Its been 3 months since the 850R officially left the parking lot, off to its new owner. Since then there have been 0 posts here, and its not in any particular reason. However since then, the S60 has achieved a new status. The S60 has slowly turned itself into the “Built Daily Driver” category.
I know have to explain why this is a bad thing.
“Jack, how could a a ‘project’ daily driver be an issue?"‘‘
Well here is why, its because once your car that you drive every day becomes your new project, it will never perfect. Making your daily a project also means that it slowly, over time, loses its ability to be a daily. It goes from your winter beater to “I cant take this is the rain / snow, these coils are too nice!” This situation is slowly where I am going with the S60, and to be honest, its not worth it. While I do love my S60, its not the platform I want to continue working on. In the near future I would like to go to a V90 or a V60 (R-Design of course), but that is still about a year off.
Currently, the S60 has been having a slew of audio issues. It has had a bunch of issues with the audio cutting out and popping, under all conditions. I tried using normal radio, CD, and bluetooth but it didnt make a difference. The first attempt at a repair was the dealership updating the software on the car. After a few days I noticed the issue was back and returned to the dealership. The second attempt at a fix was to replace the amplifier. Now on the P3 this is a pretty easy swap as the part is directly under the passenger seat. Unfortunately, after a few days the issue still persisted.
So at this point I was pretty pissed off, like how can they not fix this?
Well finally, after 2 days in the shop, and having the car diagnosed by techs in Sweden, they determined that it was the IAM in the head unit. I guess the high heat of this summer here in North Carolina finally fried some of the electronics in the headunit. All I can say is; thank god for the CPO warranty.
The question is, where do I go from here? I know that as I sneak up on 100k miles, it may be time to start looking at replacements for this car. I do really love it, but the wrap is already starting to peel badly in many places, and the usability of the rear seats and trunk leave much to be desired. The only thing that really matters is if I go with the V90 R-Design, a V60 R-Design, or bump myself up to a V60 Polestar.