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Unsafe and Unpredictable: My Volvo EX90 Experience

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Re: Unsafe and Unpredictable: My Volvo EX90 Experience

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glenngillen wrote: post #274
thesz wrote: post #84

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> great, reliable cars There was fuel tank burst open in cold weather overnight incident, sudden fires and explosions of (presumable hybrid) Chinese cars, etc. Chinese cars are not on market for time enough to even consider their reliability. Let's wait for ten years, at the very least. The quality of ride of Chinese cars is not even close to their European counterparts, children get sick even on the front row in ten…

You've clearly not driven one recently. I'm shopping at the moment, and the BYDs in particular are great to drive and have an amazing fit-out. Model 3/Y are the most direct comparable on both fronts, if I'm looking to European counterparts with similar ride and fit I'm also jumping 2x in price.

I use taxis all the time. Right now less than one in ten rides is European car, they are almost all Chinese.

Also, please experience being driven in the car in addition to drive a car.

In case of being driven you are not paying attention to the road and do not know why some acceleration did happen. In this situation your brain can decide that your senses are lying to it because body is poisoned and will invoke gag reflex, which we call ride sickness.

I look into that because I have to drive a family where two members are prone to motion sickness. I will definitely not look into any electric car because of this.

Re: Unsafe and Unpredictable: My Volvo EX90 Experience

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Post by LeoPanthera »

smetj wrote: post #316
LeoPanthera wrote: post #224

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It's difficult to trust anything that contains AI-generated content.

Could you elaborate please? Genuine question.

The image at the top of the article is obviously AI generated so it indicates that the rest of the article might be as well.

Re: Unsafe and Unpredictable: My Volvo EX90 Experience

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Post by sandos »

runako wrote: post #85
nicce wrote: post #64

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What reliable is left?

Toyota, Lexus, Subaru, Honda. Not sure if Hyundai & Kia are quite as reliable, but if not it's on them because they have some of the best warranties in the industry.

Kia's are sadly not that good, we had a Ceed with very obvious rust problems that was widespread. Re-painting did not help, it was the steel treatment that somehow wrecked the paint from underneath.

Kias EVs are even more famour for troubles, just google for Kia ICCU. Even the XC90 competitor EV9 seems to have some trouble with this still.

Re: Unsafe and Unpredictable: My Volvo EX90 Experience

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Post by sandos »

nicholasbraker wrote: post #329
blueflow wrote: post #37

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> .... if you want reliable quality. I'm saying this as a German, i strongly reject those accusations. Do not buy from VW group (and not from PSA/Stellantis (Citroen, Fiat, Opel etc brands), either).

I have been driving VW for decades. Never had any issue apart from some Apple CarPlay snags. Drove Golf, Touran and Tuiguan Allspace. Always a pleasure.

Our passat has been so much better than our previous Kia and Renault, at least. 10 years without any non-normal breakage, a water pump did break and for some reason that is considered normal. If thats all that breaks during this time I am happy enough.

Japanese is maybe even better, but I just cant get over the styling.

Re: Unsafe and Unpredictable: My Volvo EX90 Experience

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addisonj wrote: post #119

I had an ex90 on pre-order for a long time, placed it within the first ~30 days of it being open. It looked to be (and is!) an absolutely beautiful vehicle and also seemed to be making choices in the hardware (lidar) that I hoped, would, eventually deliver a combination of safety and self-driving capabilities that would be unmatched. I was willing to pay a premium and knew that it would take some time for the self-dr…

Funny that many say the Ioniq 9 looks like an older Volvo. I guess you really like Volvo!

Jokes aside, I would love the Ioniq 9, I think it looks much better than the EV9, or even EX90 which I find old looking.

Re: Unsafe and Unpredictable: My Volvo EX90 Experience

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Post by sandos »

kassner wrote: post #334

I think I’ll never buy an electric car. They all have way too much more software than needed, most depend on touchscreens to access basic functionality, and I simply do not want that. I have a 2010s VW, and I think it has the right amount of software. The screen has CarPlay, radio and some configurations, but 100% of the driving can be done without using it. Things like wipers, AC, cruise control, everything is manua…

Our 2015 Passat is also like this, it's so... perfect. I juuust want to replace the drivetrain to electric!

Re: Unsafe and Unpredictable: My Volvo EX90 Experience

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Post by smetj »

LeoPanthera wrote: post #342
smetj wrote: post #316

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Could you elaborate please? Genuine question.

The image at the top of the article is obviously AI generated so it indicates that the rest of the article might be as well.

Understood ... thanks for clarifying ... I'm genuinely intrigued. You're right that image is generated by a generative model, however my humble blog content .... I do write myself. "Don't judge a book by its cover!" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Re: Unsafe and Unpredictable: My Volvo EX90 Experience

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Post by vtbassmatt »

ethagnawl wrote: post #233
butlike wrote: post #170

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Yessss. Happy to hear this. A Miata has been on the wishlist for a while now.

My mother has had two of them and they are very fun to drive -- even completely stock. The first was a 91 (how I learned to drive a manual transmission) and the second/current is a 2005. The newer one is more powerful (not sure how many HP but it seems significant) but I still prefer the older one. The design was peak 80s Japanese functional minimalism and there was no magic behind any of its features. However, as it…

I own a 2011 3 hatchback, bought new in 2010. Besides wear items, I think I’ve replaced one belt and one hose. It’s only on its third battery and 2nd/3rd lightbulbs all around. Absolutely the most reliable car I’ve ever owned, whether I measure by problems/mile, problems/year, or dollars/year.

I also have a Miata (ND - 4th gen) that gets driven less than 3K miles/year. No problems there other than Mazda’s buggy CarPlay (and insane choice to disable the touchscreen when in motion).

Re: Unsafe and Unpredictable: My Volvo EX90 Experience

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Post by jmrm »

runako wrote: post #85
nicce wrote: post #64

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What reliable is left?

Toyota, Lexus, Subaru, Honda. Not sure if Hyundai & Kia are quite as reliable, but if not it's on them because they have some of the best warranties in the industry.

Hyundai/Kia are fine in Diesel engines, electric power trains are giving plenty of problems, and their 2.5L petrol engines are incredibly bad.

Outside that, they are cheap cars, and mine after 10 years have some paint chips even peeling.

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