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Time to say goodbye :-( - speary - 08-07-2014 08:50am
Sad to say but I am off back to Audi. Just ordered an A5 Sline SE Cabriolet 2.0 petrol 225 bhp. It's land rovers fault by contacting me to make me an offer to buy back my Evoque and once the seed of change is planted I find it difficult to resist ( I was supposed to keep the Evoque for 5 years). So I looked at the Audi and the new BMW 4 Cab ( golf clubs and trolley won't fit in even with the roof up). This reminded me of the big quality difference between Audi/BMW and Land Rover. Also servicing has been rediculous. It's cost me £700 in 2 years. Audis first service after 2 years will be £200. Also the petrol A5 looks like it will be more economical.
Don't get me wrong I have absolutely loved owning my Evoque and no doubt there will be problems and little niggles with the A5 but my previous Audis didn't rattle and rattles in my Evoque drive me mad
This has been one of the best forums I have been on and a big thanks to all who contribute really useful info and sometimes not so useful info
RE: Time to say goodbye :-( - Redrob - 08-07-2014 09:52am
Had one of the last A4 cabriolets made on a 58 plate, and then on to a Q7 lovely cars.
Can you expand on the......LR contact to buy your Evoque back?
RE: Time to say goodbye :-( - speary - 08-07-2014 01:45pm
(08-07-2014 09:52am)Redrob Wrote: Had one of the last A4 cabriolets made on a 58 plate, and then on to a Q7 lovely cars.
Can you expand on the......LR contact to buy your Evoque back?
I had an A4 cab for 5 years, it was the best car I've had so far.
Re the buy back, I got an email from my dealer about a month ago saying they were low on stock of used Evoques and to contact them if I was interested in selling. The initial offer was about £1000 above top book price but to be honest I would take that with a pinch of salt. I will be back in touch with them this week to see what the real offer would be
RE: Time to say goodbye :-( - Redrob - 08-07-2014 03:41pm
Yeah lovely cars, almost part exed it against a 4.2 V8 S4 cab but couldn't get the figures right.......one of my all time regrets.
Happy motoring with your new car.
RE: Time to say goodbye :-( - mark_n - 08-07-2014 03:47pm
So, are you expecting LR to buy your car back without you buying another Land Rover? Seems unlikely to me...
RE: Time to say goodbye :-( - speary - 09-07-2014 08:29am
(08-07-2014 03:47pm)mark_n Wrote: So, are you expecting LR to buy your car back without you buying another Land Rover? Seems unlikely to me...
Yes they will but they want it in the next week or so. I will tell you how much once I have concluded the deal
RE: Time to say goodbye :-( - XFullFatTim - 09-07-2014 09:36am
Sorry to see you leave us Speary, enjoy your new steed.
RE: Time to say goodbye :-( - David-H. - 09-07-2014 10:21am
Will be interested to hear what price you get as I'm considering trading our Evoque in against another LR product at our local dealer.
David.
RE: Time to say goodbye :-( - m_101 - 10-07-2014 11:06pm
Agreed with David-H - I love mine apart from the colour, but would consider trading it in against a new evoque as I tested one and the quality does seem to have significantly improved with newer models (although not sure if quite up to German quality yet, but the design is just so much better!)
RE: Time to say goodbye :-( - Tony - 10-07-2014 11:32pm
(10-07-2014 11:06pm)m_101 Wrote: Agreed with David-H - I love mine apart from the colour, but would consider trading it in against a new evoque as I tested one and the quality does seem to have significantly improved with newer models (although not sure if quite up to German quality yet, but the design is just so much better!)
The build quality has not improved.
After just over a week ours is going back to the dealer with the words "keep it until you have fixed the rattle, if you can't fix it then its a full refund".
Many things improved after our last one but still the build quality sucks. LR are only interested in quantity NOT QUALITY. If you are looking to spend £40 to £50 and expecting a good standard of build DO NOT BUY AN EVOQUE. Hate to say this but our next vehicle will be GERMAN.