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Reflection/Accelerator Questions S80 2000

I have been driving an '87 240 wagon for 10 years and am considering buying

a Volvo S80 or V70 to replace it.I recently drove a 2000 S80,thought it was

a great car,but have two questions for S80 owners.I saw the front dashboard

defroster vents reflected in the windshield so clearly that I found it a

serious distraction ....like a clear horizontal line with vertical

interruptions like a railroad track . Was this an anomoly of driving

at dusk ? I sat in the new 2001 V70 in the dealer showroom and and saw a

similar relflection of the massive dash-top area. Is this complaint unique

and eccentric ? Do other makes of cars have this same dash reflection ? The

second question is regarding the accelerator . I am COMPLETELY car-tech

ignorant , but a sports car enthusiast friend of mine accompanied me for a

test drive of the S80 and complained that when he let his foot off the

accelerator , the tach gradually came down . He said that was very strange

and wanted a let off on the accelerator to immediately reduce the RPMs ( or

something to that effect ... sorry I'm not tech enough to explain ) . Is

this a characteristic of the S80 or did that car just need tweaking ?

Thanks in advance for any thoughts/comments. Richard








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Re: Reflection/Accelerator Questions S80 2000

Richard-

Personaly, I haven't noticed a reflection in the windshield that is distracting while driving. On the acceleration/lift off throttle issue, the S80 uses a 'drive by wire' throttle system. On hard acceleration, when you lift off the throttle, there is a momentary delay while the ETM (electronic throttle module) decides if you really want to go from full throttle to idle position. Completely normal and related to emission concerns during coast-down.








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Re: Reflection/Accelerator Questions S80 2000

Go with the darker dashboard (grey). The glare is less noticeable.








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Re: Reflection/Accelerator Questions S80 2000

As an S80 T6 owner for some 5 months now I agree with abe.

Yes, there's reflection of the dash in the windscreen but is really only a distraction if you stare and focus on it. Once you start 'driving', the reflections become invisible until you happen to focus on them again momentarily. I wouldn't consider this a strong negative for the S80. I suspect the dash is less reflective (such as a dark colour rather than say Taupe) if the interior colour is dark.

If you want to get down to fine detail you might want to see if you can see the instrument digital display readouts when you have the sun shining directly onto the instrument cluster pod behind the steering wheel.

In general, the RPMs should settle to around 650 rpm (hot engine) whenever there's zero accelerator input. Beyond this I can't comment on what is good or bad about the tach needle not dropping quickly.

The extra for the S80 T6 over the S80 2.9 is well worth it IMHO -- a truly wonderful car in many many respects.

Good luck with your final choice, be it S80 or V70.

Regards... Barry Sharp








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Re: Reflection/Accelerator Questions S80 2000

I have driven S80's a lot and the reflection has never been distracting unless I choose to look at it. Once I'm driving it never crosses my mind.

Modern cars don't return to low idle speed instantly. I really don't know what your friend was referring to. The engine will almost instantly drop to idle speed if you were to take gear lever out of gear while coasting but no normal person does that with an automatic transmssion car.







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