iPace currently available for £400/month wow!!
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REALIST123 said:
red_slr said:
Just coming up on 1000 miles on our ipace and 6 months ownership. So far (now I have said it) so good.
Once we are firmly in the new year we need to seriously start to look at what to replace it with as this has very much been a trial for us.
1000 miles in 6 months? Do you really need a car? Once we are firmly in the new year we need to seriously start to look at what to replace it with as this has very much been a trial for us.
dwrights said:
The I Pace is just too expensive. HSE should cost new £49,995.00 - S Model should be £39,995
I agree with you in general though I’d possibly pay £55/60k for the HSE if it suited in other ways. I posted elsewhere that the sales manager at my dealer said he’d be able to ‘get me in’ an S for £55k. I told him that was still too much, he said that’s what everybody says.
It also seems that a lot of people are not happy with the range for such a car and there’d be a demand for a less powerful version with a much better range.
He reckons some people find the 400hp a negative thing; it’s just not needed for most, and he’s had a number of customers saying, in effect, “if only it had a better range, even if lower powered” (I know they’re not necessarily related that way)
Maybe all this is a comment on the buyer demographic of Jaguars, and in all honesty it’s how I would think. Used the way I use my XF, I’d be happy with a well specced iPace for £50k or so, 300bhp and a 300 mile range, as most would, I think.
SWoll said:
REALIST123 said:
red_slr said:
Just coming up on 1000 miles on our ipace and 6 months ownership. So far (now I have said it) so good.
Once we are firmly in the new year we need to seriously start to look at what to replace it with as this has very much been a trial for us.
1000 miles in 6 months? Do you really need a car? Once we are firmly in the new year we need to seriously start to look at what to replace it with as this has very much been a trial for us.
red_slr said:
Just coming up on 1000 miles on our ipace and 6 months ownership. So far (now I have said it) so good.
Once we are firmly in the new year we need to seriously start to look at what to replace it with as this has very much been a trial for us.
I did 360 miles yesterday in mine so nearly 600 this week - though we didn’t take it to Cornwall the other week for our holiday. Hope to next year - yesterday was eased by the new ionity yesterday at Gretna green but the journey to Cornwall is not so blessedOnce we are firmly in the new year we need to seriously start to look at what to replace it with as this has very much been a trial for us.
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My i-pace has been brilliant so far (well, up to Easter weekend). I was even looking through the classified to figure out if it makes sense to buy one rather than lease one.
When over the bank holiday I got in the car to see a "traction fault". Basically the car won't move - looking on the i-pace specific forums it seems likely to be failure of a battery module.
The car is now completely immobile - it had to be collected and recovered on a flat bed to my local dealer. On the upside, they have give me a brand new Range Rover Vogue SE with 300 miles on the clock to drive instead. What a comfy barge that is to drive!
My i-pace has been brilliant so far (well, up to Easter weekend). I was even looking through the classified to figure out if it makes sense to buy one rather than lease one.
When over the bank holiday I got in the car to see a "traction fault". Basically the car won't move - looking on the i-pace specific forums it seems likely to be failure of a battery module.
The car is now completely immobile - it had to be collected and recovered on a flat bed to my local dealer. On the upside, they have give me a brand new Range Rover Vogue SE with 300 miles on the clock to drive instead. What a comfy barge that is to drive!
EddieSteadyGo said:
On the upside, they have give me a brand new Range Rover Vogue SE with 300 miles on the clock to drive instead. What a comfy barge that is to drive!
I had a RR Vogue SE for five weeks and 2500 miles (£500 in diesel aaargh). Great for some long distance motoring Edinburgh twice with Cardiff in the middle) and fabulous on a long journey in terrible weather but a bit big and boaty for me. A bit like driving a big slow. Glad to get the iPace back. A week before lockdownoop north said:
EddieSteadyGo said:
On the upside, they have give me a brand new Range Rover Vogue SE with 300 miles on the clock to drive instead. What a comfy barge that is to drive!
I had a RR Vogue SE for five weeks and 2500 miles (£500 in diesel aaargh). Great for some long distance motoring Edinburgh twice with Cardiff in the middle) and fabulous on a long journey in terrible weather but a bit big and boaty for me. A bit like driving a big slow. Glad to get the iPace back. A week before lockdownI had missed that yours was in the garage too - what was the issue?
EddieSteadyGo said:
When over the bank holiday I got in the car to see a "traction fault". Basically the car won't move - looking on the i-pace specific forums it seems likely to be failure of a battery module.
