Looking great bro!!! Planning on picking up an xc40 next year probably looking at a 2022. Last weekend i rented the xc60 drove through the autobahn it was magical ❤❤❤❤
Great update. Love my used 2023 C40 Recharge at 50% of MSRP from Hertz! Bought it with 14,500 miles and have driven 2K. Haven't had so much fun since my 68 Mustang 289. Biggest surprise: one pedal driving is natural and intuitive. My wife is susceptible to motion sickness, and no problems. Biggest wish: digital review mirror due to limited visibility in the fast back. I added a FitCamx. Mounts below the mirror and looks OEM.
I’ve watched a ton of car videos and this was so refreshing. Appreciate a person just talking about regular car things without the salesman vibe. Love it.
@@nimbusspacewagon they are really great, we’re officially at 15,000 miles driven now and I have very few complaints. Are you getting a newer model? The bigger battery and range would be nice.
@@EV_OG I’m very curious about your frunk mod! I’ve found the backup camera to be usable, but the field of view and angle aren’t great. I haven’t really had too much trouble at night, but our driveway has a street light close by and that’s where we usually back up from.
Thanks for this video! It was really helpful. Do you recommend the dog trunk cover you have? I’m in the market for a good one for my two shedding cattle dogs. Thank you!!
@@henamedmeseven I had a cattle dog for 15 years, great dogs! I do like it, it does a good job with the dog hair and any other mess. The dog hair doesn’t stick either so it’s pretty easy to vacuum clean. It makes accessing the sub trunk a little tricky, but that’ll be the case for any cover.
@@LandLectric Thank you! yeah, attempting to keep this new car less hairy this go around but we will see how long it lasts. Always such high hopes at the very beginning, but two dogs and two kids is usually no match for any car.
Great review -- I have an identical vehicle down to the color/interior and agree with all your thoughts (going on 20k miles here). Do you find the auto high beam setting on yours is very sensitive to reflective markers (like on mailboxes)? On mine, I find they trip it up all the time and cause it to dip back to lowbeams. Sometimes I end up just flipping it to manual control if I have someone driving behind me as I can only imagine what they are thinking as they see the brights constantly cycling in sections of the road. I feel like that problem would be a non-issue with the adaptive lights as I'm assuming it would probably just blank out that section of the road, versus fully cycling off and on... but I'm doubtful we'll ever see it in the US due to the NHTSA requirements being so stringent that none of the existing hardware seems to be capable of meeting them.
Honestly I haven’t had too much opportunity to use them yet because most roads I drive on at night are neighborhoods or well lit. I did use them up in Michigan and they did react to reflective signs or road markers sometimes but not enough to bother me. I’ll have to try them out more. Bummer about the pixel availability.. I’ve seen Bjorn’s video on them and they look amazing, I’d really love to have that capability!
@@LandLectric Yeah same here, the video of them in action was great. I've heard you can technically unlock it with a third party software called "OrBit", but I don't think I want to press my luck with the (il)legality of that on the roads haha. I hope you continue to enjoy the car! Came across this channel as we got the tow hitch recently for bike racks, but have been interested in the experience of actually towing something, so thanks for the recent video on your experience with that.
@@TheRealSpuff yea I don’t think I want to jailbreak the car and worry about that 😂 I’m current in Florida after roadtripping 1300 miles down here, planning on towing a trailer back - plans may change but we’ll see how that goes if it happens!
How is the clearance beneath and does the battery pack project downward? I know Volvo's are typically safe but protecting the battery pack is huge for EVs.
I think the clearance is about 7 inches. We took it up a pretty gnarly gravel road to Sandy Mush Herb Nursery over some decent size rocks, huge ruts and a couple stream (very small) crossings with no issues. The battery pack does not stick out, it seems well protected but I haven't crawled under there.
@@iantelinside I don’t think you can specify brands, I always do a bit of research via ABRP and PlugShare to see what my options are though. Several times on the way back to Chicago it has tried to send me to a broken shell charger so I don’t trust it 100%. From Kyle Conner’s EX30 video it looks like there are some additional customization options, hopefully we’ll get those eventually on the 40.
Looks like I was wrong! When you’re in google maps you can go to the settings, then there is an option that says ‘EV Payment Filters’ and you can select which networks you want. I haven’t actually used this yet so I’m not 100% sure how it will work, but the option is there.
Yea, it would be huge. Keeping it at 72 degrees for 30 minutes is better than nothing though! You can always restart it after 30 minutes too but you can't monitor the cabin temp. I definitely wouldn't leave a dog in there for very long, but it works for running into a store while charging!
I just bought a ‘23 XC40 recharge. Your vids gave me peace of mind and helped me seal the deal! Thanks!!
Congrats, I hope you enjoy it as much as we do!
