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I was taking a bag out of the trunk this morning, and noticed the condition of the metal (brushed stainless?) "Jaguar" trunk threshold plate. It looked like it had some really bad scratches in it. I rubbed a fingernail over them, and they puckered up and got worse!
Then I realized that the whole plate was covered in that sticky clear protective plastic you often get on electronics. I was able to peel the whole thing off, and the plate looks a lot better now.
Then I wondered if the factory or dealer had forgotten to pull this film off, or if all the cars were delivered like this. I wonder how many more owners still have this plastic film attached, and don't realize it's there.
Thank you!
I just checked mine and lo and behold, it also still had the plastic covering.
And that's on a nearly two year old car!
Looks much better now with the covering removed.
I found the same plastic film not only on the trunk plate, but the door sills as well. I brought it to the attention of the dealer as it appears that this film is often overlook at the dealership when preparing a car for delivery.
I think it's the nagging question - "What else did they miss?" more than simply removing the film... IMHO
my dealer mentioned that they purposefully leave all such surface protection in place for the owner to remove. Very similar to the display protection film on just about all new electronic equipment.
my dealer mentioned that they purposefully leave all such surface protection in place for the owner to remove. Very similar to the display protection film on just about all new electronic equipment.
Yep; same on our Mercedes......I'm glad they leave it there.
my dealer mentioned that they purposefully leave all such surface protection in place for the owner to remove. Very similar to the display protection film on just about all new electronic equipment.
i love peeling that stuff off! yes I know I'm troubled. Cant wait to get home and check and i don't dare tell my wife that it might be there because...."its mine, mine i tell you its allllllllll miiiiiine.."
I used winter mode Saturday night around Midnight: 34 degrees (F), snow or sleet coming down hard and 55 miles of highway to cover to get home. Car felt incredibly well planted, the electronic traction control doesn't allow any wheel-spin. This mode definitely restricts the power you can lay down. Along with the fantastic lights and wipers I was cruising at 70+ while everyone else (very light traffic) was plodding along below the speed limit.
Accelerator peddle has a very different feel in this mode, not as responsive and if you engage this mode while cruising along at 70 you need to depress the peddle more -- and it's noticeably "harder"
I can't figure out what the car is doing with the brakes in this mode: the brake peddle feels very "wooden" in this mode, I almost wish this was like dynamic mode where you can program what you want: I'd keep the regular brakes, but the engineers must know better than I.
