Hello, since I did not find a “laper corner” in the Volvo Forum, I would like to post my question directly in the V70 II Forum. Since I drive a Volvo only recently, I would like to see how the start at the Volvo shows itself so to get a comparison. Up to now mostly had automatic transmissions. Drive but occasionally also vehicles with circuit, also car hire etc. With most vehicles in the middle class range the start is actually no longer a topic, the clutch comes In the V70 I have the feeling that the clutch is rather late in the car and that it’s very good. If you let the car be strangled there, you usually leave the clutch flapping. It’s easy to start without gas. The car doesn’t seem tortured, you notice clearly when you start on the mountain, when you kick the brake and let the clutch come in nicely slowly, that the car attracts and wants to go. You don’t have to give a lot of gas. This feeling is much stronger even with diesel vehicles (subjective?). It is not possible to start without a gas, or it then pulls / jerks / weakens, the engine starts to vibrate. One has the feeling that the clutch is overburdened with the vehicle mass in the stationary gas or with little gas. Usually a little more gas must be given to start gently. The coupling is more filigree, one has to have much more skill here, in order not to strangle or hop the car. Drivers would probably be more difficult to do with it than with new vehicles. More switching operations in gears 2+ are however easy, without twitching and comparable to newer vehicles. Usually a start in the stand gas should be possible. Too much (intermediate) gas during the dome is also rather harmful, since the wear is of course also higher. Is this also the case with you, or do you have a different feeling / shows the car a different behavior. Is it perhaps a matter of getting used to? Do I have to develop a Volvo foot first Ask me w he’s gonna be, if there’s a trailer in the back, greetings