Now this is a proper mommymobile! I love it, and apparently, so, too, does Jacob!
A different set of classical music played in my head every time I walked towards the 2016 Volvo XC90. Sometimes, it was the “da-da-daaahh” of Toccata and Fugue in D-Minor. Sometimes it was “Fate Knocking” from Symphony No.5. Sometimes, if it was hidden around a corner and I was walking toward it very slowly, I’d hear Also sprach Zarathustra (aka: that bit from 2001: A Space Odyssey).
While I love the reference to classical music, was this a little jab at me for the CUV comparo where after one loop I was listening to 96.3, then after another I was rocking out to Metallica on 97.7?
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Good times.
...and great music references!
Some say they hired the guy from South Park who liked to cross-breed weird animals,
Dr. Alphonse Mephesto
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Not me. Because nothing bad has ever happened to me before when I went off the beaten path in a Volvo crossover… I drove up to the lowest of the kerbs, got out to make sure I had enough clearance, then drove up and over, across the muddy, grassy hill and plodded down the other kerb and out the driveway, leaving my fellow child-dropping friends in my wake. I think that makes me an urban off-road warrior – only instead of bouncing about in my seat I was calm and unruffled.
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Nice, Jacob. Nice.
I remember one year when the street I live on (a court) had a blocked drain during a heavy rainfall - four houses were completely closed off. One "heroic" Touareg drove into the 'pond' with a hockey stick to unplug the drain. The driver aborted when the interior carpets became wet. Then, another with an XC90 made his attempt, albeit successfully.
...until I threw on a chest wader and just walked right in. (it was October -not time for splishy splashy bathing suit time).
Still, an impressive feat for the Volvo.
Which brings me to another point – at $68,325 as tested this Volvo is by no means cheap, but it feels like it should cost more.Which brings me to another point – at $68,325 as tested this Volvo is by no means cheap, but it feels like it should cost more.
Cue James comparing this to his Acura MDX...
...or the Santa Fe XL at $20,000 cheaper
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