Hi all. I’m looking to buy a 2 year old SVR. Found the spec I wanted at a main dealer. A number of cosmetic things needed tidying up but one of them the dealer said they cannot do.

The previous driver obviously had a heavy elbow and drove with it resting by the window a lot!. It’s indented the trim and leather grain and made it shiny rather than matte. The dealer said they will not change the door card (which I get), and it’s a take it or leave it (for asking price). Am I just being too fussy and loads of the L494s have this issue? It’s £94k car, only 19k miles and 2.5 years old… I have a 7 year old L494 which I’m trading in and have no such mark. The camera doesn’t capture it too well but you get the gist. Thoughts appreciated.

You are right….all of my L494’s had this mark.. including my SVR… I have only made it worse!

Its a pretty standard thing with L494's.

A decent detailer will be able to fix that though. Now
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Farmer Chalk wrote:

You are right….all of my L494’s had this mark.. including my SVR… I have only made it worse!

Mine is also the same and is Pimento , I gently cleaned with a magic sponge and applied Gtechniq Leather Guard and this has taken the shine element away

Swiggy wrote:

Farmer Chalk wrote:

You are right….all of my L494’s had this mark.. including my SVR… I have only made it worse!

My MY21 P400 HST with 18,000 miles (I’ve had since 3,000 miles) has exactly the same mark, obviously have a heavy elbow too but I now try to rest it in different positions to avoid this marking! You could change the door card, but after a few thousand miles, it’s likely to look the same again unless you’re not an elbow rester!

At £1500.00 + for a new door panel I think I might be inclined to give that idea a miss

Cheers
Col