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Well I went to see this car as I was possibly interested. The garage had a reasonable reputation from people I have spoken with. It is a £50000 (more or less) car and I will not be progressing the idea.
Firstly the exterior looks are great, it is a lovely colour and above all it carries its huge length very very well and I do not think this would prevent me from buying one providing I can fit it in my garage - which I think I can.
The interior is brown and too dark for my taste. The seats comfortable and the dash ok (I think my QPV) is better. The clock is tiny. Heaps of room in the back too.
I ambled up to it and the 12 year old sales assistant hovered, I was keen at this point. For some reason I went to the front passenger door first and opened it. There did not appear to be an electrical assist as on my QPV. Sat in and all was well. Got out and closed the door and it simply would not shut properly leaving a step out on the body panel of the door. We tried several times and eventually got it shut by slamming it hard. All the other doors opened and closed well enough but no assist - is this an option? The wood grain was disappointing for me but there were some nice touches like the centre arm rest. the rear arm rest seemed bereft of controls as in my QPV like massage controls etc. By now I had lost it completely and the 12 year old was still trying to open and close the passenger door. So as a token I had a quick shufty at a Jaguar XE which was better than I thought but did not like the interior mix of red and black and a Jaguar F Pace which was also let down by the interior.
So I did not try the engine or anything else as the door experience put me off. Poor preparation by the garage.
I live to fight another day
Well I went to see this car as I was possibly interested. The garage had a reasonable reputation from people I have spoken with. It is a £50000 (more or less) car and I will not be progressing the idea.
Firstly the exterior looks are great, it is a lovely colour and above all it carries its huge length very very well and I do not think this would prevent me from buying one providing I can fit it in my garage - which I think I can.
The interior is brown and too dark for my taste. The seats comfortable and the dash ok (I think my QPV) is better. The clock is tiny. Heaps of room in the back too.
I ambled up to it and the 12 year old sales assistant hovered, I was keen at this point. For some reason I went to the front passenger door first and opened it. There did not appear to be an electrical assist as on my QPV. Sat in and all was well. Got out and closed the door and it simply would not shut properly leaving a step out on the body panel of the door. We tried several times and eventually got it shut by slamming it hard. All the other doors opened and closed well enough but no assist - is this an option? The wood grain was disappointing for me but there were some nice touches like the centre arm rest. the rear arm rest seemed bereft of controls as in my QPV like massage controls etc. By now I had lost it completely and the 12 year old was still trying to open and close the passenger door. So as a token I had a quick shufty at a Jaguar XE which was better than I thought but did not like the interior mix of red and black and a Jaguar F Pace which was also let down by the interior.
So I did not try the engine or anything else as the door experience put me off. Poor preparation by the garage.
I live to fight another day
