Brydo,
I’ll try and avoid the things you know from excessive YouTube review watching ?.
Good – the ride on 20” wheels (even over a rutted farm track) is excellent, the seats are superbly comfortable, the headlights are so good and the auto dip works well, the digital dials are fab especially with the sat nav display in the middle, the fuel economy has been ok so far (34.5mpg over 1400 miles of mostly B roads), the stop/start system is the best I’ve ever experienced and doesn’t have the slightest hesitation in starting up again, in fact you don’t notice it either going off or on again, the remote start works well and defrosts the car ready to go, it almost looks better covered in mud and grime (well, that’s my excuse ?), the voice control works well and understands both Welsh and Scottish accents, and the hifi is really good although ours is the upgraded one.
Bad – I’m not liking the brakes very much as there’s much less feel than I’d like. You seem to go from hardly any braking to loads very abruptly. I thought it was down to them needing to bed in but we’re past that stage now. I wonder if it’s anything to do with the regenerative braking set up? Certainly the brakes in Mrs B’s XC60 have much more feel. To be clear, they stop with no issues, it’s not a safety thing just a feel thing. You really need the mudflaps fitted to avoid spectacular splatter up the side. Also, no knobs for climate control, grrrr. And why does the theatre light colour scheme only change 2 of the interior led’s!?
Unusual – When you start it up there’s no turning over of the motor. It’s just on instantly. I guess that’s the electric motor doing all the initial work but it’s quite strange at first.
As you can tell from me moaning about interior led’s I don’t have much bad to go with. Generally the car (or Arnie as he’s now called thanks to the various machine noises it makes when you turn off) is pretty awesome and I’m chuffed with the choice we made.
Roll on the collection day for all you folks still waiting!