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Some Rumours need Resolving
XFullFatTim
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RE: Some Rumours need Resolving

No the reason is neither of those - it is because there are some markets where the diesels are not sold and LR is fullfilling orders for those markets rather than trying to shift a slow seller in the UK. I haven't heard any Si4 owners in the UK reporting engine problems in the rain, can you enlighten us?

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20-10-2012 01:55pm
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Shenley
 

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RE: Some Rumours need Resolving

I had scheduled today to be giving my wife's new car a good polishing (or detailing as it is now known) - but that didn't happen (see posts elsewhere).
So I was bored this morning as too foggy to do much else.

Anyway here is the Si4 link problem from another site in the USA.

http://www.evoqueforums.net/forum/evoque...letin.html

Don't forget the weather in the US is 'bigger and better' than ours.

These are of course as the title of this post states - rumours
20-10-2012 02:16pm
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XFullFatTim
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RE: Some Rumours need Resolving

Thank goodness diesels don't have spark ignition!

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20-10-2012 03:20pm
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Post: #34
RE: Some Rumours need Resolving

my Si4 is fine in the rain.

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21-10-2012 02:35pm
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Ryo
 

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RE: Some Rumours need Resolving

Wow, when this is really going to happen, I won't ordering an Evoque in January if the price is up 1 buck. I don't see the need for an SD4 and I would be happy with the TD4.
This is smelly, and I started to look for alternatives again.

I hope this won't happen. Sad
22-10-2012 11:49am
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XFullFatTim
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RYO it is only in the UK (at the moment) that TD4 is apparrently being withdrawn - you may still be able to order one in Europe where they are a bigger seller and may not have the eD4 option.

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Ryo
 

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RE: Some Rumours need Resolving

(22-10-2012 01:32pm)XFullFatTim Wrote:  RYO it is only in the UK (at the moment) that TD4 is apparrently being withdrawn - you may still be able to order one in Europe where they are a bigger seller and may not have the eD4 option.

Thanks XFullFatTim, I hope you're right. We have the eD4 option here, so I'm afraid this illogical move could happen. This really made a "disturbance in the force" for me.

I would offer more options. A downsized petrol would be good, too. With the Euro5 Diesel, we will have headaches here after 2014. I think this will cost a lot of money. And many people wished for more powerful engines, too. Some even ask for Hybrid and LPG. So I find this quite irritating.
22-10-2012 04:15pm
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RE: Some Rumours need Resolving

So what are the reasons to withdraw an option since it's now in production...? Is it just temporary?

Shortage of TD4 engines...?
Thoughts that a Range Rover should always have the bigger engine...? Leave the TD4 for the FL?
Too many options eD4, TD4, SD4...?
Too confusing that TD4 and SD4 have identical efficiency figures...

I wonder how many TD4's have sold against SD4's?

Seems strange since the worlds supposed to be going greener...

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XFullFatTim
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You should see the panic over on FullFatRR........................... there is a rumour that FFRR might get an eDv6 2WD option. It was confirmed as being "under discussuion" by somebody at the factory apparently. They are like we were here - how embarrassing will it be to see FFRR's stuck in the snow when it should be able to handle it no problem! I haven't told them over there that eD4 is reckoned by the motoring press to be very capable offroad for a 2WD car.

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22-10-2012 04:59pm
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Yes, I can imagine that causing outrage with the die hards!

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22-10-2012 08:35pm
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