by "Nick Has an Exocet" (nickallain)
Published 11/17/2017 at 14:54
by "Nick Has an Exocet" (nickallain)
Published 11/17/2017 at 14:54
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Details: I am in Luxembourg driving to the Nurburgring tomorrow for 4 laps in a Sciorocco GTS from RSR Nurburg. I’ll be staying at Apex. Should be fun. The car I’ve been given by the rental car company is a Volvo V40 D2 6-Speed Geartronic. I don’t remember selecting “automatic” as a preference but I was mainly paying attention to price. At $30/day, I’m not complaining.
Volvo says “Volvo V40 is a safe, fun and elegant hatchback car designed with the driver and passenger in focus.” I prefer not to test the safety. However, it does not have a backup camera. The interior feels a bit cheap (I wouldn’t say elegant). And fun, we’ll see. Not tracking it - just running about.
I took a ride to Aldi to stock up on some food for the early trip tomorrow to Nurburg and found myself driving through the woods on a single track road. Luxembourg City is a strange place ;)
"facw" (facw)
11/17/2017 at 15:08, STARS: 0
Are you offended by the fact it’s clearly a “kombi” not a “vagn” despite the V its name? (translations provided by google, don’t blame me if they suck)
"jonny11quest" (jonny11quest)
11/17/2017 at 15:10, STARS: 0
Looks more hatchback than wagon, is that accurate? I saw a really clean V50 on the road the other day and really liked it. Made me wonder how small a wagon can get before it’s considered a hatchback.
"Nick Has an Exocet" (nickallain)
11/17/2017 at 15:33, STARS: 1
Definitely a hatchback. It feels like Volvo makes an Mercedes A Series Hatch... which is Mercedes makes a Golf...
In Europe, these are all the same class.
"Nick Has an Exocet" (nickallain)
11/17/2017 at 15:39, STARS: 1
Nope. Can’t say I’m offended by the V. I am slightly offended by the naming convention D2 D3 D4 T2 T3 T4 etc. If the D is Diesel and the T is Turbo then why aren’t they DT2...etc. Or why aren’t they G2 G3... instead of T?
I’m also weirded out by the fact that the nav has a number pad, which due to the slowness of the nav is slower than clicking in letters on a scroll wheel. But that’s okay, because the nav is pretty useless. It hasn’t been able to find a single destination that I’ve tried to put in it. Not even the streets/numbers. It’s like it’s loaded for the wrong country (it might be?). Also, the instrument cluster has a separate language select from the nav. So currently, my temps are all in french but the useless nav is in english.
"CompactLuxuryFan" (compactluxury)
11/17/2017 at 16:23, STARS: 0
My mom has a T5 AWD and I think it’s a hoot! Can see it being pretty average without that turbo I-5 though. The back’s surprisingly uncomfortable after sitting in the really comfortable front.
"Amoore100" (amoore100)
11/17/2017 at 16:59, STARS: 0
They do have different country and state modules, but yes, it’s a garbage system. When we went from California to Arizona in the ‘70 its module needed to be switched over in some secret submenu. The only reason I use it is if I’m going somewhere where it would be good to have a visual map and I have five minutes to input before I leave. Otherwise, audio instructions from Siri are good enough.
"Saab wagon is best wagon-now with less Saab" (saabwagon)
11/17/2017 at 18:46, STARS: 0
Aaaaa Luxembourg!
Always wanted to get there at somepoint.
"Nick Has an Exocet" (nickallain)
11/18/2017 at 08:21, STARS: 0
I need to explore it more. It’s not exactly a happening place though.