Agreed. This silver looks very  Current: Volvo XC90 T8 Inscription Pro PHEV with some optionals on top
Gone: MY16 RRS2 3.0 SDV6 Autobiography Dynamic, Carpathian Grey & Santorini Black Sliding Pano/Ebony & Ivory 2 Tone
Gone: MY13 RRS 3.0 SDV6 HSE Black Edition, Orkney Grey/Ivory
Gone: MY09 RRS 2.7 TDV6 HSE, Santorini Black/Almond

DRDILL wrote:

Maidenmania wrote:

Does anyone know if the my16 HSE has trip colour mood lighting. Handbook says its in extras in extras on the screen but I don't have an extras screen

Wont be long before you wished you had bought an AB

rigsby wrote:

Really pleased with the colour combo and love the extended wood and massage seats

fkarim wrote:

Arrived this morning. Seen in both cloudy weather and bright sunlight. So glad I went for Carpathian Grey

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Thanks bluestone. No detailing. Standard free preparation by dealer. No paid for treatment. Current: Volvo XC90 T8 Inscription Pro PHEV with some optionals on top
Gone: MY16 RRS2 3.0 SDV6 Autobiography Dynamic, Carpathian Grey & Santorini Black Sliding Pano/Ebony & Ivory 2 Tone
Gone: MY13 RRS 3.0 SDV6 HSE Black Edition, Orkney Grey/Ivory
Gone: MY09 RRS 2.7 TDV6 HSE, Santorini Black/Almond

fkarim wrote:

@Maidenmania, be happy you didn't spend that £230. It is standard in AB and unless mine is broken, it is a joke and very misleading. The picture in the "Extra Features" screen shows the entire cabin in colour. What you get in reality is a bit of light in the centre console that is hardly noticeable (even at full brightness setting of mood lighting) to the driver and front passenger but a little more visible to the rear passengers. That's it! I have yet to explore whether it should do more. The handbook doesn't say much apart from where to turn it on from.

I wouldn't have paid extra for it even if it lit up the entire cabin (not my thing) but those like Fletcher who have paid to have it will be disappointed, again assuming the above is all it does.

Instrument panel changes to red when put in Dynamic mode on TR but as said, not with mood lighting.

@DRDILL, can you confirm if your mood lighting is also limited to what I have found (explained above)?

Also agree that the lighting is almost none existent on demo cars I've had. Interestingly you can select an option of the piano black finisher which includes additional ambient lighting, no one seemed to know what the additional lighting was though at my dealer!

DRDILL wrote:

Maidenmania wrote:

Does anyone know if the my16 HSE has trip colour mood lighting. Handbook says its in extras in extras on the screen but I don't have an extras screen

Wont be long before you wished you had bought an AB

Looks awesome fkarim, that combo really works. And rigsby, I'm swaying towards an Indus or Aruba HSE with Ivory, black roof, colour coded sills and black grilles etc. Seeing your car really helped persuade me.  Arrived: MY16 A/B SDV6 in Aruba, Ivory interior, piano black trim, black panoramic roof, spare wheel, blind spot monitoring, mudlaps and more...

Gone but not forgotten:
2014 RRS2 SDV6 HSE in Loire Blue
2011 Freelander 2 SD4 HSE in Santorini Black

Thanks Chris. Current: Volvo XC90 T8 Inscription Pro PHEV with some optionals on top
Gone: MY16 RRS2 3.0 SDV6 Autobiography Dynamic, Carpathian Grey & Santorini Black Sliding Pano/Ebony & Ivory 2 Tone
Gone: MY13 RRS 3.0 SDV6 HSE Black Edition, Orkney Grey/Ivory
Gone: MY09 RRS 2.7 TDV6 HSE, Santorini Black/Almond

Would you say the AB is worth the extra over an HSE? I love my current HSE but I need to convince myself I'm not missing out on anything.  Arrived: MY16 A/B SDV6 in Aruba, Ivory interior, piano black trim, black panoramic roof, spare wheel, blind spot monitoring, mudlaps and more...

Gone but not forgotten:
2014 RRS2 SDV6 HSE in Loire Blue
2011 Freelander 2 SD4 HSE in Santorini Black

I can't defend the mood lighting as I have never seen or used it but surely it's got to be a low light level so as not to reflect the inside of the car while driving in the dark .

I took a couple a pictures showing the mood lighting for those who haven't seen it MY16 AUTOBIOGRAPHY Indus silver with some toys

2012 3.0 SDV6 Luxury gone, but a great motor

Fletcher wrote:

I can't defend the mood lighting as I have never seen or used it but surely it's got to be a low light level so as not to reflect the inside of the car while driving in the dark .

True. But you shouldn't have to search for it either and it shouldn't be in just one place.

The other thing I have noticed re interior lighting is that even though my 2013 didn't have coloured mood lighting, it had small white lights in all the right places like door handles, footwells and lower parts of the door. They were practical and created a nice effect during night time driving while still preserving privacy. The new car has them too but certainly not enough.

These are only insignificant things and don't overshadow what is overall an excellent car (so far anyway). I am naturally comparing it to my previous car which was also great

@rigsby, I didn't notice the light next to the cool box, probably because my armrest is always down. Current: Volvo XC90 T8 Inscription Pro PHEV with some optionals on top
Gone: MY16 RRS2 3.0 SDV6 Autobiography Dynamic, Carpathian Grey & Santorini Black Sliding Pano/Ebony & Ivory 2 Tone
Gone: MY13 RRS 3.0 SDV6 HSE Black Edition, Orkney Grey/Ivory
Gone: MY09 RRS 2.7 TDV6 HSE, Santorini Black/Almond

I don't have it on my RRS but I did have it on my last Evoque and while the lights/LEDs were useful in places like the door pulls and foot wells the colours didn't really work well and after a couple of trials with different colours I just left it set to the white LEDs. It's one of those things like surround cams, great for the first month then hardly used! 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW