Casey Liss

Mechanical shutters move vertically up and down to open a cavity that contains the actual headlights.

Mechanical shutters move vertically up and down to open a cavity that contains the actual headlights.

what they have reinvented pop-up headlights from the 80s but 10 times worse because they have mechanical things that need to open for your headlights to work at all because your headlights are 100 blocked when this mouth is closed in front of each things so they have to have a little thing that slides up and a little thing that slides down to reveal your headlights and then what that opens is a cavity in the front of your car that presumably can fill with snow and ice and slush and whatever and screw up the mechanism that has to constantly open and close for the headlights

what they have reinvented pop-up headlights from the 80s but 10 times worse because they have mechanical things that need to open for your headlights to work at all because your headlights are 100 blocked when this mouth is closed in front of each things so they have to have a little thing that slides up and a little thing that slides down to reveal your headlights and then what that opens is a cavity in the front of your car that presumably can fill with snow and ice and slush and whatever and screw up the mechanism that has to constantly open and close for the headlights

No, no, no. Where the mouth parts used to be is now a cavity because they used to be filling that spot. So there is another two inches. If you take a stick and you poke it in this car and it hits daytime running lights and you open the mouth, you can push that stick in two more inches. No, it looks like John. That's where the little things used to be.

No, no, no. Where the mouth parts used to be is now a cavity because they used to be filling that spot. So there is another two inches. If you take a stick and you poke it in this car and it hits daytime running lights and you open the mouth, you can push that stick in two more inches. No, it looks like John. That's where the little things used to be.

Yes, there is, but the thickness of the shutters is now gone, right? That's the cavity. And why is that cavity important? Because when the mouth has to close, if there's anything in that one or two inches, now they're squishing it, and now you're getting crap in between the little shutters. How is something getting in there? Here's the thing.

Yes, there is, but the thickness of the shutters is now gone, right? That's the cavity. And why is that cavity important? Because when the mouth has to close, if there's anything in that one or two inches, now they're squishing it, and now you're getting crap in between the little shutters. How is something getting in there? Here's the thing.

here here's the thing nothing this is not a problem right that needed to be solved they have made it an overly complicated thing on a safety feature of the car which is the headlights this was not a problem anyone had they didn't say we have no place to put the headlights what are we going to do we have to make up these shutters it's just a mechanical thing it's a moving part they can possibly fail and have things stuck into the crevices or whatever for no reason it's like the door handles that are like you know

here here's the thing nothing this is not a problem right that needed to be solved they have made it an overly complicated thing on a safety feature of the car which is the headlights this was not a problem anyone had they didn't say we have no place to put the headlights what are we going to do we have to make up these shutters it's just a mechanical thing it's a moving part they can possibly fail and have things stuck into the crevices or whatever for no reason it's like the door handles that are like you know

rise out to greet you like there was nothing wrong with the door handle that you could just grab you just made an additional failure point for no benefit this wasn't there is no problem being solved here except for someone thinking this was cool and for volvo a brand that is not known for this especially again for a safety feature to decide they want a mechanical moving part again have we learned nothing from pop-up headlights of seeing the whatever the game used to play when you see a car with one headlight and you punch somebody or whatever

rise out to greet you like there was nothing wrong with the door handle that you could just grab you just made an additional failure point for no benefit this wasn't there is no problem being solved here except for someone thinking this was cool and for volvo a brand that is not known for this especially again for a safety feature to decide they want a mechanical moving part again have we learned nothing from pop-up headlights of seeing the whatever the game used to play when you see a car with one headlight and you punch somebody or whatever

Because pop-up headlights would get stuck down or stuck up, which was again a safety issue. Mechanical things that move when they don't have to is just asking for an additional failure. This is one of the most shockingly bad ideas from a company that I expect better of. Tesla... By all means, I would expect them to do this or worse, right? But Volvo, what are you doing, Volvo?

Because pop-up headlights would get stuck down or stuck up, which was again a safety issue. Mechanical things that move when they don't have to is just asking for an additional failure. This is one of the most shockingly bad ideas from a company that I expect better of. Tesla... By all means, I would expect them to do this or worse, right? But Volvo, what are you doing, Volvo?

The XC90 has, I think, A, more attractive headlights than the EX90. I think they just look nicer in both modes, but especially in the open modes. And B, guess what? No moving parts. It's just a headlight. It just sits there on the car and it just shines light. And that's all it needs to do when it does everything. You've got the daytime running lights. You've got the headlights.

The XC90 has, I think, A, more attractive headlights than the EX90. I think they just look nicer in both modes, but especially in the open modes. And B, guess what? No moving parts. It's just a headlight. It just sits there on the car and it just shines light. And that's all it needs to do when it does everything. You've got the daytime running lights. You've got the headlights.

You've got everything. Everything was fine. This didn't need to be changed. I'm just unreasonably angry about this. You are. And it makes me, it crosses this whole car off my list. I will never recommend this to anybody until they fix these headlights because it's insanity.

You've got everything. Everything was fine. This didn't need to be changed. I'm just unreasonably angry about this. You are. And it makes me, it crosses this whole car off my list. I will never recommend this to anybody until they fix these headlights because it's insanity.

poke i see i see what you're saying in the thing it's hard to see in the video that i'm going to link in the show notes but i see what you're saying if that's the case and things won't get in there you can redact that part of my complaint but every other part of it in terms of the moving parts that can fail still stands because have you ever gotten condensation inside a headlight or a taillight those things are supposed to be sealed but even on very expensive cars they aren't always

poke i see i see what you're saying in the thing it's hard to see in the video that i'm going to link in the show notes but i see what you're saying if that's the case and things won't get in there you can redact that part of my complaint but every other part of it in terms of the moving parts that can fail still stands because have you ever gotten condensation inside a headlight or a taillight those things are supposed to be sealed but even on very expensive cars they aren't always