@vtecmom apologies for the late reply, I was away last week

I checked online and it says it won't fit, but I do very much appreciate the offer.

 

Ok I wasn't sure but thought maybe it would fit Your very welcome!

 

@sam_spider wanted to let you know we've decided not to continue with the Evoque
as you know we just did the first road trip in it and well there's one issue thats really annoying so theres a very notable ( IF your sitting there ) HUMP on the floor of the passenger front side floor, its just below where the seat ends so you either need to place your feet ON TOP of it or out far enough ahead of it I did no ride or sit in the passenger seat side when we test drove it so did not notice this issue

There are a few other issues as I mentioned previously to you that the Auto Engine stop at lights is NOT able to be turned off and well yeah that too is fairly annoying just having to remember to push it each time.

Sounds silly maybe to change a vehicle for minor reasons I guess but I truly feel you should really love driving a vehicle and I've never owned one that had issues that made it un enjoyable

Not sure if we'll stay SUV or maybe find a comfy sedan type vehicle and don't get me wrong I LOVE the look of the Evoque its IMO much better looking than most the SUV's out there
I wondered if your larger Range Rovers have that HUMP issue
I'm sure we'll figure this out but just an FYI to ya since I know you own or have owned a few RR 's


We keep hearing this
when we tell someone about the HUMP

 

I've not sat in an Evoque but I know what you're referring to, the Stelvio we test drove had a similar issue, not a hump but I get it. I have had a Discovery sport for a loaner along with a couple of the Jaguar SUV's, but only ever sat on the drivers side. My Discovery doesn't have a hump, but it's a larger vehicle, probably (maybe) too big for what you guys are after. One other to take a look at would be the Macan, I had a loaner of those before and quite liked it, might be a touch bigger than your Evoque but not by much.

I'd say Defender, but that's a big vehicle and mucho $$ so might not be the best idea. Not sure how you feel about BMW's but they've got a couple nice smaller sized ones, X1 & X2, my nephews wife has an X2 and it's nice, more of a hatchback than a full blown SUV.

 

Not silly at all. If you’re paying $3k for a beater then yeah you’re gonna have to put up with some quirks. But when you shell out big bucks you deserve to get what you enjoy. I’ll be curious to see what you replace it with!

 

Nice info Spider and I'll take it all into consideration

Since we paid ca$h for the Evoque and then used some Cayman $ to do the front landscape I'll say a few of those are out of reach
but yeah lots of thinking and lookin in the last few days and more to come

 

Well sadly the TLX's is now out as we went to look and feel and it surprisingly sat too low for C-6's approval and oddly the leg room in the back seat was kinda tight although I realize you said your sweeties has enough room but maybe it was just the seat position

I may not even want to reveal what we get as you guys may diss own me

The reason for the switch from the Cayman S as you recall was for C-6 to be able to get in & out easily ( sucks having issues with your age )
I also don't feel the need for a high end SUV or Sedan even ( like BMW, Acura, Lexus etc... ) I love all those vehicles but this will end up being which vehicle fits in price , milage, & most of all comfort.

Looked at a very nice Accord today & well having owned MANY H vehicles I know it wouldn't be a bad one

I also like the Pathfinder and a few other I'll call Vanilla Fudge SUV's like the Tahoe , Expedition and new VW's

well thanks for your input LG

 

Before my Mom passed, she was leasing a 2022/23 Buick Encore GX. It was a really great car, I don’t recall any ‘humps’ on the passenger side and it got almost 35MPG. She leased it for right around $230 months for 36 months with 32.5k total miles over 3 years.
With the rear seats folded down, we could load 20 bags of mulch in it, never had a warranty issue with it except for a defective TPS sensor in the right rear tire. Go checkie it out.

 

funny story 4 ya dave .... we owned a beater Buick wayyyyyyyy back it was the ugliest thing but was cheap
we kinda have an on going joke of " we could get a Buick "

so along w / the Buick as in will never buy is Cadilac
we may be old but not going there

also we've only leased a vehicle once and I feel its a mistake as its like renting vs purchasing your place your just throwing that $ away NO disrespect to your Mom RIP
we had a salesman try to push a lease on us yesterday & I immediately said NOPE no Lease

I do like your seeing that GM type cars vs JDM are fine if its what you like

Were retired & not rich so what ever it ends up being it will like I said just be fairly new not a ton of miles and get an extended warranty

 

I have owned a LOT of vehicles over my long life

1st was a 72 Beetle
2 was an MGB
3 was another Beetle ( due to the MGB catching fire )
4 Camaro
after that so many I can't recall the order specifically

Honda Accord Hatch Back ( which was totaled by an idiot rear ending me while driving it home from the dealer ) replaced with a second Honda Accord Hatchback

Buick ( which was a computer for C-6 )

Nova

Altima
Aerostar Van
Sable Wagon

Expedition

Lexus GS

Honda s2k

TR6

2 Speedster Replica's

2 Mini Coopers

2 Cayman S 's

A RR Evoque

& I may have missed a few

Oh & when I met C-6 he was driving a Datsun 510 wagon