Drove it home 400 miles on all kinds of roads. What a wonderful car! Power, comfort, luxury, handling, the whole package!!!! My smile is back! There are a few British engineering quirks that puzzle me but nothing that affects the driving.
Why do they think you should have to manually activate the front parking sensors? OK with me, but my wife is going to forget. Would like to lockout the auto shutdown, there is no regulatory requirement, but such is life. Of course the spoiler is another recognized issue.
But who cares? I just want to get in and drive. Love it!
Larry

 

Welcome to the club! I'm sure it'll be a LONG time before you wipe that new grin off your face!

 

Firesand is a wonderful color on this car. Congratulations!

 

Congrats, and get that s*** eating grin off your face!

I suspect that the front parking sensor has to be manual. How would the car know if you are parking or just in traffic? You'll get used to eco mode, but search the forum if you really want to shut it off - there is a way.

 

My biggest peeve on our car.

It's automatic in BMW (at least the M4 I considered). I think it comes on automatically at a low speed...but then beemers have A LOT of cameras, so they may be looking for everything

 

Awesome R!

(But I'd remove the 'running boards' and paint the rear diffuser gloss black, but that's just me...)

 

She's a beaut! Welcome!

 

Just super good-looking in Firesand Metallic on black. Congrats!! The whole package indeed. No wonder you're smiling big! 400 miles in that new ride will do that to a person.

Yeah, that front parking sensor thing used to bug me a little too. There's always a reason I'm sure. Don't tell anyone, but I almost hit the front wall of my garage after coming home for the first time, all pumped up from the ride. I expected a beep or two. They didn't happen. But hey, as you say, get in and drive!

 

Enjoy! Awesome colour -- love it.

 

very nice, congrats!

 

Rear diffuser I think looks better in matte black. I had my gloss black diffuser wrapped that way.(Also wrapped the front bumper bar in matte black). The base models had it right.

 

Congrats! Always loved that color. Was my second choice.

 

Beautiful!

Thanks for letting me know about the front sensors. I too would have assumed they automatically beep like with BMW

 

or Porsche or Volvo or Chevy....so far this is the first car I have encountered where you must remember to turn on the front sensors but right now I am in a forgiving mood.
Larry

 

LOL
I hope to feel the same this week when I pick up my R kitty...

 

Why did you retire your Polestar? My wife has a 2105 V60 R design with the Polestar tune and she loves it. I will have to pry it out of her cold dead hands...
Larry

 

Don't ask...as it's somewhat of an embarrassing story. But I imagine we are all car nuts here, so maybe others might understand--but I doubt it.

Just so everyone is clear, my (really my wife's car) 2015 Volvo V60 Polestar was the limited edition version (#62 out of a total of 80 brought over for the 2015.5 MY)--not just a standard V60 with the Polestar flash (although that package is very nice).

Back in the Fall of 2013, my wife's 2011 BMW X5 diesel had one more year remaining before the new car warranty expired. We were undecided whether to purchase a BMW extended warranty within in a year's time, or look into something different. My wife and I do not have kids, but we consider our German Shepherds our kids and unfortunately at that time we had just put one of our babies down, with our second one quickly declining as well. I knew the inevitable was not too far off, so we questioned whether we would require such a large SUV. I began to follow the much anticipated release of the V60/S60 Polestars. I love "true" European sport wagons! I would absolutely go bonkers if Audi would bring over their RS4/6 Avants--but no luck, so this Volvo was really as close as I was going to get. I would even "settled" for a BMW wagon if they brought over the turbo 6 instead of just the 4, as I'm a serious BMW Fanboy. Anyway, I was getting really excited following the Polestar and the reviews and started to seriously think about one.

Fast forward to March of 2014, and sadly we had to put our last Shepherd down. As a result of being without dogs, the need for an SUV was really unnecessary, so the Polestar was looking better. However, my wife was still torn about a new car vs. the extended warranty on the X5 since at this time we were preparing to do European Delivery on my 2015 M4 and she didn't want two car payments. Of note, my wife is not a car enthusiast like I am, so she wasn't even that excited to do another ED on another BMW! She was also very saddened by the loss of her babies and as much as I wanted to wait at least a year before getting another German Shepherd, she was having none of it, and off to the breeder we went. We were to pickup "Stanley" the day after our return from Europe.

Quid pro quo...you get a dog (honestly I really want too--shh) lets get that Polestar! She would have agreed to anything at that point. Found a local Volvo dealer who happened to be approved to sell the Polestar and placed a deposit. We actually borrowed a V60 R to see if there would be enough room. Sure there's plenty of room...Stanley fits fine. Yeah, but Stanley was only 10weeks at that point and quickly growing!!! I stuck my head in the sand and pretended the Polestar would be large enough...but Stanley kept growing....imagine that!

I was one of the first in the country to take delivery of the Polestar in early September 2014. It was great! Loved the performance, sound, look, handling with the Ohlins--it reminded me of my previous 335is, but in wagon form. But the elephant in the room, was in fact, "the room!" Pathetically (for us), after just about 1 month, I went back to my BMW dealer and did a courtesy trade on a custom ordered F15 (X5) with M Performance Exhaust (MPE) and M Performance Power Kit (MPPK). There were some other minor issues with the Polestar that we were not too excited about, but ultimately, it was the lack of room (for our dog mind you) that made us unload it after such a short romance. In the end, it was the right decision for us, and I was the focus of many laughs and jokes on the Volvo forums, but I would do it all over again for my boy Stanley!!!

Anyway, probably WAY more than you wanted to know, but I can admit when I make a mistake and they are just cars. Obviously I have a serious problem with BMW/European Car ADHD and I'm just anxiously hoping my perceived love affair with my first Jag is a good one! Fingers crossed...

 

I have had BMW's, Mercedes, Porsche but none of them made me smile like the Jag! Good luck.
Larry

 

Man that's gorgeous!!

 

Beautiful motor and the American no plates are really cool, our plates in the UK are so boring.