Show Us Your Motors!

Jonnycoupe · 7 Oct 2020 at 22:54

Minstadave said:
Silver duct tape round the outside of the rim? Im on it!

Great colour for the car though. Thanks for ordering one and at end of day it’s got 400bhp.

Akagi · 7 Oct 2020 at 22:55

Jonnycoupe said:
mine are the puns.

I know the team very well and stuff like that has pages of standards and requirements that takes a lot of compromise. There is no such thank as perfect car design, no defending just stating facts when I read wide boy remarks. I mean “whim” what does that even mean in the context of something that took years to design?

I do observe your point, but pot kettle black if you look back at the battery relocation exercise...

I thought you were ready to build a moat and tar pits for that defence.

It does rather look like they forgot the aesthetic appeal when weighing up the design decisions though.

RE: the battery relocation debacle...

Yes fair enough, but towards the end I still maintain people were pretty unfair. When everyone was happy with the way I had done it, but were moaning about cable colour. When tonnes of cars have different cable colours anyway. Blue, green, brown, black, red, yellow, stripey, depends on the car. Positive lead is black on my BMW and was from factory.

But I digress.

vanpeebles · 7 Oct 2020 at 22:55

Are these made in this country?

Akagi · 7 Oct 2020 at 23:01

vanpeebles said:
Are these made in this country?

I think they're made in Austria.

Dis86 · 7 Oct 2020 at 23:01

Jonnycoupe said:
There is no such thank as perfect car design, no defending just stating facts when I read wide boy remarks.

There's aiming for perfection then there's shooting the other way.

vanpeebles · 7 Oct 2020 at 23:01

Yuck @ acme.

Yes, some cars are more perfect than others

I bet auld Billy Lyons would be spinning in his grave at that.

Akagi · 7 Oct 2020 at 23:07

vanpeebles said:
Yuck @ acme.

Yes, some cars are more perfect than others

I bet auld Billy Lyons would be spinning in his grave at that.

Yuck at me?

Rude!

vanpeebles · 7 Oct 2020 at 23:23

Acme said:
Yuck at me?

Rude!

At made in Austria!

[TW]Fox · 8 Oct 2020 at 08:49

Jonnycoupe said:
compromise. There is no such thank as perfect car design,

Certainly not where that thing is concerned. Still at least they've stopped installing iGo Primo.

Jonnycoupe · 8 Oct 2020 at 09:42

I stand by IPACE in the flesh looks incredible if on 22" and with air to park lower.

[TW]Fox said:
Certainly not where that thing is concerned. Still at least they've stopped installing iGo Primo.

Ah you have seen the updates on that front. XF just got the same but the 4 cylinder only isnt great.

Atleast they didn't give it beaver teeth

Jez · 8 Oct 2020 at 10:05

The IPace IRL looks great IMO. It looks utterly awful in the image with those odd wheels in post #52101 somehow, but that isnt how they look IRL in the usual spec which you see day to day.

Review is mixed though, much lower range than the computer predicts and overall not massively efficient compared with Tesla. Very nice car though....

Jonnycoupe · 8 Oct 2020 at 10:41

There's a new software update (H264 campaign) that probably came after Harry review which has improved the guess o meter range and some efficiency benefits from optimised cooling and drive split in eco mode - maybe 10-15 miles.

Minstadave · 8 Oct 2020 at 10:51

Range is over 200 miles, that'll do for me nicely. I'll rarely charge it anywhere but at home. Faster DC charging would be useful if I was doing longer journeys.

Build quality is impressive. Easily up there with my F10 5 series, if not better. Materials are more premium in the cabin with more metal around the place. There is some shiny black plastic though which is always a pain.

Looks aren't great, the wheels have to go on mine. On larger wheels I quite like it but the proportions are all a little odd.

Performance is impressive. Fun to drive so far.

User interface is a mixed bag. Android auto is brilliant, really like that. I also like the built in Spotify functionality that works with the in car data SIM for when I forget my phone.

The cars own interface isn't awful but the input lag is frustrating. I know this year's Ipace has addressed this.

Would I buy one? Not sure yet. Probably not as EV tech will likely move on rapidly. For a cheap 3 year lease it suits nicely.

Akagi · 8 Oct 2020 at 11:08

I still think that "incredible looking" red one is vomit inducing.

Its the boot line that kills it for me. The rest isnt great but the boot like is the main offender.

Jonnycoupe · 8 Oct 2020 at 11:13

It’s a hatch not a boot. Open your mind.

sharp cut off “Kamm back” is good for aero rather than having a longer boattailing rear end.

Have to be careful here else we are gonna all start arguing about something subjective and based on opinions which is abit silly. (Although this car did win world car design awards

)

Next we’ll be onto not being able to put sheep into a new defender.

Firestar_3x · 8 Oct 2020 at 11:26

No issues with the IPace IRL, good looking car in the right spec, hopefully the infotainment has caught up. Love the new Defender too, so perhaps i've become some sort of JLR tragic.

vanpeebles · 8 Oct 2020 at 11:39

Jonnycoupe said:
It’s a hatch not a boot. Open your mind.

sharp cut off “Kamm back” is good for aero rather than having a longer boattailing rear end.

Have to be careful here else we are gonna all start arguing about something subjective and based on opinions which is abit silly. (Although this car did win world car design awards)

Next we’ll be onto not being able to put sheep into a new defender.

All kinds of cars have won awards over the years, including some real duffers

Don't even get me started on the defender either. If I want an iconic off roader that's built in eastern europe, I might as well buy a Lada Niva.

Simon · 8 Oct 2020 at 11:40

Acme said:
I still think that "incredible looking" red one is vomit inducing.

Its the boot line that kills it for me. The rest isnt great but the boot like is the main offender.

Not enough right angles for you ?

Jonnycoupe · 8 Oct 2020 at 11:46

vanpeebles said:
Don't even get me started on the defender either. If I want an iconic off roader that's built in eastern europe, I might as well buy a Lada Niva.

Lets be honest though, you ain't buying either.

vanpeebles · 8 Oct 2020 at 11:51

Jonnycoupe said:
Lets be honest though, you ain't buying either.

I enquired about a Niva, when the guy set up a company to sell them here, then the pound nose dived and he gave up. I wouldn't touch a slovakian Defender in the future either. I'll stick with my Disco for the moment. I can forgive all the foibles that the Disco has, as it's actually made here.