MY20, Cesium Blue HSE, no sunroof, air suspension, HUD. Changed 18in wheels, Fitted Mirror dashcam
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To try and help those people trying to decide what extras to pay for I thought that it might start a useful conversation if I reported my experience with some of those features with my well equipped F-Pace:
Absolutely Essential Features I could no longer live without!
Absolutely Essential Features I could no longer live without!
- The heads-up display - I drive slower and observe the speed limits much more
- Powerful and automatic LED headlights - I'm looking forward to the Matrix ones
- The 360 degree cameras - the birds eye view has helped me in several tight situations and I use the forward view every day to look both ways as I pull out of my blind drive - brilliant!
- Adaptive speed control - it took me 9 months to trust it on my XF but now I use it more often than not.
- Folding mirrors with the pool of light including the Jaguar logo - the car is so big that they do need to fold but the pool of light with logo is very useful and very cool!
- Gesture tailgate opening - its very frustrating when you can't get it to work and our dog has less trouble working it than I do (accidentally) but its has saved me a lot of trouble when I have my hands full of stuff.
- I like the smartphone app that allows you to download a list of your journeys for submitting expenses claims.
- Heated and cooled seats.
- The automatic parking system - it's far too slow and it rejects spaces that I can get into without much trouble. It should also control the throttle because it's too easy to reverse into something; the last twice I have tried to use the system I almost hit another car because I forgot to brake! Does anyone find it useful?
- The blind spot monitoring - because I never see the warning light.
The way that the adaptive cruse control panics when someone in front is turning off either left or right - It doesn't understand that they may be stationary but they will soon be moving.
- The way that the Tesla can park and unpark itself from a tight spot without you being in the car - brilliant!
- An auxiliary battery that works like a spare can of petrol for when you are on a long journey.
- A photo-voltaic roof that turns sunlight into electricity.
- I would like the voice system to be linked to the Sat Nav - even if it sometimes makes mistakes I would like to be able to say "take me home" or "navigate to Birmingham Airport" or "Take me to the [insert name] Hotel".
- The ability to personalise the warning noise emitted to warn pedestrians you are behind them - for example I'd like to be able to select an F-Type exhaust note, a polite voice saying "Excuse me" and a klaxon - just like adding ring tones you add to your phone!
- A memory setting on the passenger seat so that my wife doesn't have to complain after I give someone else a lift.
- I'd like the smartphone app that is supposed to allow you to pre-plan trips to work better