My Sympathies Lairblock, I am 30,000 km into this saga. Missed ferries, Nights in hotels, due to incompatibility of early Jag, and the available fast chargers. Loaded many times onto the back of flatbed as car failed multiple times, Bricked itself, hours and hours of video, including sweat soaked technician, telling me the AC is just fine, unable to buy an extended warranty point blank, just told, it wasn't available in Spain. Only 2 technicians in the early days here in Spain were available to work on the cars. 6 weeks before they could look at car etc etc. Only since Tesla opened their fast chargers to us non Tesla idiots, has long range driving being made remotely possible without massive stress. Travelled Malaga to Aberdeen multiple times, as been offered paltry 25k from the dealer for a car i bought 3 years ago, which is immaculate...... and have no option to keep "plugging" away. Tried selling on Autoscout, at half what I paid for !! Got precisely nil interest. Have owned possibly over 50 cars in my globetrotting life, thats's a first for me....
Love driving it, hate dealing with it.
Presently having the so boring run of the mill 12v problems, talked about in length in all the international and UK forums,,, my issue is after 12 emails, hundreds of euros in calls to spain assistance , and 5 weeks before Jag Uk can even look at the car, I am left with a car thats predicted to fail absolutely.
That was London and Edinburgh and Aberdeen.. dealers, So I am forced to change out the pair of the 12v batteries myself, as no one else will touch an EV electrics system, as its ultimately connected to the HV system.
Ironic, this car will probably be mentioned on my tombstone..
I have enough comic moments with this vehicle to start my own youtube channel, and possibly do the Edinburgh fringe next year, If i can get there. ......
Latest funny moment, charging flap wouldn't open,,,
Tried all the forums, it's my natural go to, with this vehicle ,, quell surpreez,,, its a known fault, so much so the new I Paces don't lock..the flap.
So switch it on switch off, lock the doors unlock the doors, do a little dance, and do it all over again.
My wife, who is less of a technician and more of a FIXER, ultimately frustrated by the I Pace upstaging anything / anywhere / or where we want to be or twhat we want to do, or to go, vents her rage on the stubborn flap.
Don't be fooled by that little wire in the frontboot , you are supposed to pull, that is called flap unlock.
Its reason for existence is just in case a dirty great charging cable gets stuck in your receptacle,,, and wont let you leave,,,
So she batters the thing into submission, ,,,, simple and effective.
Open it pops, disgorging its mechanism, onto the tarmac at Oxford Fastned ,,, great job I quip, and get on with the task, of downloading my 20th charging app, and fighting with the banks pin codes, passwords, ordering my 5th RFD card etc etc oh the joys of EV international travel.
I have no intention of getting the Flap fixed, it seem to function perfectly as a flap without the locking malarkey.
Plus of course, it (The JAG) will not be able to add this to it's arsenal of tactics used to "Push me over the edge" when trying to travel from A to B
God I love / hate this car.
So up to you Punk!
Are you feeling lucky ?