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Hello all,
New to this forum. Wanted to get as much information and user experience from other would be Jaguar i-Pace owners. I'm currently slugging though a daily 50 mile commute in Los Angeles traffic on a Audi A3 e-tron. My lease will be up in December 2018. I was hoping there would be more BEV choices when I return the car. I guess not! My criteria for an all electric car is being able to drive from LA to Palm Springs and back without worrying about hunting for charging stations. I guess my choices are very limited! Chevy Bolt (nah); Tesla Model 3 (long waiting list and possibly losing the federal tax credit since Tesla is almost up to 200K in EV deliveries); Tesla Model S or X (too big more, more expensive, and ubiquitous in SoCal) or the Audi quattro e-tron (not really an option since supposedly out late 2019).
Hopefully, the i-Pace will fit the bill. I still haven't ordered it or put down-payment. I kinda wanted to see it in the showrooms or in-person first. BTW, what is the difference between putting down a deposit, pre-ordering and ordering. My local dealer said $3,000 is their required deposit. I'm looking at the SE model since that seems to come standard with Drive Package and auto-dimming side mirrors (a must for me).
-Ben:smile2:
New to this forum. Wanted to get as much information and user experience from other would be Jaguar i-Pace owners. I'm currently slugging though a daily 50 mile commute in Los Angeles traffic on a Audi A3 e-tron. My lease will be up in December 2018. I was hoping there would be more BEV choices when I return the car. I guess not! My criteria for an all electric car is being able to drive from LA to Palm Springs and back without worrying about hunting for charging stations. I guess my choices are very limited! Chevy Bolt (nah); Tesla Model 3 (long waiting list and possibly losing the federal tax credit since Tesla is almost up to 200K in EV deliveries); Tesla Model S or X (too big more, more expensive, and ubiquitous in SoCal) or the Audi quattro e-tron (not really an option since supposedly out late 2019).
Hopefully, the i-Pace will fit the bill. I still haven't ordered it or put down-payment. I kinda wanted to see it in the showrooms or in-person first. BTW, what is the difference between putting down a deposit, pre-ordering and ordering. My local dealer said $3,000 is their required deposit. I'm looking at the SE model since that seems to come standard with Drive Package and auto-dimming side mirrors (a must for me).
-Ben:smile2:
