Category: Honda Forum

Hello Together the crossing of the AWD elk works on snow with reduced or switched off DSTC surprisingly well. On the parking lot can be done without handbrake wonderful Kringel only with finely dosed gas foot. The whole is so well doseable that I have already stretched out the rear on one or other (very clear curve) even a little bit (about 35km/h). Hardly you go from the gas, the DSTC regulates everything is in the lead again, or you drift around emotionally but that’s not the amazing thing. What surprised me very much, however (because for the first time): Recently on an absolutely dry road with 225 he winter tires on 18″ the elk drifts nevertheless while speeding up in the 2nd gear. As on snow very manageable but also at minus 5 degrees surprising for me. Conclusion: the Haldex AWD is under load clearly rear-bender than previously assumed. Like me very good Also otherwise I am enthusiastic about the AWD after I have a very steeply broken Bravos!

Hello together, XC 90, first registration 03.2005, one week after delivery phone defective. Stand by in the workshop until troubleshooting 1 week. Then up to approx. 15,000 km except the usual flap noises nothing, then low cooling water loss. Diagnosis after several days in the workshop: no error to find. At approx. 23,000 km again alarming “cool water loss”, now the diagnosis exhaust gas in the cooling water, cylinder head damage. Volvo rejects warranty, because Heico Chip. Heico picks up car, replaces on warranty head and seal. Duration another week. According to Heico. Damage can not be returned to the chip. Car comes back, dealer does not come to drive it again sample and passes it to me. I drive 500m, noises on the rear axle, car goes back to the dealer, diagnosis: both wheel bearings defective at the rear. KM-stand now about 25,000 (three zeros!,not 4). Before the XC 90 I have driven over a period of about 10 years, and perhaps 300,000 km 3x540i. The workshop time for these cars can’s together do not belong to the joy.

So, let’s say that in my V70 (three months old) I’m using the factory built-in car phone with my “Flexi-Card” from E-Plus. It’s a second SIM card for my mobile phone number. Each card is given a certain priority. Are both devices, i.e. mobile phone and car phone turned on, always ring the phone when a call is made, first. All SMS messages are sent only to the device with priority 1. Until now I have the card with priority 2 in the car phone. During the journey I turn off the phone. Now, when a second call is received during a telephone call, it does not get a seat sign, but ends up right on the mailbox. This will inform me by SMS about a new call, but the SMS will only go to the device where the card with priority 1 is located – so the phone is switched off, however, you can also assign priority 1 to me.

Bye, bye XC70 Sometimes it’s different… I just wanted to make pictures for our Potsdamer V8 dealer… … so I’m going to go to my friend’s place this morning to snap them. Because I had to talk to the seller in order to get the keys (were standing outside), I directly expressed my interest, because I actually like the cars quite well (it’s not the color of my wish again, but what’s the point). So I get a fax with a leasing (unfortunately way too high) and payment offer a short time later. I don’t like the payment name, so I look at autoscout what they bring. To see if there is any interest in ́nem XC70 at all, I turn on an advertisement. No hour later the 1st interested, still 1.5 hours later the 2nd!!! Tomorrow I have 2 dates, and I’m pretty sure that it will go away then. So I’ll probably get off my Volvo and stand there without it. What now? Have very good leasing offers (even from my dealer, Volvo is not present at the forum).

So, yesterday it caught me as well. I was not fast. The airbags did not trigger. I guess I had 30 km/h on the tacho. As I said, I was rolling straight to a crossroad. There you are anyway slow. I am right in the front of the Golf 2 with my front wheel. Follow: His right side and front axle broken and the wheel folded away inside. He couldn’t go further and had to wait for the tow truck. With me, oh wonder and according to my friend, only the bumper is changed. Otherwise everything is after thorough inspection and measurement o.k. I was surprised that the car did not get any more. The bang was quite loud. Well, it seems from the insurance it also does not give any problems, so I will return my elk already next week. Until then I drive V50. So, too, I am happy to see you again.