![]() I had intended to buy a D240, which drove OK but once the salesman coaxed me into a D300 I was sold - it's a million times better. It was six months old when I bought it - I could have paid less for a same mileage earlier car, but didn't fancy a first-off-the-line Range Rover for obvious reasons. In terms of ownership, so far it's been fine. My first ever SUV - not a concept that has ever appealed to me until the Velar appeared, the design of which totally seduced me. After 4-months I've driven less than 2,000 miles, preferring instead to use public transport whenever possible. I specified this car with as many options as I could, hoping I could make it better and more enjoyable to drive, but it didn't work. It's a nice car, but you should not spend £75K on a car you're never going to love. It isn't, and I shouldn't have bought it. ![]() Lesson learned - test drive the exact model you intend to buy! I only purchased the Velar as Aston Martin delayed their DBX SUV launch and I thought this would be a good car as a stop-gap. It's not their fault, they supplied the car that I ordered, and there's nothing wrong with it. I've spoken with the dealer several times about alternatives, but I'd simply lose too much money replacing this with something else. So much so that I avoid driving whenever possible. It sounds awful at low speeds and when accelerating from lights or junctions. I live only a few miles from the dealership where I bought the car, and as soon as I got home, I opened the bonnet to check they had supplied the right engine. I found the test-drive in a 3-litre diesel quite smooth to drive and thought the petrol engine would be quieter and more refined. I like the style of the Range Rover Velar, and I'm impressed by the functionality, the touch screens and the various apps, but it's just not the right car for me. ![]() I realise that all of the above seem minor but I have spend hours trying to get them sorted and for a car that cost over £80,000 all of the above is really poor, coupled with the appalling service at our local dealership, I wish I'd never bought it. The pop out touch screen on the console has stopped popping out which makes it hard to work as its at the wrong angle to see. The sun screen that slides across the sunroof stopped working and had to be replaced along with the runners that it moved on. One of the back doors does not open sometimes and the handle on the outside doesn't pop out either, so the passenger has to slide across to get out. The exterior door handles froze in the winter so I couldn't get into the car, this seems a serious design fault. I have to say I'm 5ft 5ins and slim - average for a lady. The steering wheel is also to high and with the seat to its highest setting and the steering wheel to its lowest, my legs only just fit under. The seats are comfortable once adjusted, but I find even the adjusted seats too low for me to see comfortably over the front of the car. The styling of the Velar is outstanding which is what drew me to it. This was a bad buy and will be selling as soon as possible. It looks nice but isn't as practical as the Discovery or Sport, of which I've had both. There are loads of gadgets for techno nerds, but I wasn't too impressed when trying to use screens whilst driving, for instance to change the radio station or temperature as my view was taken from road too long for me personally – you have to physically look down to change or do anything on the screens especially the lower screen. The A pillars are very thick so can cause problems when pulling out of tight junctions. Car looks as good as the advertisement on paper, but has one very unusual fault, in bad weather ie, ice and snow, if the doors open (the handles pop out) to allow entry into the car, they don't for some reason pop back in as your driving or lock with the key fob.Īlso the centre console has a sharp edge that on long journeys tends to dig into the side of your leg, which means having to sit at an angle to relieve the pain whilst driving.
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