Moosehead's new/old XC70

Moosehead

Hi,
just joined up, Ive owned a 2006 xc70 for a couple of years & its been a great car.
Sold it last week to buy another XC70 - this time a 2008 LE with 140,000 kms.

Only thing I want to do to it at the moment, is get rid of the stock 18" rims and get some 17's or even 16's if i can find some in the right spec.

TerryA

Welcome aboard.

egads (she/her)

Not 100% there is a 16 that will clear the front brakes. Looks like a great car! Welcome!

Moosehead

no worries egads, i thought the brakes on the 06 xc70 were the same as the 08, but yeah I will probably go for 17's to be safe.

its only the 3.2 straight 6 but the power is definitely adequate & knowing there's no timing belt to be bothered with like my old XC is just awesome.
I think the low down acceleration of these cars is really dulled by the 6 speed transmission shifting up at ~2500 rpm, Im going to try manually shifting it one day, but out on the highway I had no problem overtaking cars in the 110+ zones.

Moosehead

does anyone know if the 'Dynaudio' stereo system is standard in these cars?
How can i check if mine has it?

The stereo certainly sounds amazing to me but thats all I know.

Rob

it is a shame you are in WA, i would buy those wheels off you.

Moosehead

yeah, I wouldnt be asking much for them, but its the tires that are worth a bit & I cant use them if I go to 17's.

cheers

Moosehead

Does this look like dynaudio? Has the separate graphic equaliser for front and rear

Rob

why do you want to go back to 17's?

Moosehead

This car came with 18's (LE spec) & the 06 xc70 I just sold had 16's - I think i would prefer a slight increase in comfort 17's might give thats all.