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Post by clunes on Jan 9, 2018 15:08:40 GMT
Hey all,
A close friend of mine in the office has her heart set on a Land Rover Evoque and is weighing up options of 2nd hand vs. new lease purchase and I know a couple of folk here have had one and some of our esteemed members may know of good deals available.
She isn't fussed on spec as long as it has Nav (SE Tech and above?). I've taken a look at the usual lease sites and LR website to see an example finance option but if anyone has additional information on discounts etc or suggestions they would be gratefully received.
With thanks in advance,
Oliver
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Post by chipbutty on Jan 10, 2018 16:02:50 GMT
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Post by bryan on Jan 10, 2018 21:42:58 GMT
I had an se tech, good spec and hard to see the added value from higher up models. Prestige had a nice interior.
It was great to drive, massively reassuring on a crap winter's night on the motorway and I liked it but never fully engaged with it. The engineering depth of consistency/quality and the odd niggle meant I wouldn't sink my own cash into a new one, a lease would be fine. It never actually let me down however, just didn't give me the confidence it wouldn't!!.
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Post by racingteatray on Jan 11, 2018 10:24:25 GMT
Twice recently have been chatting to friends who formerly had Ewoks as company cars and both, for different reasons, said they wouldn't have another.
The first, a style-obsessed Italian living in Italy, said he had generally liked his 3dr except for the diesel engine which he said was terrible and put him off getting another one (now has a TT). The second, a French friend living in Zurich had said her 5dr had been unreliable and also had terrible visibility (now has an X3).
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Post by Tim on Jan 11, 2018 10:55:33 GMT
Didn't your Italian friend spot the diesel engine before he bought it, similarly didn't the French one notice the poor visibility?
They come across as poor decisions and not really valid reasons for the users to actually criticise the cars.
Obviously any reliability issues a re different.
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Jan 11, 2018 11:17:49 GMT
Twice recently have been chatting to friends who formerly had Ewoks as company cars and both, for different reasons, said they wouldn't have another. The first, a style-obsessed Italian living in Italy, said he had generally liked his 3dr except for the diesel engine which he said was terrible and put him off getting another one (now has a TT). The second, a French friend living in Zurich had said her 5dr had been unreliable and also had terrible visibility (now has an X3). Sounds like both were bought for "fashion" reasons without doing any serious due diligence. They won't be the only ones. |
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Post by racingteatray on Jan 11, 2018 12:16:22 GMT
Twice recently have been chatting to friends who formerly had Ewoks as company cars and both, for different reasons, said they wouldn't have another. The first, a style-obsessed Italian living in Italy, said he had generally liked his 3dr except for the diesel engine which he said was terrible and put him off getting another one (now has a TT). The second, a French friend living in Zurich had said her 5dr had been unreliable and also had terrible visibility (now has an X3). Sounds like both were bought for "fashion" reasons without doing any serious due diligence. They won't be the only ones. Yes of course. Like most Ewoks I expect, including the one being sought as the subject of this thread. |
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Post by racingteatray on Jan 11, 2018 12:20:14 GMT
Didn't your Italian friend spot the diesel engine before he bought it? It was a company car - I doubt there was any other option.
He wasn't criticising it for being a diesel. Nearly everyone in Italy drives a diesel. He was saying it wasn't a nice engine. Being a company car, I guess it was the lower-powered version.
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Post by PR on Jan 11, 2018 19:06:48 GMT
The Ingenium diesel introduced with the 16MY facelift is vastly superior to the earlier 2.2 lump.
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Post by racingteatray on Jan 11, 2018 19:26:54 GMT
The Ingenium diesel introduced with the 16MY facelift is vastly superior to the earlier 2.2 lump. It would have been the earlier engine for sure.
The only Ewok I've ever been in was in Brazil of all places and it had a petrol engine.
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