I got an "okay to drive with caution, traction battery fault detected" on my car, except you couldn't drive it as i couldn't select drive. The attending Jaguar technician charged the auxillary 12V battery up which got the car going and once home he updated various software modules.
hab1966 said:
EddieSteadyGo said:
When over the bank holiday I got in the car to see a "traction fault". Basically the car won't move - looking on the i-pace specific forums it seems likely to be failure of a battery module.
I got an "okay to drive with caution, traction battery fault detected" on my car, except you couldn't drive it as i couldn't select drive. The attending Jaguar technician charged the auxillary 12V battery up which got the car going and once home he updated various software modules.
I should have mentioned, I had read on another forum that could also be the cause and so mentioned it to the chap (both on the phone when I initially phoned up and when they visited). Whether he actually tried that fix I'm not sure. The car has been with the dealer now for a few days and I've not heard anything which is why I am now assuming it must be something more serious.
From memory there are three batteries in an IPace. The main traction one, a 12V and an auxillary. Its the auxillary that runs flat and stops the car working displaying unhelpful errors. You sometimes get a "reduced brake pedal feel" (or words to that effect) warning leading up to this.
Alas, if the AA turn up they cant do anything other than code check, it needs to be a mobile Jaguar technician. Not sure the dealers can do much other than raise questions with Jaguar and wait.
My money is on the aux battery needing charging and maybe all the software modules brought upto date.
Alas, if the AA turn up they cant do anything other than code check, it needs to be a mobile Jaguar technician. Not sure the dealers can do much other than raise questions with Jaguar and wait.
My money is on the aux battery needing charging and maybe all the software modules brought upto date.
gangzoom said:
Theses iPaces sounds about as reliable as our Tesla!!
Why cannot any of these 'premium' car brands just make cars that work like Hyundai/Kia/Nissan can??
They are using tried and tested parts probably from other much older electric motor based industry they likely already have major links with, that stuff is probably industrial thus bullet proof designs - but not blistering fast.Why cannot any of these 'premium' car brands just make cars that work like Hyundai/Kia/Nissan can??
Tesla, Jag etc. are making super powerful motors from scratch with no track record would be my guess - you get your 0-60 in 3 seconds but it's still got to go through that long term test phase of trial and error, Tesla seem to have caught up fast after their initial regular motor fails.
gangzoom said:
Theses iPaces sounds about as reliable as our Tesla!!
Why cannot any of these 'premium' car brands just make cars that work like Hyundai/Kia/Nissan can??
I was thinking about this the other day, thinking how good Jaguar were to get their first electric car to be so reliable when so many other brands had issues with screens, battery modules etc. And then it goes kaput and won't move Why cannot any of these 'premium' car brands just make cars that work like Hyundai/Kia/Nissan can??
The dealership called me today - they have received some "questions" from Jaguar before they can proceed with fixing the car which I needed to answer, some of which were a little strange e.g. "where did I go when I last used the car?"
hab1966 said:
From memory there are three batteries in an IPace. The main traction one, a 12V and an auxillary. Its the auxillary that runs flat and stops the car working displaying unhelpful errors. You sometimes get a "reduced brake pedal feel" (or words to that effect) warning leading up to this.
Alas, if the AA turn up they cant do anything other than code check, it needs to be a mobile Jaguar technician. Not sure the dealers can do much other than raise questions with Jaguar and wait.
My money is on the aux battery needing charging and maybe all the software modules brought upto date.
Interesting - will certainly report back once the dealership give me a diagnosis.Alas, if the AA turn up they cant do anything other than code check, it needs to be a mobile Jaguar technician. Not sure the dealers can do much other than raise questions with Jaguar and wait.
My money is on the aux battery needing charging and maybe all the software modules brought upto date.
EddieSteadyGo said:
Definitely - the RR looks good, but caught myself out pulling out on roundabouts and finding the car just had no acceleration as it was in the wrong gear and I needed to wait for the kickdown.
I had missed that yours was in the garage too - what was the issue?
Oh yes the RR was so sluggish sometimes! I had missed that yours was in the garage too - what was the issue?
Mine had a broken parking pawl. Part on back order
EddieSteadyGo said:
I was thinking about this the other day, thinking how good Jaguar were to get their first electric car to be so reliable when so many other brands had issues with screens, battery modules etc. And then it goes kaput and won't move
The dealership called me today - they have received some "questions" from Jaguar before they can proceed with fixing the car which I needed to answer, some of which were a little strange e.g. "where did I go when I last used the car?"
Trying to get out of a warranty claim by checking if your last trip was 'essential'? The dealership called me today - they have received some "questions" from Jaguar before they can proceed with fixing the car which I needed to answer, some of which were a little strange e.g. "where did I go when I last used the car?"
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