Bounce75

I use wax it wet on my IS300h & my wife's Polo & have always been pleased with the results, but I do wax them with Meguiars quick wax after every couple of washes as well. The finish as you say is very good.

Well it looks pretty good.👍

Finally got my car back from Lexus Derby & it now looks like new again. They have been very good & gave me a car while they had it for the week & even coated the roof with Supaguard for free.

Aldi will soon be the new John Lewis.😄

Very nice looking ES, great colour, enjoy.

I done quite a lot of research before I bought my IS300h & it appears they are very reliable & the Hybrid system is tried & tested. I am glad I made the switch as I am really enjoying mine.

Welcome to the forum, great choice of vehicle. What colour did you buy? I really don't think it will it will make any difference as long as it is the correct grade & spec of oil. We use different manufacturers oil as to what is recommended by the suppliers at work because we have a contract with Fuchs & they supply our oil.

It looks very nice, congratulations.

I personally think this is a lot of money to add to the price you have paid for the car & you will never get this back on resale, but of course this is your choice. I hope you are happy with the results.

When I purchased my IS300h pre registered model, I polished it with Autoglym Resin Polish, waxed it with Meguiars Ultimate Wax & then after every couple of washes I apply Meguiars quick wax to it. I have found that the bodywork is very slippery now & nothing really seem to stick to it, also it still has that lovely showroom shine & I get lots of comments from people about how clean it always looks. Maybe worth trying any of these products if you don't want to go down the detailer route yet.

How funny, I had the V40 as my previous car with the newer D4 engine 190BHP & it was very responsive with the twin turbo's even from tick over. The seats were also very comfortable, not quite as good as the IS300, but almost as good. No build quality issues either in my 5 years of ownership.

Could well be, I never liked the fact if you needed to quickly speed up you had to turn it off first.

I disagree with your last statement, in my previous Volvo V40 you could put your foot down as much as you liked & it wouldn't go any faster than the limiter, you had to turn it off on the steering wheel or use the buttons to increase the speed.

I would keep pushing them on it, maybe contact the manager. I did offer to get it sorted at my local paint shop that has a very good reputation, but they insisted they wanted to sort it themselves so that they can be sure it is done to a very high standard. Good luck with your daughters car.

Sorry to hijack again, but I have an update on my roof blemish. The selling dealer said it was probably bird lime from its time sitting at the docks, they have come across this before apparently. They arranged for a dealer more local to me to try & polish it out, long story short they went too far through the clear coat & had to respray the whole roof. The finish was not particularly good & I sent pics to selling dealer. They were disgusted with the finish that was left on the car & have arranged to take it back to where I bought it from & spray the roof properly back to original spec & finish, which in all fairness is good of them. They have said they will give me a car while it is being done & send me a detailed video when it is complete. Fingers crossed it will come back like new.

It looks very nice, I am sure you will love every minute of it.

Very nice, I am sure you will be very happy.

It looks very nice, congratulations.

I am sure you will be delighted, congratulations.

Have you bought a new ES then? 😃

I must admit I had internet access in my previous Volvo & I don't think I ever used it, so wasn't concerned when the I realized the IS didn't have it.

I have just come back from Portugal today, travelling from Heathrow to Maidstone in my wife's car the petrol was getting quite low. I drove past 5 stations that were all out of fuel, I managed to find one that only had super unleaded, but there was quite a queue. I didn't even know anything about a shortage so was quite shocked when I found them all empty!

Welcome, great choice of vehicle, I am sure you will be delighted. Don't forget some pictures.👍

Welcome, I have definitely got one with my IS.👍

Yes, I did notice the edges were raised on yours. I wonder how much a smart repair would be for a small area like that as yours has already gone through the lacquer? Mine may not get any worse, but if it does I want someone to take responsibility for it.