Im having to think about this, i know some people get the car delivered to the detailer before even driving it. I was thinking to have a weekend with mine first before handing it over but might be very risky
If you're having PPF, absolutely 100% - no way you want to risk an avoidable stone chip or deep scratch before PPF gets put over it, and would likely have protected you from... if just a ceramic coating, then up to you. I would still go with detailer first, to avoid the dealer touching the car with their scratchy microfibres, or careless power hosing, and having someone with pride do a better/proper decontamination, paint correction and prep, but not as crucial - they should do that when they (detailer) gets it anyway...
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Yeh it will just be abit gutting to get the car then immediately hand it over but it will need the car to be delivered to my front door from the OPC (lease contract requires it). Then it will need driven from my house to the detailer, which is about 18 miles of country road.If you're having PPF, absolutely 100% - no way you want to risk an avoidable stone chip or deep scratch before PPF gets put over it, and would likely have protected you from... if just a ceramic coating, then up to you. I would still go with detailer first, to avoid the dealer touching the car with their scratchy microfibres, or careless power hosing, and having someone with pride do a better/proper decontamination, paint correction and prep, but not as crucial - they should do that when they (detailer) gets it anyway...
Most OPC's use a detailer for prep anyhow, but some insist on getting the car wash round the corner to hose it down and dry it up, especially after a service/warranty job... I went to inspect a car at OPC and saw them carelessly jet washing it as I arrived early (with the hose right up against the surface), and as feared bubbles all over the edges of the PPF, car rejected right there. I never trust a dealer, even an OPC to wash the car after service or warranty job, as appealing as that sounds, after numerous swirl marks and careless washing/drying. All comes down to how particular you are about this kind of thing
Is this the performance tyre option?@PastaSource, on this picture ^ you are saying the wheels are painted in Satin Black, well there is no option at least on the US configurator to paint them in Satin Black, are you sure this is not actually the default Anthracite Grey, although on the picture they look very satin black? if so, then this looks much better than the configurator showing it to be more like Satin Platinum, which I do like on my Macan GTS ICE.
This appears to be a picture of an actual wheel in Anthracite Grey and it appears to match the look in the picture:
Ha yes, I’ve often done that ‘drive to the detailer’ through gritted teeth - in the Spyder it was 2 degrees in December on MCup 2’s - nerve wracking!!
Goodyear UltraGrip (often also labelled with performance) is a winter tyre iirc.
Hi Gary,
Hi Andy, no unfortunately they aren’t available as yet when i last spoke to him and the quote I got was based on the turbo, you would hope they would become available asap now the first of these cars are being delivered
Hi Gary,
Finally some perspective! Very positive and i really like the sports sound too. Look forward to hearing abit more about cornering/balance from someone else.
