(01-06-2012 10:35am)leeselee Wrote:  Does anyone have pictures of an Evoque with and without Xenons?

I have never had them and do not know what all the fuss is about!

Is it really a 'must have'?

(01-06-2012 11:23am)Straydox Wrote:  Xenons - yes absolute must-have, and it's the only way you can have the 'signature' LED running lights that makes the Evoque so distinctive on the road. There many threads on this forum from people who didn't realise that signature running lights only come on the Xenon headlamps.

I equate having Xenons to what it was like before most cars had air-con - once you have experienced it you can't go back.

A single normal halogen bulb produces around 1500 ANSI Lumens worth of light - a Xenon lamp produces has an output of 3000 ANSI Lumens so twice as bright and the light is in the blue/white colour spectrum so much closer to daylight. There is no concept of a high and low beam on a Xenon lamp - it is a single light source that is on all the time and a servo controlled flap shuts off part of the headlamps reflector to provide a 'low' beam. The more complex headlamp design, mandatory headlamp washers, self levelling and automated fail-safe electronics in the event of an accident (lethal voltages) are the reason they are fairly expensive.

(01-06-2012 01:03pm)Pommyboi Wrote:  This is what the xenons look like on the front of the car:

http://www.netcarshow.com/land_rover/2011-range_rover_evoque/800x600/wallpaper_01.htm
http://www.netcarshow.com/land_rover/2011-range_rover_evoque/800x600/wallpaper_02.htm

There are two ways of looking at them, style because you like the signature lights at the front or because you want improve vision at night.

They are not a "must have" if they are not in your budget, if they are in your budget, you drive a lot at night and/or particularly love the signature lights on the car then get them you won't regret it!

(01-06-2012 01:21pm)leeselee Wrote:  Thank you so much for the photos.

I get it now.

I do like the LED signature things (Amy Winehouse eyes....:lol

I just don't know if I want to spend another £710 on something that I have never personally had before. I work and drive 'normal' hours, so in the winter I drive at night all the time!

I am sure LR would not supply a car with headlights that you are unable to see in the dark if anyone has been in a Nissan Juke - you will know that some car manufacturers build cars that do not see in the dark! One of my scariest journeys as a passenger for years.

Having never had them, I think it may be a step too far on the budget. I am one of those weird people that hate pano roofs. (have a Mercedes sunroof / pano roof thing and do not use it in sunshine - very light sensitive) But the xenons are the only extra that I have not 'clicked' on that I am still left wondering.

The problem is the waitlist is so long, one has too much time to ponder!

My other problem is the salesman at the dealership is no help whatsoever as each time I ask for advise, he says "I'm on the fence on this one" Useless......

Without you guys on the forum, I wouldn't have a clue. Thanks

(01-06-2012 02:44pm)ogpurestyle Wrote:  In the end to fit "roughly" my budget I had to choose between Keyless Entry and Xenons. Xenons won as in my opinion Keyless Entry anwered a question I had never asked (having never had it before) and I had security concerns re use. However I strongly believed I would regret not getting Xenons everytime I had to drive in the dark and it would spoil the experience of the car so therefore Xenons was my choice.

In the end it is a personal decision for you and yes the time available to keep choosing does add to the problem, not a bad problem to have and is all forgotten once the car is delivered