First of apologies for this long post... but as you will see from the number of pictures I am very excited by my purchase
Collected my car on Wed 21/11. Car actually arrived about a week previously but had front and rear mud flaps fitted. Was hoping for at least a dry day if not clear, but it was grey, damp and drizzling. Pretty miserable, but at least had the car to cheer me up! Handover took about 2 hours and was very friendly and professional. The guys at LPR are great! Got a full tank of fuel and some goodies for the wife. Car as can be seen by the shots below (click on the link) was as requested unprepared with plastic wrapping still intact.
Collection at the Dealers
Driving the car for the first time was bliss, but way too short... took the car straight to the detailers a couple of miles from the dealers. The team at Over The Rainbow are just brilliant - really dedicated and passionate about cars. Got a call from Alfie on Wed evening saying that the rear panel on the passenger side had a dust spot and as I was unable to make it in he took the car to LPR on my behalf, who agreed it was a warranty issue, but gave him permission to fix and if he was not able to they would undertake a respray of the area. The latter I did not want so was hoping Alfie was going to be able to fix...
a bit worrying on a brand new car but I guess these things happen.
Received the call on Friday morning saying he had managed to fix - phew! Alfie had the exterior, interior, windows and wheels treated with GTechniq. The team here were thorough to the point of extreme, but this shows the level of care and attention paid. Every part of the car was treated including the bumpers, wheel arches and even the wheels were removed before applying treatment.
Pictures in the link below... the speckle effect of barola black really comes through.
At the Detailers
My first 'proper' drive was for around 10 miles back home after collecting from Over The Rainbow, right bang in the middle of the Friday rush hour around the North Circular
. Couldn't get a proper feel for the car as my average speed was around 10mph. So I guess I should not be too shocked by the first mpg reading of 13.7 for the journey
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Woke up Saturday morning to find it pouring with rain, but the car with its GTechniq coating looked brilliant. The first photo in the link below is of the drivers door panel - almost a complete mirror effect. The second is of the bonnet and the third as you can probably guess is the windscreen. Drove it properly today and the car is just brilliant - super comfortable, responsive when needed, agile and just a pleasure to drive. Because of the windscreen treatment, the water just flew off - have been told that this should last well over a year. Really looking forward to many more hours of driving this vehicle.
Raining Again