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Volvo XC60 (2022 ): Total MELTDOWN Of Car Was Caused By Technician ERROR!

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by Anura Guruge
on April 23, 2023.

Click to ENLARGE. First part of service record.
Click to ENLARGE. 2nd part.
Click to image to access my April 15, 2023 post.

NOT FUNNY. NOT HAPPY.

But, that was the CASE, alas.

At least the dealership (which will remain nameless for now) was honest enough to immediately, upfront admit that it was all due to an inexperienced, rookie technician.

I guess they thought that a simple software update should be within his training. Well, it appears not.

So, a week Friday they had to give me a LOANER (which to be fair was pretty nice (& a tad better featured than mine)) so I could go to ‘Lake George‘, New York as planned. That trip was a success & the loaner did OK.

I called the dealership Thursday once I got home. They told me the facts & that my car was ready. But, they had also promised to clean a bit before giving it back.

I couldn’t get up there till late Friday afternoon. My car was ready & it was cleaner than it has been in a very long time. That at least was a consolation.

Drove it back. Seems OK. Much to my relief & DELIGHT none of the SETTINGS had been lost. The Sirius XM favorites, the garage door opener etc. etc. all worked. So, that was good. Not sure about any of the stuff they did … like VGM Reload, ECM Reload, TCAM battery recharge etc. Just hope they knew what they were doing.

I will keep you updated.

Volvo XC60 (2022 ): Dealer Trying To Install Software Ver. 2.7 Totally KILLED My Car!

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by Anura Guruge
on April 15, 2023.

Click to ENLARGE. E-mail I got from Volvo March 6, 2023.
Click to ENLARGE & read here. Link to ‘Volvo Support’.

So, so, so frigging GLAD that this was NOT ‘OTA’ (Over the Air). I would have been totally dead in the frigging water.

This was a DEALER — a very big & super-good DEALER at that — doing it.

Totally KILLED the car. Couldn’t even open the tailgate! I had my hiking gear bag in the back (as always, packed & ready for action). LUCKILY we were able to pull it out by folding the backseat.

This is BEYOND STUPID. Car totally dead. They don’t know what is wrong with it!

They, at the dealership, can do OTA. Appears they tried doing it OTA 3 times. Failed each time. So, they plugged the car into the computer. That is when they FRIED the car!

I took the car (i.e., XC60) in at 12:30 (as agreed). They said about two hours. That is fair enough. It was 80F. I went ambling. {See the pictures}

At 3:30pm they sheepishly broke the news. WE HAD A PROBLEM. I am going ambling in upstate New York on Monday. I told them, forget the update, just get the car to the state it was when I brought it in. They admitted they couldn’t. Told me that they can’t even open the tailgate. I was NOT amused.

They, of course, immediately offered me a loaner. They had to.

My XC60 is my HIKING car. The Mazda CX-30 is my local car. The XC60 is PRECISELY packed with all my hiking gear. Spare boots, sticks, clothing, straps, picnic stuff, hotel/motel stuff (e.g., extension cords, nighlights {SMILE}), maps.

I had to transfer 90% of the stuff from my DEAD car to the loaner — which was a XC60. I was nearly done when I remembered SIRIUS XM. I can’t drive without Sirius {& I am NOT kidding} & there was no way I was going on a hiking trip WITHOUT Sirius. I need to listen to CNBC. SMILE. That loaner didn’t have Sirius. I am so RELIEVED that I had asked.

They scrambled around & got me another loaner that had Sirius. This was FANCY. Fancier than mine! It was a 2023 whereas mine is a 2022. It also has Premium Sound & is a B6 (whereas mine is a B5 with POLESTAR). So, at least, I don’t have to slum it. It is pretty nice car — with only 3,000 on the clock (whereas mine (after 16 months) has 12,900 miles). Plus, I will save myself around 800 miles on the lease. SMILE. They still owe me.

NOT HAPPY. NOT HAPPY.

I have had NOTHING but trouble with this XC60. I hate it. Never getting the software updated again.

In Total Disbelief That ‘Rogue’ MA Truck Driver Who Killed 7 Bikers In N.H. Was Acquitted!

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by Anura Guruge
on August 9, 2022

Click to ENLARGE. From ‘Google News’.

This horrific accident that happened in 2019 was BIG news. The driver had ADMITTED taking drugs earlier in the day. For reasons I cannot fathom the judge would NOT permit this drug use claims to be presented in court. This is amazing. I am glad that our Governor finds it shocking too. Totally acquitted (albeit after spending 3-years in prison prior to the case)!

Fortunately, he was NOT allowed to walk out of the courthouse a free man. That is some consolation. He is being held on some immigration violation (technicalities). It appears that he might still have driver license related cases in MA — as well as civil prosecution.

He is probably being kept in isolation. The riders that died belonged to a club that did a lot of charity work & as such much respected & liked. There will be folks in prison that are not happy that he got acquitted. IF I get the time I really would like to understand what happened at the trial. It seems a travesty. A travesty of justice.

Always Distressing When An INNOCENT BIG CAT, In This Case A Tiger, Is Shot Dead At A Zoo Because Of Human Stupidity.

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by Anura Guruge
on December 30, 2021

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Click to ENLARGE. From ‘Google News‘. You can Google for more.
Click image to access my post from 2016.

WHY?

This poor, BEAUTIFUL (endangered species) tiger did NO wrong. It was minding its own business! It did what nature intended for him to do.

Well I am NOT going to say it, BUT you can see where I am going.

OK. Confession & full disclosure time. Yikes! [Smile]

I used to pet a Bengal tiger, through the fencing, at a zoo — Marwell Zoo in the U.K. I lived ‘next door’. [This was in the 1970s.] I used to go to the zoo, when I could, late in the day, & sit by the tiger’s cage. I used to talk to it, like I would to a dog. After awhile I reached over & used to pet its head. Was I stupid? Well, you know the answer to that. But, I am still alive & have all my limbs & the tiger was never harmed.

Why, did I confess to this. Because, I can empathize, even more than some, about the desire of wanting to stroke a majestic tiger.

But …

IF my arm was in a tiger’s mouth I would be yelling: ‘Don’t shoot the tiger. Don’t shoot the tiger!‘ I am pretty sure of that, but, yes, of course, none of us can be sure.

Couldn’t they have fired above its head just to scare it away.

A tranquilizer dart might have taken a few minutes to act — but wouldn’t it have been worth it.

The idiot — & yes, I know. Sorry.