2.0 or 3.0 F Pace?

2.0 or 3.0 F Pace?

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AdeTuono

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228 months

Wednesday 20th March
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I've had a sudden desire for an F-Pace. My favourite car that I've owned in the last 10 years was a X351, which I sold after a couple of inlet manifold issues when it reached 90k-odd miles.

This was followed by an XF with the 2.2, which, after a while, felt completely underwhelming. I sold this and bought a Mercedes E250, another 2 litre engine, which went the same way. I vowed then to never have any undersized 4-pot motor, so had a nice CLS350, and then my current car, an Audi A8. But...now I want an F Pace.

There seem to be a dearth of 3.0's, but an overwhelming choice of the 2.0 variant. Speaking to a couple of mates who've owned them, they consider the 2.0 to be 'enough', but I can't help thinking back to my past experience.

I know the answer is 'test drive', and I'm viewing a 3.0 tomorrow, but what's the opinion on here? Interested in your thoughts. And anything I need to be aware of? Tomorrow's potential has 67k miles. Have JLR sorted the cracking plastic manifold problems of the past? Or is the later engine (8 years newer than my old XJ) a different animal?

Edited by AdeTuono on Wednesday 20th March 22:00

AdeTuono

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7,274 posts

228 months

Friday 22nd March
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Thanks for the input, all.

I went to view an F-Pace 3.0 this morning. It had all I was looking for, option-wise, Caesium blue, and was a decent price. It was parked next to an I-Pace HSE, also in Caesium blue, for the same money.

So I bought that... biggrin

Can't believe how much they've dropped in price over the last year. Hope I hit the sweet spot.


AdeTuono

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Tuesday 26th March
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reddiesel said:
The only troubles with the I Pace is range and depreciation and the latter can be eye watering
Range isn't a problem for our use. My wife has an i3S, and in 3 years we've never used a public charger, even with a range of just 150-160 miles. The iPace has around 220-240, apparently. On the (very) rare occasions we go further afield it's not actually impossible to charge on a public charger, believe it or not. The A8 I've just traded in on the iPace had a range of +600 miles. I never once went more than 180 miles before stopping for a break of some kind.

As for depreciation, that's the reason I bought it in the first place. I couldn't justify £40k on a 3rd car last year, but prices have dropped incredibly over the past 12 months. I rarely keep a car over year or so, so can happily swallow a £10k loss when I come to sell.

Anyway, picked it up yesterday afternoon, and it's a lovely bit of kit.