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Hi All,
Been on a here a while now so thought it was high time I said a proper hello.
Currently driving an Audi Q5. Had been planning to get a Discovery Sport but found the interior disappointing and struggled to find a comfortable driving position. Quite like the Evoque but it's a bit too small. Test drove a BMW X3, which I liked but it didn't feel special enough to tempt me out of my Q5 at the time. So, I decided to wait until the winter to see what the new versions of the Q5 and X3 looked like. …Until, that is, I read an F-Pace review in Auto Express back in April. Took a test drive a week later and loved it - put down a deposit on a build slot right after.
The salesman quoted a September/October build at that point, though with a chance of it coming forward. Based on that, I told them it suited me to wait for the 66 plate change so the order was left in the holding pool, presumably so I wouldn't get one too early. Should have been advised of a build date in early July, but it turns out the salesman had gone off long term sick by then. Eventually got contacted at the end of July by another saleswoman explaining what had happened and she submitted the order for a slot allocation there and then, though she reckoned it was now too late for September. Got a build date through a week later (which I had to chase up) showing end of October. Whilst on the phone, she managed to get the order system to bring the build week forward to the second week in October.
So that's what we're working towards now. Not too bad a wait compared with what some of you have been through and plenty of time to decide how to sell the current car, paint coating options, dash cams, etc etc. After 14 years of Audis, I'm excited to be having a change. The two A4s and current Q5 have all been ultra reliable so I'm hoping the new cat doesn't "bite" me too much!
Enjoy reading all the posts and information sharing on here.
Been on a here a while now so thought it was high time I said a proper hello.
Currently driving an Audi Q5. Had been planning to get a Discovery Sport but found the interior disappointing and struggled to find a comfortable driving position. Quite like the Evoque but it's a bit too small. Test drove a BMW X3, which I liked but it didn't feel special enough to tempt me out of my Q5 at the time. So, I decided to wait until the winter to see what the new versions of the Q5 and X3 looked like. …Until, that is, I read an F-Pace review in Auto Express back in April. Took a test drive a week later and loved it - put down a deposit on a build slot right after.
The salesman quoted a September/October build at that point, though with a chance of it coming forward. Based on that, I told them it suited me to wait for the 66 plate change so the order was left in the holding pool, presumably so I wouldn't get one too early. Should have been advised of a build date in early July, but it turns out the salesman had gone off long term sick by then. Eventually got contacted at the end of July by another saleswoman explaining what had happened and she submitted the order for a slot allocation there and then, though she reckoned it was now too late for September. Got a build date through a week later (which I had to chase up) showing end of October. Whilst on the phone, she managed to get the order system to bring the build week forward to the second week in October.
So that's what we're working towards now. Not too bad a wait compared with what some of you have been through and plenty of time to decide how to sell the current car, paint coating options, dash cams, etc etc. After 14 years of Audis, I'm excited to be having a change. The two A4s and current Q5 have all been ultra reliable so I'm hoping the new cat doesn't "bite" me too much!
Enjoy reading all the posts and information sharing on here.