Anyone got an F-Pace?

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I'm in the market for a new (or ideally slightly used) car and need something with room for 4 adults and a decent boot. The F-Pace looks like a very nice place to be so wondered if anyone on here has one and what their experience has been so far.

Also, if budget allows, would the 3L petrol be the one to go for or are any of the other engines better suited? Mix of local and motorway driving totalling about 7000 pa.

Thanks
Gary

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akadk said:

I’ve got a 250ps petrol 25t

Perfect

Thank you very much.

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Thanks all for the insightful posts.

I’m tinkering with budget right now and may be able to stretch to a slightly used RR Sport so I’ll try to look at all options before I need to change by end of March.

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Triple7 said:

Definatley get a RR Sport. My current car. Best all around vehicle, proper interior, handles beautifully. This is a Ford era derived product from LR and blows the ‘cheaper’ TATA modern JLR stuff out the water.....

Thanks. I was thinking going petrol next car but is the V6 diesel the choice for the RR Sport?

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akadk said:

what do you want ?

the F-PACE drives like a sports saloon

a RRS drives like a 2 tonne wobbly SUV

I’m going to sort out a number of test drives over the next month or so and then decide.

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London1986 said:

garyhun said:

I’m going to sort out a number of test drives over the next month or so and then decide.

Hey Gary, what did you end up buying?

Im in the same boat as you (F-pace, RR sport)

Volvo XC40.

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London1986 said:

garyhun said:

Volvo XC40.

Wow quite a u-turn! I'm guessing reliability was a factor?

I only got it in October - took a while to get round to it

In the end I felt that reliability (against the Range
Rover) and the great interior and comfort of the XC pipped it for me.

It also has a great petrol engine and really great rear leg room for a smaller SUV.

Never even factored in the Volvo until I had a test drive.

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DJMC said:

akadk said:

what do you want ?

the F-PACE drives like a sports saloon

a RRS drives like a 2 tonne wobbly SUV

2 hour test drive in F Pace ... out down the road, back 5 mins later. Horrible wobbly barge of a car/thing. This is after the showroom model shot a weird running board out the side when the door was opened making it difficult to get it, and my wife pulled the handle off the boot space cover. Stay well clear of JLR tat

Tat? You do realise jaguar are regularly equalling or bettering their German counterparts quite regularly now?

And just about every review you can find is complimentary about the handling, compared to others in the big off road barge class, of course.

“Results for luxury cars aged up to five years old

Rank Make and model Score
1. Jaguar XJ 2010-on 94.3%
2. Mercedes E-Class 2009-2016 92.8%
3. BMW 5 Series 2017-on 92.6%
4. Audi A6 2011-2018 91.6%
5. Jaguar XF 2015-on 89.7%
6. Mercedes E-Class 2016-on 89.2%
7. BMW 5 Series 2010-2017 88.4%
8. Mercedes S-Class 2014-on 88.1%
9. Jaguar XF 2007-2015 86.8%”

Even the 13 year old first gen XF is in the top ten.

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I'm the OP and I ended up with a Volvo XC40 Petrol. I still like the F-Pace a lot but there were some great offers going on the Volvo.

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DiamondLights said:

garyhun said:

I'm the OP and I ended up with a Volvo XC40 Petrol. I still like the F-Pace a lot but there were some great offers going on the Volvo.

yes thanks for letting me steal your thunder Gary - I did notice that, and I know the XC40/60/90 has some really good reviews, I just feel like for too many years I never picked up the car I wanted that gave me a bit of an 'oopmh', usually going for the safer option. Was there a Diesel option or did you opt for the Petrol for a particular reason?
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Not talking any thunder at all - good to use older threads sometimes to ask new questions.

As I said, I got the petrol, T4. Didn't want a diesel and was trying pretty much every 4x4. I just sat in the XC and loved the feel of it - great interior and the T4 engine is more than I need.

The great thing is that there is a car for everyone out there somewhere

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Rangeroverover said:

Apo!lives bloody predictive text I'm sure you can decide

1st word should be apologies.....see what I mean

Just s l o w down ...... when typing as well