q3billy wrote: ↑Mon Jul 16, 2018 3:10 pm I used the voice controls on my test drive, they work pretty well but they are a little slow when using it for the sat nav.

Do the voice commands work for postcodes? It's the most annoying thing about Siri's maps - that it doesn't.

What kind of phone are you trying to connect? With an iPhone (I don't know about Android), you'll need to manually re-establish the connection each time. Although I've got loads of data on my phone, it's for that reason I plan to get a cheap SIM for the car as well - too much hassle hot-spotting the...

I use the app for my Outland PHEV as well - anything from 32MPG to 323MPG! Just be careful when setting up to use UK measurements - they are there as options. The Outlander’s computer isn’t very accurate, and I will definitely be using this with my XC40 when it arrives.

I can better understand the wait from mid August. I think it makes sense getting it sooner now though. I just hope they pull my delivery date forward too!

Good choice Wedgie, what’s the ETA, and what options have you gone for?

I had cream leather in my last car, a Focus Convertible... Even with the sun beating down on them all day the ink from the jeans never bled onto the seats and I wear jeans a lot of the time. Then again, it never cracked, never stretched, never tore even after 170,000 miles so maybe Ford just used r...

Aaah. Didn’t click, I’d rather just have the car. Hope the wait’s worth it for you, looks very smart! I struggled to decide between the denim blue and pine grey. I went for the latter, but might change my mind after seeing your photo.

Why the long wait if it’s arrived?

Morten wrote: ↑Fri Jul 13, 2018 12:19 am I did have this problem in my old V60, and is one of the reasons I went for black seats on the XC40.

You can remove some of it with the Volvo leather cleaning kit.

Br Morten

Thanks Morten, I might have to get some to have at hand should it happen.

Can the light be switched off in the menu system? I’ve got a manual on order, so asking out of curiosity more than anything.