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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