drive round with your eyes shut I reckon.

Or glued to your mobile phone.

I would look at an approved used model. Someone else takes the hit on the depreciation, and you can get a low miler, with dealer back up and probably all the toys.

As I said the new model is a beauty and makes the old one look very dated, I am not surprised they are offering a big discount - why pay new / nearly new money for an immediately dated car

My XC60's been fine. Had no issues at all with it. It's the D4SeLUX and us nav and stuff, drives lovely, stops lovely, get all sorts of crap in it. Bit thirsty, but it's a big car. I've been offered a decent PX price on the new one, but I'm either going X1 or XC40.. so I'll wait just a little longer. Mines done 43k trouble free pootle miles in slippers.

[i]Or glued to your mobile phone.[/i]

Probably won't need to - no doubt it'll have a handy screen in the middle of the dash for all your mobile social media requirements.

43k trouble free pootle miles

Wow. If only all cars were so amazingly reliable!

why pay new / nearly new money for an immediately dated car

I'd buy the run out model if its cheaper. The new one is £35k + and won't be launched until the summer, deliveries probably later than that.

If the PCP deal really does equate to £208 per month ( overall £7.5k including deposit) then you've got a billy bargain for an XC60.

await pricing for the new model?

Depends if you want to wait that long. They appear to be offering all sorts of stuff on the current model at the moment.

edit: Press buy, get on with the rest of your life.

But you insist in bringing up critical/inflammatory content with regard to me, my content of my posting history. Make up your mind, be pleasant or please refrain from the winding up process

If you don't like being on fire, maybe stop jumping into the pool of petrol?

If finances permit both as options I would drive both old and new XC60, then decide. You can bet you will end up wanting the new model though!

Mrs Gti has just bought an ex-demonstrator old model, the big engine, 4wd, lots of toys, we reckon it will have cost £40,000 and she paid £27,000. It wouldn't have been my choice but she inherited some money and she wanted it.

Kryton57 - £7.5k over 3years is £210 a month, may i ask what dealer quoted you that?

Well if it really is £20k thats a LOT of car for the money, you can spend that much on a Juke 😉

Go and speak to a dealer, we got an xc60 r design nav late last year for 11k off the list and with 2 years 0%

jondoh
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But then he'd get a second-hand car (probably a year old) with 15k on the clock for the same price he can get a new one for. That doesn't make sense to me.[/i]

He'd probably have a much higher spec model, with the balance of manufacturer's warranty.

The depreciation curve will also be a lot lower. His £21k new car would be worth £18k the moment he drives it out of the showroom. His £21k approved used, higher spec would be worth that after another 12 months, with flattening depreciation.

In terms of finance- he'll be ahead. The value of the car will be above the balance owing, it's not always the case with new - again that work of depreciation.

Example.

My other half has (coincidentally) a Kuga 4WD, top spec. She paid £11,000 for it 3 years ago from Sytner. It was 3 years old. She's been offered £5,000 trade from several dealers.

It has 100k on the clock. She's put 50k on it.

New, it would have been £25k, even with discounts. She's lost £5k. New, she would have lost about £12k to £15k over the same 3 yrs, (given the sticker price is not the trade in or private sale price)

As I've clarified in other threads, I'm no longer yearning for material items.

Well that didn't last long 🙂

Did I tell you I'll be paying off my mortgage in a couple of months before I'm 50 and retiring at 55 - it's because I'm no longer yearning for material items. 🙂

FWIW, the new XC90 is roughly a billion times better than the older model.

That's a bigly improved car.

NZCol - I have and that seam's like a good deal, that why i'm interested in the dealer 😉 Does your £11k off and 0% work out better than £210 a month?

He'd probably have a much higher spec model, with the balance of manufacturer's warranty.

And note that the OP says the one he is looking at comes 'fully loaded' too...

The current XC60 (and V60) aren't particularly special unless specified with the driver support pack, which is a costly extra. Without this you only get City Safety, but none of the active pedestrian and cyclist protection, nor adaptive cruise.

If you're not prepared to plump for that then there are many other cars out there that will probably be cheaper in the long run.

jam bo - Member
"that no-one will be killed or seriously injured in a Volvo by 2020"
what about by a Volvo

Post of the week - well done sir.

Kryton57 - Member

I'm at the bottom of a rise of re-invention, of a new adventure that'll have more integrity and meaning

Tod456 - no idea!

Kryton you have posted many interesting things in the past and have made plenty of sensible comments on other peoples posts and I have to admit that although we have never met I quite like you , as I quite liked you when we both frequented Bikemagic although we disagreed quite frequently . Really I think that you have now got such a reputation on this forum that you really should stop starting any threads on here regarding advice on things you are thinking of buying or anything of that nature . There are many better ways of deciding what to do that don't leave you open to ridicule than asking a bunch of strangers on an internet forum .

Well, quite.

I was very keen on the XC60 and had a test drive and got quotes from CarWow and local dealer.. Lovely car though I ended up with an A6 Avant which is better as our family car.

Thing with the 60, honestly it's not that big inside. Those wide hips it has don't really translate to space inside. I liken mine to a hatchback, just the size of a decent estate car.

Nice though, can't fault much on it, apart from it being black and looking filthy 80% of the time. But then, most of them look grubby.

What else is similar to the XC60?
CRV
X3
Q5
Tiguan
EDIT: I think I have a soft spot for the Merc GLA.

Vauxhall Frontera.

Ah, the SWB Frontera.

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Wasn't it bloody awful.

Mate bought a Frontera after getting his first proper job. We hit the bottom of my road on two wheels. That nutter is now a big cheese for an executive jet company.
I'd have had one.

Wasn't it bloody awful.

you say that, but a long time ago, a couple of mates bought one as an uplift wagon. cut the back out and welded a bar in so you could fit 5 bikes across pickup style, 5 people inside. you had to drive one run in five. it was awesome and cost the sum total of about £200.

edit: but I'm not sure it would give the status the OP is hoping for...

There comes a time in life when we come to realise, "people don't actually care"... We may think they care, we may want them to care, but in reality, they don't.

Wasn't it bloody awful.

Vauxhall Frontera, the only car to have been driven up Snowdon. Twice. 😀
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-21087633

Sasquatch and a few others really do seem to, though...

In the 3 years we own it will have cost £7500, on PCP.

Do you actually own a car on PCP or just rent it monthly?

Also , Are these PCP plans priced on really low annual milage use, some being as low as 7,000 miles a year. Thats not alot of miles.

Not sure if thats cheap motoring or not. I guess one has to weigh up the cost V reliabilty V repair bills , and add a value for kudos.

And its not just £7k - with the RYA discount we are now talking £11.2. Having done those maths I'm strugging to see past it. A £31k car for £20k via PCP at 6% seems perfect for our circumstance.

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