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We recently purchased a 2018 Chinese-built S60 Inscription. Loaded with bells and whistles. It was a car that the dealer had used as a loaner/demo for about nine months but it only had 4000 miles on it so we bit. I’m slowly getting used to it......
Number one aggregation: The start/stop function. If you don’t turn it off every time you start up the engine it will shut off at the stop light. Then when you let off the brake and give it the gas the engine kicks on and takes off with a sudden lurch. Continual use HAS to be tearing up the transmission. Volvo will NOT disable the system from what I’m told. If the ambient temperature is above something like 95 deg the start/stop function is automatically disabled. Yay for summer!! Running in sports mode also defeats the start/stop function.
Number two: The four cylinder is not as smooth as five cylinders - naturally.
Number three: Forget the 36 or 37 highway MPG. It ain’t gonna happen unless you drive quite gingerly. 32 or 33 is more likely if you’re going to drive fast enough to keep up with traffic.
Four: As Klaus said, no dipstick on the 4 cylinder engine. It took me about 15 minutes to fumble around with the oil monitor system to get a reading. It won’t take me more 12 minutes next time.
Five: No spare tire. Instead, they give you a little 12v compressor and a can of stop leak. Might work for a tiny nail hole but won’t do you much good when your tire is shredded in a dozen pieces all over the highway.
After all the criticism I have to admit it’s a nice ride. The large low profile tires and stiff suspension provide for precise handling. The electric steering with lane assist is interesting. I thought I had a tire gone out of balance but it turned out to be the steering shaker alerting me that I was too close to the white line. Hit the line too often and the DIM will tell you to stop and take a rest.
The adaptive cruise control and auto brake are a nice touch but you can’t put 100% trust in them. If your closure rate to the car in front of you is too great it won’t stop you in time before you rear end them, but it’s thrilling to sit back and wait to see if it will stop in time 😄.
Good advice from others about checking on the warranty.
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Current rides: 2005 Volvo S80 2.5T, 2003 Volvo V70 2.4NA, 1973 Volvo 1800ES (getting ever closer to road worthiness)
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