Looking great bro!!! Planning on picking up an xc40 next year probably looking at a 2022. Last weekend i rented the xc60 drove through the autobahn it was magical ❤❤❤❤
@@AlistairArbour-qi3xp this is the first Volvo I’ve driven, it’s a nice machine! I’m jealous that you get to drive on the autobahn 😂
Great update. Love my used 2023 C40 Recharge at 50% of MSRP from Hertz! Bought it with 14,500 miles and have driven 2K. Haven't had so much fun since my 68 Mustang 289. Biggest surprise: one pedal driving is natural and intuitive. My wife is susceptible to motion sickness, and no problems. Biggest wish: digital review mirror due to limited visibility in the fast back. I added a FitCamx. Mounts below the mirror and looks OEM.
It is such an incredibly fun car to drive, glad you’re enjoying yours and thanks for watching!
I’ve watched a ton of car videos and this was so refreshing. Appreciate a person just talking about regular car things without the salesman vibe. Love it.
@@dstephens183 thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed!
Great vid. Cheers. Getting one next month! To me the are the nicest ev for the price.
@@nimbusspacewagon they are really great, we’re officially at 15,000 miles driven now and I have very few complaints. Are you getting a newer model? The bigger battery and range would be nice.
Thanks for the video.
We also got a CPO XC40 Ultimate w/
@@EV_OG I’m very curious about your frunk mod! I’ve found the backup camera to be usable, but the field of view and angle aren’t great. I haven’t really had too much trouble at night, but our driveway has a street light close by and that’s where we usually back up from.
Appreciate the video. Many thenks!
Thanks for this video! It was really helpful. Do you recommend the dog trunk cover you have? I’m in the market for a good one for my two shedding cattle dogs. Thank you!!
@@henamedmeseven I had a cattle dog for 15 years, great dogs!
I do like it, it does a good job with the dog hair and any other mess. The dog hair doesn’t stick either so it’s pretty easy to vacuum clean. It makes accessing the sub trunk a little tricky, but that’ll be the case for any cover.
@@LandLectric Thank you! yeah, attempting to keep this new car less hairy this go around but we will see how long it lasts. Always such high hopes at the very beginning, but two dogs and two kids is usually no match for any car.
Great review -- I have an identical vehicle down to the color/interior and agree with all your thoughts (going on 20k miles here). Do you find the auto high beam setting on yours is very sensitive to reflective markers (like on mailboxes)? On mine, I find they trip it up all the time and cause it to dip back to lowbeams. Sometimes I end up just flipping it to manual control if I have someone driving behind me as I can only imagine what they are thinking as they see the brights constantly cycling in sections of the road.
I feel like that problem would be a non-issue with the adaptive lights as I'm assuming it would probably just blank out that section of the road, versus fully cycling off and on... but I'm doubtful we'll ever see it in the US due to the NHTSA requirements being so stringent that none of the existing hardware seems to be capable of meeting them.
Honestly I haven’t had too much opportunity to use them yet because most roads I drive on at night are neighborhoods or well lit. I did use them up in Michigan and they did react to reflective signs or road markers sometimes but not enough to bother me. I’ll have to try them out more.
Bummer about the pixel availability.. I’ve seen Bjorn’s video on them and they look amazing, I’d really love to have that capability!
@@LandLectric Yeah same here, the video of them in action was great. I've heard you can technically unlock it with a third party software called "OrBit", but I don't think I want to press my luck with the (il)legality of that on the roads haha. I hope you continue to enjoy the car! Came across this channel as we got the tow hitch recently for bike racks, but have been interested in the experience of actually towing something, so thanks for the recent video on your experience with that.
@@TheRealSpuff yea I don’t think I want to jailbreak the car and worry about that 😂
I’m current in Florida after roadtripping 1300 miles down here, planning on towing a trailer back - plans may change but we’ll see how that goes if it happens!
How is the clearance beneath and does the battery pack project downward? I know Volvo's are typically safe but protecting the battery pack is huge for EVs.
I think the clearance is about 7 inches. We took it up a pretty gnarly gravel road to Sandy Mush Herb Nursery over some decent size rocks, huge ruts and a couple stream (very small) crossings with no issues. The battery pack does not stick out, it seems well protected but I haven't crawled under there.
Is it possible to specify if say you only want to use EA charging stations so it will plot a route accordingly? Thanks
@@iantelinside I don’t think you can specify brands, I always do a bit of research via ABRP and PlugShare to see what my options are though. Several times on the way back to Chicago it has tried to send me to a broken shell charger so I don’t trust it 100%.
From Kyle Conner’s EX30 video it looks like there are some additional customization options, hopefully we’ll get those eventually on the 40.
Looks like I was wrong! When you’re in google maps you can go to the settings, then there is an option that says ‘EV Payment Filters’ and you can select which networks you want. I haven’t actually used this yet so I’m not 100% sure how it will work, but the option is there.
@@LandLectric cool, thanks!
Dog mode is absolutely needed...
Yea, it would be huge. Keeping it at 72 degrees for 30 minutes is better than nothing though! You can always restart it after 30 minutes too but you can't monitor the cabin temp. I definitely wouldn't leave a dog in there for very long, but it works for running into a store while charging!
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