Just dropped my car off at Volvo to have them look at this bug: Battery temporarily went to 0% while driving
Got a void, charcoal, PP loaner which allows me to test things out more fully than I was on the earlier test drives. Have only had it for the morning but long story short, I'm pretty sure if I went through it again I would have gotten the PP instead of my current 19" nonPP spec. I'm kinda thinking about how I could do some sort of trade to be honest.
I've already put 4.5k miles on my nonPP car so feel like I know it and its dynamics well. I love how it drives and its ride quality. But I think the PP even in standard settings (Volvo indicated set at 12 clicks all around) is plainly better.
After dropping off the car and picking up the loaner, and noting my AM zooms got rescheduled, I did a route I know well and have done with the nonPP car many times - for those familiar with the area, went from Volvo Palo Alto to Alice's Restaurant via Arastradero --> Foothill --> Page Mill --> 280 --> Sand Hill --> Portola --> La Honda, then back down again to finally go to work near Sand Hill. It's a twisty route with decent elevation changes and sections chronically under construction or post-construction/pre-repaving. The nonPP suspension handles the curves well (and better than a Model 3P IMO) - the PP handles them great. It's completely flat and gives me that much more confidence taking them at higher speeds. And for the bumps, I feel them in the PP but somehow don't care about them as much. I think the Ohlin's smooth out the smaller bumps/divots (that are more common and unavoidable) better than the nonPP, but may be more jarring for the bigger bumps - but those are more infrequent and more avoidable. And the flatter ride with less body roll might actually be better to prevent nausea for the kids in the backseat.
As for leather (my car) vs WeaveTech (loaner), I now also wonder if there's enough of a delta to justify the leather. I still think the leather looks nicer/more premium. But the WeaveTech still looks and feels nice. And while the seat ventilation is nice with the leather, the fabric stays more temperate anyway. I could see using the $$ I gave for the leather to instead go to the PP for sure.
So yeah.... I don't quite have buyer's remorse. But definitely would take a do-over on it if I could. Really wish I test drove the PP on the route I just did and not for a few blocks in a busy city, where I couldn't see its handling of curves at all.
Got a void, charcoal, PP loaner which allows me to test things out more fully than I was on the earlier test drives. Have only had it for the morning but long story short, I'm pretty sure if I went through it again I would have gotten the PP instead of my current 19" nonPP spec. I'm kinda thinking about how I could do some sort of trade to be honest.
I've already put 4.5k miles on my nonPP car so feel like I know it and its dynamics well. I love how it drives and its ride quality. But I think the PP even in standard settings (Volvo indicated set at 12 clicks all around) is plainly better.
After dropping off the car and picking up the loaner, and noting my AM zooms got rescheduled, I did a route I know well and have done with the nonPP car many times - for those familiar with the area, went from Volvo Palo Alto to Alice's Restaurant via Arastradero --> Foothill --> Page Mill --> 280 --> Sand Hill --> Portola --> La Honda, then back down again to finally go to work near Sand Hill. It's a twisty route with decent elevation changes and sections chronically under construction or post-construction/pre-repaving. The nonPP suspension handles the curves well (and better than a Model 3P IMO) - the PP handles them great. It's completely flat and gives me that much more confidence taking them at higher speeds. And for the bumps, I feel them in the PP but somehow don't care about them as much. I think the Ohlin's smooth out the smaller bumps/divots (that are more common and unavoidable) better than the nonPP, but may be more jarring for the bigger bumps - but those are more infrequent and more avoidable. And the flatter ride with less body roll might actually be better to prevent nausea for the kids in the backseat.
As for leather (my car) vs WeaveTech (loaner), I now also wonder if there's enough of a delta to justify the leather. I still think the leather looks nicer/more premium. But the WeaveTech still looks and feels nice. And while the seat ventilation is nice with the leather, the fabric stays more temperate anyway. I could see using the $$ I gave for the leather to instead go to the PP for sure.
So yeah.... I don't quite have buyer's remorse. But definitely would take a do-over on it if I could. Really wish I test drove the PP on the route I just did and not for a few blocks in a busy city, where I couldn't see its handling of curves at all.
