(20-08-2011 10:24am)griff Wrote:  If you come across the rare and exotic Ipanema Sand Evoque I would love a photo.

(21-08-2011 01:41pm)LP Wrote:  I agree with abcya. I thought the event was very good but they could have held it closer to the outskirts of London to allow a more varied range of driving. We didn't get onto a road where the legal limit was higher than 50mph.

I didn't struggle with the sat nav at all. In fact I thought it was great. The voice commands were kept to a minimum which I prefer...and the options on the large screen (zoomed out map view or combination of zoomed out and zoomed in view) were easy to use. The commands on the small screen also help.

I had a go with the Park Assist demo. Have to say I was very sceptical because in every demo I've seen on youtube everyone does the reverse park at about 3mph or less. Thought I'd give it a proper test at real world speeds and it worked very well. I did manage to park the car just as quick without the system (I ended up a bit further out from the wall but I didn't want to bash it so was over cautious). If cost wasn't an issue, however, I'd tick that box. My only concern is that you have to drive almost a car length in front of the space you intend to park in. In London you'd have someone 'up your behind' before you'd managed to engage reverse.

One thing I did notice was that I spoke to or overheard more than one person say they had driven "the fast one", referring to the Dynamic model and not the petrol engine. It seems there is a perception that the dynamic is quicker than say a pure with the same engine. Clever marketing by Land Rover and perhaps another way they get people to rationalise the higher cost.

In contrast to abcya I thought the Indus Silver with the roof bars and black wheels looked very cool indeed. Will post some pics. I also got a photo of the 'soft touch' dashboard topper in the Dynamic. I think far too much fuss has been made here about the quality of this material. Looked fine to me...and far better than anything you get on German cars in a similar price bracket. Yes, the leather is nicer...but the soft touch material isn't nasty. Will post a pic of that too.

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Here is a pic of the soft touch dash from the Dynamic. And another of the Indus Silver.

(21-08-2011 07:56pm)Blackseries Wrote:  

(21-08-2011 07:51pm)evoque_virgin Wrote:  So we're agreeing there is some grinding to be done to make it fit?

Yes ...... and then possibly a sleeve to make it point down.

(21-08-2011 07:59pm)FullFatTim Wrote:  I wonder how long the SD4 Dynamic squares will remain soot and heat stain free if they are hiding the downturned tail pipes?