Hello All,
I haven't been on here for ages, thankfully the car has been reliable!
One reservation I have had since getting the S60R was how quick it was off the mark (particularly compared to my old Saab 9-5 Aero). I read Clarkson's review and he said it didn't feel that quick so didn't worry about it.
However, during a recent drive to the south coast I had some fun with a diesel C350Cdi Merc and I could not quite shake it off in a straight line! I knew something was amiss and did a couple of 0-60 timed runs and it seems to be around 7 seconds, nowhere near the 5.5 book time!
The car is a factory standard S60R manual MY2006, has 51K on the clock, is serviced by Volvo every year (it hasn't had it's plugs changed in a while), has no messages and I only very rarely drive it hard, usually it's pootling around town trying to get the best mpg I can or cruising high speeds on motorways . Also, it uses a bit of oil between services, there is none on my drive (and no sign of leaks, it never smokes and there is no mayo in the water. It feels like the power is there, although my gear change is not the quickest and I am not that adept at it (I only tried the test twice!) so this could be the culprit.
So, my questions are; what basic things to check? what should I be suspicious of, or checking to make sure it should be giving me better performance? also could the ECU be conditioned to my laid back/economical driving so would a battery disconnect reset it?
Yours gratefully as always!
Nick0
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