2010 Volvo XC60 T6 AWD: Road Trip Ready

@Jeepsrt

I've had some awesome summer roadtrips in my brother's 08 4dr Rubicon; my XJR will be doing a Calgary-Vancouver weekend roundtrip soon.

My Civic Si beats me up on longer interstate trips, it's loud, has rattles, bumpy, and very rough during stop and go traffic.

However, it's wonderful for the curvy roads such as the ones leading up to Mount St. Helens and Crater lake. I would rent a car to go on longer trips to avoid putting miles, windshield cracks and scratches on my own car.

I love my '02 Mazda Protege. Great fuel mileage and fairly comfortable as well...and it's fun when it isn't eating up the highway. Only issue is that it's kinda noisy because it's revvin' high, but other than that, I LOVE IT :)

My old Saab '96 9000 hatchback was even better though. That thing gobbled up the road while keepin' me cooooooooooooomfortable. And the crap it could hold was absolutely ridiculous. When my friends and I took road trips, it was THE car we'd choose (the other choices among us were a Honda Odyssey, Saab 9-3 sedan, '07 BMW 328, Toyota Camry, and Honda Accord). Saab 9000 hatchback FTW.

My Prius is fuel economy ready but not comfort or power ready. My Tribeca has comfort and power but 12MPG city might not cut it. However I did get 25MPG on a long 60MPH highway cruise. But the XC60 (which looks great in the picture) would be an excellent road trip car as long as you don't have people over 6foot in the back.

I have beaten down bench seats in my truck but after I got adjustable shocks I can go 75-85 depending on the highways and eat miles in comfort. And there isn't much in the way of road noise to speak of and if there is any then I have 3+ hours of techno and metal to drown it all out on USB drive.

My 2002 Miata is not road trip friendly at all. Too loud, especially above 70mph. But it would be great going down 1 to Big Sur. The speeds there aren't high enough to make the trip miserable.

Lovely photo, btw. I proposed to my now-fiancée on the other side of the bridge... we're into photography so that's what we were supposedly there for, and as much as I like our photos yours is hard to beat.

My SRT-4 is an absolute nightmare, to be honest. I hate having to go on trips with it. The suspension is apparently filled with cement and the seats are filled with it too. As I have solid motor mounts and a solid transmission mount to compliment my muffler-less aftermarket exhaust I better bring Tylenol Arthritis and earplugs for any trips more than about 50 miles. I had to drive from West Palm Beach to Austin a couple of times... I'd like to block out those memories.

My 2007 Mazda6 i is adequately powerful and gets almost 600 mi between fill ups on a road trip, which is more than I can usually drive without needing to pee, or at least stretch my legs. I enjoyed driving it from central PA to downeast ME and back last month.

I would not have a vehicle that's not highway friendly. Whether it was great under other circumstances like winding roads or stoplight races, if it couldn't cut it on the highway at high speeds, it would not be of much use to me. Back in the '80s, I had a Camaro Z28 that I thought I would love, but its punishing ride and high road noise were quite tiresome on road trips. After two years, I was done and traded it for a Regal T-Type, which I still have. It's not my daily driver though. I have an E46 BMW and Jetta TDI for that.

I'm one of those people who like the idea of a road trip, but when it comes to the actual journey, court me out.

My 08 focus is VERY great on road trips! I recently got back from Texas in fact and it handled the 80 MPH speed limit on I-10 very well! Good power (M/T), nicely tuned suspension that gives a midsized car ride with sub compact car nimbleness, its the bestest :) I wish my seat had more adjustments, mainly for lower back and seat bottom tilt, but apparently these adjustments are on the seat for 09+ models, and were available on SES models on 08's... i only have a fully loaded SE :(

My 02 Focus is perfect for road trips. I would typically have my car picked for big road trips with friends. It handled trips to Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, New Orleans, New York, and the Smokies from St. Louis and still asks for more. I'm planning a road trip to Denver in a few months. It's comfortable and I haven't had any complaint from anyone yet.

My '07 Volvo S60 lives for long road trips. I always complain about the car until I take a long freeway trip, and then I find myself commenting on what a nice highway car it is. Power (2.5T) is good, seats are just about as good as they get, ride is smooth yet controlled, heavy steering, wind and road noise is decent, outstanding climate control, engine noise is nonexistent unless downshifted (2000-2200 rpm at highway speeds), and fuel mileage is a lot better than I expected (30-31 mpg highway with AC on and 75 mph average... EPA said 30 on the old system... I can't imagine how to get the "new" highway mpg--lock it out of 4th and 5th gear? deflate tires to 20 psi? average 100 mph?). Of course, those accolades would be coming from the front passengers. Rear seat riders? Probably not so much, unless they were pretty short.

I traded in my 04 STi for an 05 S4 Avant (in 08) because the Subie sucked so bad for family road trips. We happen to take a lot of them. Now, I'm looking for something even more road-trip-friendly than the S4 - while it's a lot better than the STi in terms of ride quality, it's still a little harsh and is lacking some must-have amenities like rear seat vents (and leg room).

I'm currently pretty set on a job 2 2010 Flex Limited (or maybe even an EcoBoost), but I'm now curious about this new Volvo you have.

Given the choice between a top-trim Flex and this Volvo, which would you rather take on a San Francisco run?

My 06 M45 is great at it. It can be rough at times but the seats are comfortable, lots of rooms in the car, and it sucks up miles like they're nothing. Already did two from Indiana to Wisconsin, which came out the about 500 miles each, and will be doing a 2200 mile trip to Colorado in a few months. Had an 06 Altima before this and it was great for road trips as well. a bit louder and softer but still great. Worse car I've had for a road-trip was a 99 eclipse with an aftermarket muffler and intake plus some other minor mods. The car was loud and while I did do an Indiana to Clearwater, FL trip twice before, once with three people, it really wasn't an ideal car to do it in.