Finding my Evoque is a tad too small for me as a work car and am thinking of putting in another order for a MY2015 RRS.

Already have one arriving at the end of the month which is going to be Mrs Senna's car though I'll probably pinch it as much as I'm allowed to for the first few weeks till the excitement of a new gadget wears off.

I don't do huge work mileage, probably 9-10k per year, mostly motorway journeys.

I'm also thinking of going down the road of a FFRR. The dealer let me have a 3.0V6 SE on a 24 hour loan last year (in a horrible colour combination I might add) and I really liked the car. Some have said its a bit of a slouch with that engine but I disagree, it felt a lot quicker than our 2010 RRS HSE.

If I did go for the FFRR, I wouldn't go mental with options apart from driving aids. Ride and comfort levels would be a notch up from the RRS but RRS has other virtues over the FFRR as many know, (faster, better handling etc).

Pricing difference would be marginal (£5k up or down the way I see it if I kept control of the tick boxes when ordering).

Even thought about a Cayenne but from what I understand a major update is just around the corner so will probably avoid.

Thoughts? Current...
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Sounds like some man maths is getting in the way here. When you say the Evoque isn't big enough, what's the problem, not enough passenger space, not enough performance, not enough show-off factor?

Seems to me the depreciation of having two large Range Rovers on the driveway will be huge but if you can justify it or simply don't care, I would say go for it. Me, I'd rather have a 991 GT3 than a second big RR. Mark

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I'm already thinking of chopping my C2S in for a 991 GT3, as yet undecided.
One of my friends takes delivery of one in March so will spend some time with him and his new toy before I decide.
He already owns a 458 and a 12C and although they are dissimilar, a comparison between the three will be interesting nonetheless.

I normally keep my cars for 4-5 years (mostly dependent on boredom factor) so depreciation whilst still painful is not the end of the world. If I wanted a car that doesn't depreciate, I'd buy a so called old classic and spend my time waiting by the side of the road for the RAC instead. I've spent too much of my youth pushing a JPS Europa to the side of the road for that (that was pretty light mind).

Much as I like the Evoque, it lacks a few things for me. All of which is no surprise if I'm honest. My thought process was to go ahead with the purchase and bail out should I feel the need without hopefully losing fortunes via the normally heavy first year depreciation due to the cars current popularity.

Firstly I could do with more load space. I won't go into what I do for a living in case its considered as shilling but sometimes I need to load up with quite a lot of stuff to take with me to work sites and I just don't have enough space.

Secondly, the silly range and constant refueling of my Si4 is getting to me. I did a 45-50 mile round trip yesterday (mostly quickish country roads and dual carriageways) and only managed 19-20 mpg. Why they didn't put a bigger fuel tank in the thing is beyond me. They used logic with the RRS range in that the 5.0SC has a much larger fuel tank than the oil burners of the range, but sadly they seem to have passed on that option with the Evoque.

Think I'll spend some time with both the Evoque and the new RRS when it gets here before I decide, provided of course I can get it out of Mrs Senna's clutches for a few hours. 11 days to go and counting. Current...
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I don't know how you are driving your Evoque but now mine is run in (18k miles), I can easily get 28 - 30 mpg and I am by no means light footed. Mind you, if your secret occupation is brick-laying, loading the car up will have a negative impact on consumption.

The depreciation honeymoon with the Evoque is over, lead times are normal and I'm looking at 30 - 35% over 2.5 years, 18k miles, perhaps a bit less for diesels and 5 doors than my petrol 3 door. One dealer I went to admitted they were over-stocked with secondhand Evoques and that wasn't me trying to get him to make an offer, I simply remarked how many there were.

As for the GT3, you need to like your cars to be hard riding and, it's not at all clear whether they are still available to order. My dealer says sold out but then he desperately wants me to have a 991 turbo S instead. Mark

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Mark_N wrote:

I don't know how you are driving your Evoque but now mine is run in (18k miles), I can easily get 28 - 30 mpg and I am by no means light footed. Mind you, if your secret occupation is brick-laying, loading the car up will have a negative impact on consumption.

Mark_N wrote:

The depreciation honeymoon with the Evoque is over, lead times are normal and I'm looking at 30 - 35% over 2.5 years, 18k miles, perhaps a bit less for diesels and 5 doors than my petrol 3 door. One dealer I went to admitted they were over-stocked with secondhand Evoques and that wasn't me trying to get him to make an offer, I simply remarked how many there were.

Mark_N wrote:

As for the GT3, you need to like your cars to be hard riding and, it's not at all clear whether they are still available to order. My dealer says sold out but then he desperately wants me to have a 991 turbo S instead.

Off topic but had another chat with my Porsche dealer this morning and apparently all new GT3s have been ordered off the road by Porsche pending the results of an investigation into two fires involving early cars. Current...
Just Landed....MY2014.5 Mariana Black HSE Dynamic with tons of toys
MY2014 Evoque Si4 Dynamic Santorini black with toys galore
2010 Porsche Carrera 2S (997.2) Basalt black with PDK

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2010 RRS HSE Santorini black (super reliable and will be missed)
3 x Boring Audi's, Q7, TT, A4 Cab (yawn)