After selling our FL2 15 months ago we are seriously thinking of getting another, however, when looking at a late HSE (2014) its apparent that for the same money we could buy a Velar or Discovery of the same year. Which way would you go ?

All I can say is that a good friend had a Velar from new - said it was the worst car he's ever had - lots of electrical faults - got rid of it and bought a Volvo XC 60, which he's had for a few years now.

I also wouldnt touch an Ingenium engine.

But it depends what you want the car for.

Our Freelander is a workhorse and gets loaded with allsorts of filthy stuff that im not sure I would want to put inside a Velar.

When it eventually goes Im not sure what Id replace it with - but Id want something reliable - maybe a Skoda or a Toyota. Jules

Hi, sold the Freelander a few years ago but often pop in here, more to see if my old car ever appears. Any way, we reluctantly sold ours as we’d have otherwise been hit daily by Khans congestion charge Bought a Skoda Karoq which was a lovely car save for the fact the seats weren’t doing my back any good so after a year decided it would have to go. Looked around JLR dealers for an E or F Pace Jaguar but no sign anywhere of a petrol variant. I’d retired and so couldn’t really justify buying a diesel given our reduced mileage. I then spotted a Velar had been taken in p/ex at the local dealers. It was a P300 HSE R-dynamic. 2 litre petrol, 296bhp, on a 68plate. Aesthetically I personally think it’s a fabulous looking car both inside and out, and better still Significant Other agrees. Hoping there’s a photo in my gallery 🤞
I’d initially thought of it as a prestige SUV, but we were given a three hour off-road LR experience day when we bought it and although I drove their mild hybrid model I was left pleasantly surprised at what it could do should it need to - water, mud, rough terrain. Add to that the beautifully appointed interior and where’s to go wrong. It’s obviously not as rugged and as utilitarian looking as the ‘big’ RRs but for everyday life I wouldn’t fault it.
It is however wide, near on 7ft with mirrors out!
There is a good owners forum (velarforums.co.uK) with a decent spread of variants covered and people on there are way more knowledgeable than me.
Everyone though will advise to buy with good service history and more especially a warranty. Like all JLRs they can be expensive if anything big goes wrong. Needn’t tell you that though, coming from a LR 😏
By all means PM me if I can be of any more help
Barry

Discovery Sport or Discovery 4?

Had a Discovery 4 for last 6 years and would highly recommend.

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I then spotted a Velar had been taken in p/ex at the local dealers. It was a P300 HSE R-dynamic. 2 litre petrol, 296bhp, on a 68plate. Aesthetically I personally think it’s a fabulous looking car both inside and out, and better still Significant Other agrees.

There is a good owners forum (velarforums.co.uK) with a decent spread of variants covered and people on there are way more knowledgeable than me.

Everyone though will advise to buy with good service history and more especially a warranty. Like all JLRs they can be expensive if anything big goes wrong.

Barry

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Thanks Barry, good to hear from you, that's a nice looking car.
I am (again) looking around but I have noticed that all things JLR seem expensive to insure.
How did your experience compare? FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
FL2 Metropolis SD4 Auto 2014 2017- (16k - 82k+ miles) (MY2015)
Metro in its 11th Year of (Extended) LR Warranty / Full LR Service History
(Expensive, but Trouble/Worry free - hopefully?)

Like everything with JLR, sadly nothing comes cheap. For the year to July 24 I had a multi-policy (car and home) with Admiral and paid about £650 all in, think it was split about £500 car, £150 home. When thinking about buying the Velar I called them and was told there’d be an extra £20 (£15 of which was admin fees!) to put the Velar on cover for the remaining two months of the policy - at that stage we had a Skoda Karoq so needless to say I was somewhat surprised at how little the difference between the two. Come renewal I paid £985 for a full year Velar and home cover - think it’s split about £785/£200. Can’t open the documents on their app at the moment so am afraid precise figures not to hand.
I would add that I’ve been with Admiral multi-cover for a few years now and seem to have been able to negotiate decent reductions on their renewal figures each year.
I think I’ve done well by them. I’m 69, full ncb but do live in SELondon where the car is parked on the street.
Wish you well with your ongoing search