04-18-2009, 03:01 PM
My neighbor owns one. I don't know how you can remotely compare it to the MDX, Pilot and Highlander. It's a station wagon, not an SUV. The Volvo has zero carrying capacity compared to those and I certainly wouldn't take it off road. It has no ground clearance to speak of.
Although they seem like OK cars, I don't understand the Volvo lust at all. Perhaps you could explain it. My perspective is obtained from riding in and driving the many Volvos my friends own (in Berkeley they are extremely popular and linked to environmentalism for some odd reason that I can't fathom) For the most part they don't have much performance and the ones my friends have are all falling apart (especially the interiors), whereas our much older Mercedes which we beat the heck out of is in much better shape than all of those.
Although they seem like OK cars, I don't understand the Volvo lust at all. Perhaps you could explain it. My perspective is obtained from riding in and driving the many Volvos my friends own (in Berkeley they are extremely popular and linked to environmentalism for some odd reason that I can't fathom) For the most part they don't have much performance and the ones my friends have are all falling apart (especially the interiors), whereas our much older Mercedes which we beat the heck out of is in much better shape than all of those.