01-12-2012, 05:00pm
Hello all!
Yesterday I finally picked up my new 5 door Prestige, and I have to say, I love it! I put 50km on it last night taking it on a test drive out to the suburbs. It definitely catches people's attention and I noticed a few pedestrians and motorists slowing to check it out. In fact as I parked it in my condo's parking lot for the first time, I hadn't got more than 10 steps from the car before someone came up and complimented me on it and and asked about it.
Things I love - The level of detailed craftsmanship and the "little things" like the manual cubby and nice finishing touches. I love the seats - super comfortable and supportive.
Things that I less than love - I can't seem to get the right steering wheel/seat position combination to drive comfortably. If the steering wheel is low enough and the seat high enough to be comfortable, I can't properly see the dash gauges through the wheel.
Things I loathe - One and only one: The bloody American accent on the nav/voice interface. LR seems to think that all North Americans are from the US. It is really odd. Under system languages, there are a list of about 20 languages, from Swedish to Russian, Hungarian to Japanese... but the only "English" listed is US English. This means all the text interface is in American English versus proper English (i.e. Favorites instead of Favourites, etc), and the voice (male or female) speaks in an obnoxious American accent. I have to say, I am really disappointed from a good British company. I have owned many Land Rovers and Jaguars before and they always had a nice soft British accent to them which suited the marque. My Evoque now sounds like my old Ford
. I am desperately searching for a way to "enable" proper English in the car, but fear it is a lost cause. Quite disappointed, as Canadians we tend to value the fact that we speak real English versus American.
Yesterday I finally picked up my new 5 door Prestige, and I have to say, I love it! I put 50km on it last night taking it on a test drive out to the suburbs. It definitely catches people's attention and I noticed a few pedestrians and motorists slowing to check it out. In fact as I parked it in my condo's parking lot for the first time, I hadn't got more than 10 steps from the car before someone came up and complimented me on it and and asked about it.
Things I love - The level of detailed craftsmanship and the "little things" like the manual cubby and nice finishing touches. I love the seats - super comfortable and supportive.
Things that I less than love - I can't seem to get the right steering wheel/seat position combination to drive comfortably. If the steering wheel is low enough and the seat high enough to be comfortable, I can't properly see the dash gauges through the wheel.
Things I loathe - One and only one: The bloody American accent on the nav/voice interface. LR seems to think that all North Americans are from the US. It is really odd. Under system languages, there are a list of about 20 languages, from Swedish to Russian, Hungarian to Japanese... but the only "English" listed is US English. This means all the text interface is in American English versus proper English (i.e. Favorites instead of Favourites, etc), and the voice (male or female) speaks in an obnoxious American accent. I have to say, I am really disappointed from a good British company. I have owned many Land Rovers and Jaguars before and they always had a nice soft British accent to them which suited the marque. My Evoque now sounds like my old Ford
. I am desperately searching for a way to "enable" proper English in the car, but fear it is a lost cause. Quite disappointed, as Canadians we tend to value the fact that we speak real English versus American.
Today however I have a big day of urban shopping planned, so will certainly get a chance to test out the Park Assist. I hear you on the 20"ers... they are gorgeous and I really don't want to scratch them.