I went ahead and ordered us a Lexus ES Premium in Sonic Grey with BLACK interior! Hoping this will be ready by April. Was really impressed on the test drive; I took a 2018 ES and a brand new ES base model for 1 hour each. Motorway 20 miles, speed bumps, side roads, pot holes etc to give it a proper test.
I added in the GAP protection + SMART cover (since it's sonic grey, I decided this would be worth the 450ish over 3 years , as even one scrape is going to cost me that). I also added on the front + rear dashcams
Decided against the sureguard protection in lieu of the scratch cover.
Interested if any one has used any leather protection themselves, i.e something like the gtechniq lqab l1 guard? - i've got some scotchguard still in the garage that I bought for my mazda.
I bought myself a tin of Collinite No476S to put on my new Mazda6 back in 2014 in lieu of the smartguard and never used it. Think i'll treat it to a coat of thiswax and try and keep on top of a polish + wax each year and clean it myself. Then after a few years if I am still in love maybe get a £500 detail to keep it topped up. What's everyone else doing ?