Congratulations on your new purchase, and seems to tick all the boxes you wanted, I've had my I-pace for around 5 months now not one issue, I went out of my way to find a low milage First Edition and eventually one came up, very similar spec to your XC40. with the warmer weather and my "relaxed" driving style (most of the time!!!) I'm currently getting 256 miles on a full charge. Enjoy your XC40 and I'm looking forward to seeing how your journey develops with this car.
Hello! Congrats on your new car. I am using my I-PACE for 2 years and just had the traction battery fault which was sorted out in 3 days in service. People should know that, no EV is perfect and i know that my friend used a replacement car more than he used his Taycan. I still can't see any better car than I-PACE in full package (driving, comfort, build quality, design)
Volvo have had the best seats for well over forty years and the extendable squab option is a perfect crumb catcher. I have an iPace SE and, like you, the seats give me a sore back. I would be interested to hear our charging on the go works.
IPace is a good looker and lasted well, but, they have had some battery issues and some functions you have to pay a subscription for that are free on the Volvo
Nobody is ever going to walk away from one of these Volvos and turn around to look back at it. And inside, you could be in any little Volvo. The big difference with the Jag as that it looks like a rocket, goes like a rocket and feels like you are driving something very sporty and very special. And you always turn for a last look at it....or I do with mine anyway. OK, some of the Jag tech is dated now, charging speed is slow but that is no problem if you are almost always home charging overnight for cheap 'leccy. BUT, it's still pretty good...interior is beautiful, the shape is still awesome, screens and tech are good enough even if not the latest & greatest, and HSE facelift spec is superb....HUD, cooled seats, heated steering wheel, matrix LED headlights, configurable digital dash, great sound system, etc, etc. I'd maybe have gone for a Porsche Taycan by spending another £15k, but would I enjoy that much more than the Jag? Probably not. Plus I can easily get my mountain bike in the back of the Jag, and load it up for trips to the dump. 3 year old I-Pace 400 HSE models with lowish miles are coming off of business leases now and selling for £25k to £26k, which is what I paid. You simply can't get anything else anywhere near as good as the Jag for that money.
I can only agree with you in terms of it being a special car and second hand they are a real bargain. I get my cars new with work every 4 years and the Volvo was right for me at this time. I will never forget the I-PACE and I believe it will be seen as a classic car in the future.
lack of HUD a show stopper for me, otherwise not bad and I quite like the design but did not try it. Purchased a 2019 HSE FE 10 months ago and very happy with it. Did not expect you to choose this after an i-Pace though. A friend of mine had an accident he thinks would have been avoided had he not been using one pedal driving. I choose not to use it because of this and also because it’s less confortable for the passengers and have the setting where the car doesn’t move if you do not press the accelerator.
Thanks for taking the time to comment. I tried lots of car and this worked for what I need right now and was by far the best value. Yes HUD is the only thing I would say it’s missing, however it’s not something I’d pay for as an extra if it was an option, more of a nice to have. I think the I-PACE will be a classic car in the future it’s a great car and loved having it. A shame they chose not to develop it further. I know what you mean with one pedal driving, with a passenger you do have to consider them and adjust accordingly but it’s just a tweak in driving style and I had it on all the time in the Jag.
If you learn how to properly use one pedal driving, it becomes much more comfortable than any auto or manual car. People make the mistake of fully lifting off as you would in any other car. This is wrong with OPD, you just set the pedal to get the exact amount of breaking or acceleration that you need, it’s so smooth and simple once you get head around it. I hate driving a car without it now. I can’t see any situation where OPD could cause an accident. Recon your friend is making excuses for their mistake…
@@davidkerr4103 what happened is that the traffic was slowing down and the one pedal driving was by a good margin more than enough to slow down at the same pace …until suddenly it transformed into a emergency stopping and the time to switch pedal was enough to crash. He recons that if he already had his foot on the break pedal he would just avoided the accident. His BMW i3 was a totalled. He learned after the fact that he was not the only one to which this situation happened…
What I issue I do take with the car has to do with the exclusion of a start-stop button and the sensor in the seat to compensate for that. it's kind of cool that when you step out of the car and effectively shuts off there are times when you really do you just want to keep it on for a moment like to say if you're cleaning your windshield or getting something out of the back seat or just checking on your back seat passengers. To make matters worse, every time you have to reconnect via Bluetooth to your phone and every time if you're using a USB thumb drive for music like I do and the audiowagon because there's no need of USB player in this system. Sorry time you step out and step into the car you have to touch the screen twice to do approvals and it won't continue playing the last track automatically that you were playing which can get tedious and lead to an excessive amount of fingerprints on the screen. Also there is a lag for the climate control each time you sit back in it so pulling over to quickly step out adds an extra 20 secs to reconnect, authorize and get the climate control working.
I've had one one on lease for 3 years ... XC40 Twin EV First Edition .. has been excellent
Congratulations on your new purchase, and seems to tick all the boxes you wanted, I've had my I-pace for around 5 months now not one issue, I went out of my way to find a low milage First Edition and eventually one came up, very similar spec to your XC40. with the warmer weather and my "relaxed" driving style (most of the time!!!) I'm currently getting 256 miles on a full charge. Enjoy your XC40 and I'm looking forward to seeing how your journey develops with this car.
