Overall very happy with the deal. The salesman stuck with the deal promised, the only slight surprise was how high the registration/license cost was. I went back and verified against my Audi from when I first registered it and ultimately they were accurate in their quote.
The dealer is based in the Chicagoland area and I’m happy to share some details regarding the salesman if anyone is looking for a Volvo in that area, just message me.
As much as I love a free $500 unfortunately mine doesn’t apply. It looks like the Allstate program requires vehicles with less than 1,000 miles, whereas mine has 4,500. Has anyone had luck applying with a vehicle that passes that 1,000 mile threshold?
So loaners aren’t supposed to work, however, I know of at least one person who applied with a loaner and got a check. Although it was on a Hyundai, not a Volvo, so your mileage may vary.
Biggest gripe for me so far (and I LOVE this car) is the lack of climate control from the OnCall App. I’d even be happy just to have it remember the last climate settings upon exit (so I could crank the heat/defrost to prepare for a cold morning remote start).
Actually a lot saves to driver profile. Your music favorites on SXM, your mirrors, seating pos, what color LEDs you like. There’s a process to changing things to your driver profile, and then assigning it to a key. Then the car is smart enough to detect which key. The climate settings I believe are what you set it to last time if I remember. You just have to enable the setting when you create a driving profile to auto save your preferences.
Because you auto save your preferences, you can have the app remember the last climate settings upon exit so when you start up the car via OnCall it will do it on the last setting. Try it, it does it automatically on mine.
Yes, I was being a bit dramatic by saying “nothing” actually saves.
I’v tried paired-to-key, not paired-to-key, auto-save changes on, auto-save changes off, creating a new profile from defaults, pairing a second key to profile 2…
I’ve started to take a picture every time I get in the car to “log” what the climate settings initiate to. Went for a driving scavenger hunt with the kids yesterday and when we got back I cranked the heat to “HI”, fan to max, defroster, etc., then went to settings, profiles, and hit the floppy disk to save current settings to profile. This morning I remote started from the app. When I got in the car the driver temp was set to “HI”, passenger temp set to “72”, driver seat and steering wheel heater to full and passenger seat heater was off. (F*%$ng nonsense right?)
Short of actual confirmation from Volvo, I can 100% confirm that when remote-starting, the climate seems to be limited to 72 degrees until you turn the ignition. This was a big frustration for me as it doesn’t really defrost or really get that warm on those cold cold January 4am commutes.
Next step is factory default and start fresh. Haven’t gotten to that yet since I sort of “forget” until I go to start the thing and see what new climate settings I get surprised with
Sheesh, with first responder rebates, lease/loyalty cash, additional $500 post rebate and finally MSD’s, it’s pretty cheap to lease a Volvo this month…
When you remote start the car it defaults to 72 degrees. Drivers seat heat and steering wheel come on with remote start if programmed (below a certain temp)
