goldie
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Outlander PHEV owner
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LEAF OWNER?: No
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Post by goldie on Jun 3, 2014 20:53:01 GMT 11
"The fuel tank capacity is 45 litres and it runs on 91 RON fuel. The theoretical driving range is therefore in excess of 900km" Sorry but I don't accept this. The 1.9 is worked out on the average of driving 52km's on electric and that might be enough to do all of your driving for days and then an odd occasion you go further you use a little petrol. But the real figure is 6.5-litres/100km on petrol. Therefore you could do 690-700 km's plus 52km's on petrol. Not bad but not 900kms. I think you are right southernvolt. I saw similar points made about the total range from people in Europe. Goldie
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goldie
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Outlander PHEV owner
Posts: 18
LEAF OWNER?: No
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Post by goldie on Jun 9, 2014 20:51:59 GMT 11
OK guys just quick update - I have picked up my new car, an Outlander PHEV Aspire. I have had more kms in the back seat than front seat, I have washed it once and this is the 1st photo of it and me together. Goldie
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Post by southernvolt on Jun 10, 2014 1:34:27 GMT 11
Congrats on the new car. Enjoy it, it's a nice car, and hopefully you can squeeze a heap of electric k's out of it .
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cookev
EV Tyre Kicker
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Post by cookev on Oct 10, 2014 22:41:48 GMT 11
I have the best of both worlds. A Leaf and an Outlander PHEV. I think they are both excellent and complimentary.
All the electrics in the garage were updated for the Leaf so no cost in bringing in another car for charging. The Outlander performs well and I find 50km electric range is more than adequate during the week for day to day running. The versatility comes from its use on country runs every fortnight where the range of the Leaf is not sufficient. Its only problem is a lousy Satnav.
The Leaf is also excellent for me as my business vehicle, as almost all travel is well within its range for daily travel.
To me the big loser is the Toyota Prius. It does not have the flexibility of the PHEV and the plug in version has very short, almost insignificant range at a premium price.
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Post by southernvolt on Oct 10, 2014 23:52:42 GMT 11
We're thinking of doing a similar thing when our current Xtrail is worn out in a few years. If Nissan don't have a hybrid or fully electric Xtrail by then we'll go with the PHEV.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2014 14:27:45 GMT 11
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Post by Feng on Oct 11, 2014 16:43:22 GMT 11
Is it a common fault or do you think your antenna connection might be bad?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2014 18:13:40 GMT 11
Common fault has occurred on 3 2011/2 imievs and 1 2010 imiev
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Post by riddick on Oct 28, 2014 14:51:11 GMT 11
I have got a $50 Bunnings voucher to test drive an Outlander, so I thought why not?
Here is my brief opinion vs the Leaf (apart from the obvious differences of an EV vs PHEV and hatchback vs SUV):
Likes: - adaptive cruise control - very nice - collision mitigation system - B mode regeneration (although 5 levels is too much IMHO) - dual electric motor - charging cost display! - servicing only required once a year or every 15,000km even though it has a petrol engine! (why is the Leaf 10,000km?!)
Dislikes: - cannot switch petrol engine off, so it becomes a constant game of how far you can push the vehicle before it kicks in (making it a lot less fun then the Leaf with the huge electric torque) - small battery - mobile remote control only via WiFi severely limiting its usefulness - no fast charging port (even though it has the space for it) - energy flow diagram hard to make out while driving - energy monitor is even harder to see (poor screen design) - rear camera screen has no predictive lines from steering
Overall a very nice car, but it needs more batteries and I do not see why the petrol motor has to come on when the power in the 2 electric motors adds up to 120kW already (unless it is due its 4WD capabilities). Make this a pure electric dual motor sedan and then I am interested.
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Post by gabzimiev on Oct 28, 2014 15:00:44 GMT 11
"cannot switch petrol engine off, so it becomes a constant game of how far you can push the vehicle before it kicks in"
you also need the motor to turn on for the heater.
"no fast charging port (even though it has the space for it)" not only does it have space for it also has it on the European spec and japan spec. !! it surely didn't add that much to the price !
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2014 8:22:17 GMT 11
DC fast charge is a $1000 on bmw i3
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anthony
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LEAF OWNER?: Yes
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Post by anthony on Nov 10, 2014 14:01:35 GMT 11
I recently looked at/test drove one of these as a replacement for our second (country) driving vehicle and was not overly impressed.
I did not find it to be as nice to drive as the Leaf, and it didn't feel as high a quality finish.
Compared with other SUVs at this price point it is lacking a lot of features.
Once you run out of electric charge the fuel figures are ordinary, most of the new small diesels have better figures. This was the real deal breaker for me, as we would mainly only use this car for country driving / longer trips.
Also no spare tire on a 4x4??? You can get away with this on city cars that are never far from help, but seeing Mitsubishi sell this as a go anywhere type of vehicle it really should have a spare tyre.
Anthony
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Post by Phoebe on Nov 10, 2014 14:42:29 GMT 11
Cars without spare tyres are illegal in Australia - they had to fiddle with the LEAF to find room to put one because the original design didn't have one.
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anthony
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LEAF OWNER?: Yes
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Post by anthony on Nov 10, 2014 14:55:24 GMT 11
Cars without spare tyres are illegal in Australia - they had to fiddle with the LEAF to find room to put one because the original design didn't have one. I am not sure that is true, in my search for a new car I have found a lot of smaller cars now don't come with spares tyres, but rather a puncher repair kit.
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Post by jacky on Nov 10, 2014 18:29:38 GMT 11
I can't find the spare tyre in my LEAF.
EDIT: Ah, I found it. The spare tyre is under the car.
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Post by gabzimiev on Nov 10, 2014 19:57:22 GMT 11
Cars without spare tyres are illegal in Australia - they had to fiddle with the LEAF to find room to put one because the original design didn't have one. my i-miev doesn't have a spare and tesla don't have a spare either.
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Post by jeffjl on Nov 11, 2014 12:15:52 GMT 11
I can't find the spare tyre in my LEAF. EDIT: Ah, I found it. The spare tyre is under the car. Somebody should put a rocket up the behind of the salesperson who sold you that vehicle.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2014 0:39:55 GMT 11
No spare in the volt n golf bluemotion gen 1 Also none in i3 but BMWs already have run flats except the i3
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Post by ravolt on Dec 20, 2014 11:09:32 GMT 11
I think the spare tyre space will be used for the 250km battery extension pack
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Post by ravolt on Dec 20, 2014 11:16:11 GMT 11
I think the spare tyre space will be used for the 250km battery extension pack
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2014 1:40:55 GMT 11
is $44,994 for hail damaged Aspire with 4k kms on the clock and used as a workshop demo good value? Wanneroo Mitsubishi
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2014 1:43:36 GMT 11
I like the rego 'emu' Attachments:
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