That’s great range and a great car!
Nice choice.
Hello! Congrats on your new car. I am using my I-PACE for 2 years and just had the traction battery fault which was sorted out in 3 days in service. People should know that, no EV is perfect and i know that my friend used a replacement car more than he used his Taycan. I still can't see any better car than I-PACE in full package (driving, comfort, build quality, design)
Agree it’s a great car!
Volvo have had the best seats for well over forty years and the extendable squab option is a perfect crumb catcher. I have an iPace SE and, like you, the seats give me a sore back. I would be interested to hear our charging on the go works.
Lovely car, but the I-Pace was a head turner.
Yes agree, still one of the best looking cars on the road the I-Pace…
IPace is a good looker and lasted well, but, they have had some battery issues and some functions you have to pay a subscription for that are free on the Volvo
Thanks for the review - great help 👍🏻😍
Nobody is ever going to walk away from one of these Volvos and turn around to look back at it. And inside, you could be in any little Volvo.
The big difference with the Jag as that it looks like a rocket, goes like a rocket and feels like you are driving something very sporty and very special. And you always turn for a last look at it....or I do with mine anyway.
OK, some of the Jag tech is dated now, charging speed is slow but that is no problem if you are almost always home charging overnight for cheap 'leccy.
BUT, it's still pretty good...interior is beautiful, the shape is still awesome, screens and tech are good enough even if not the latest & greatest, and HSE facelift spec is superb....HUD, cooled seats, heated steering wheel, matrix LED headlights, configurable digital dash, great sound system, etc, etc.
I'd maybe have gone for a Porsche Taycan by spending another £15k, but would I enjoy that much more than the Jag? Probably not. Plus I can easily get my mountain bike in the back of the Jag, and load it up for trips to the dump.
3 year old I-Pace 400 HSE models with lowish miles are coming off of business leases now and selling for £25k to £26k, which is what I paid. You simply can't get anything else anywhere near as good as the Jag for that money.
I can only agree with you in terms of it being a special car and second hand they are a real bargain. I get my cars new with work every 4 years and the Volvo was right for me at this time. I will never forget the I-PACE and I believe it will be seen as a classic car in the future.
And that is objectively false. I always look back at my Volvo XC40 Recharge
I have a C40 Ultimate and Ipace, Ipace beats it in every respect other than range and charge speed though. C40 is lovely though
lack of HUD a show stopper for me, otherwise not bad and I quite like the design but did not try it. Purchased a 2019 HSE FE 10 months ago and very happy with it. Did not expect you to choose this after an i-Pace though. A friend of mine had an accident he thinks would have been avoided had he not been using one pedal driving. I choose not to use it because of this and also because it’s less confortable for the passengers and have the setting where the car doesn’t move if you do not press the accelerator.
Thanks for taking the time to comment. I tried lots of car and this worked for what I need right now and was by far the best value. Yes HUD is the only thing I would say it’s missing, however it’s not something I’d pay for as an extra if it was an option, more of a nice to have. I think the I-PACE will be a classic car in the future it’s a great car and loved having it. A shame they chose not to develop it further. I know what you mean with one pedal driving, with a passenger you do have to consider them and adjust accordingly but it’s just a tweak in driving style and I had it on all the time in the Jag.
If you learn how to properly use one pedal driving, it becomes much more comfortable than any auto or manual car. People make the mistake of fully lifting off as you would in any other car. This is wrong with OPD, you just set the pedal to get the exact amount of breaking or acceleration that you need, it’s so smooth and simple once you get head around it. I hate driving a car without it now.
I can’t see any situation where OPD could cause an accident. Recon your friend is making excuses for their mistake…
@@davidkerr4103 what happened is that the traffic was slowing down and the one pedal driving was by a good margin more than enough to slow down at the same pace …until suddenly it transformed into a emergency stopping and the time to switch pedal was enough to crash. He recons that if he already had his foot on the break pedal he would just avoided the accident. His BMW i3 was a totalled. He learned after the fact that he was not the only one to which this situation happened…
What I issue I do take with the car has to do with the exclusion of a start-stop button and the sensor in the seat to compensate for that.
it's kind of cool that when you step out of the car and effectively shuts off there are times when you really do you just want to keep it on for a moment like to say if you're cleaning your windshield or getting something out of the back seat or just checking on your back seat passengers.
To make matters worse, every time you have to reconnect via Bluetooth to your phone and every time if you're using a USB thumb drive for music like I do and the audiowagon because there's no need of USB player in this system. Sorry time you step out and step into the car you have to touch the screen twice to do approvals and it won't continue playing the last track automatically that you were playing which can get tedious and lead to an excessive amount of fingerprints on the screen.
Also there is a lag for the climate control each time you sit back in it so pulling over to quickly step out adds an extra 20 secs to reconnect, authorize and get the climate control working.