Rien
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Hello.
I'm Rien from The Netherlands. And i'm interested to buy an 2nd hand Outlander year 2013. I woud prefer the PHEV. Since we do not drive that much daily. Around 20 miles workday in the weekend a bit more. It is mostly here in town / local.
Our situation is : me / wife and 2 daughters (young). 2 dogs 1 small Shitzu and 1 newfoundlander. Plenty room. This will be our main car. So it must be reliable. The Outlander will replace our Mercedes Benz 180 CDI (diesel).
A few weeks ago we have test driven the PHEV with the fam just a small drive 1 hour or so. First impression is : we love the looks of the car. Inside there is plenty room. Sound coming from the radio sounds very good. Like the sunroof. Have learned that we need an instyle or instyle+ to get the sunroof.
So far so good.
I'm an total noob of electronic &maintenance/repair cars. Meaning that we rely on the dealer we get it from. I noticed that the official dealers here just give 6 months limited(Bovag) warranty. Most likely we will get one from the Mitsubishi dealer to be on the safe side. Our budget limit us to get an 2nd hand 2013 version. Planning to keep the car till it dies. Goal is to keep it for at least a year of 8. We buy cars and say goodbye when repair costs are much higher as the car is worth at that moment. We bought an new Nissan Primera in 1997 and we said goodbye last year.
Question:
1: Will an battery car last 12 years? We intend to keep it at least 8 years or longer.
We wil do the regular maintenance with the dealer. I have faith in Japanese cars we have an Mazda Premacy as 2nd car at the moment we had a few Nissans. But how will the battery do.
The other option is an regular Outlander from 2013. They are a bit cheaper, but are running on Gas or Diesel. Diesel costs are to high for the km's we driving per year.
With regular maintenance they will do fine for at least 8 years I suspect.
The PHEV will get us more saving in gas, but how is that in 8 years from now. Guess an battery replacement costs LOTS of money.
So a bit in doubt what is smart for my family. I'm reading a lot here, but cannot really find the information I want.
If i missed an topic where this is explained, sorry that i missed that.
greetings
Rien.
I'm Rien from The Netherlands. And i'm interested to buy an 2nd hand Outlander year 2013. I woud prefer the PHEV. Since we do not drive that much daily. Around 20 miles workday in the weekend a bit more. It is mostly here in town / local.
Our situation is : me / wife and 2 daughters (young). 2 dogs 1 small Shitzu and 1 newfoundlander. Plenty room. This will be our main car. So it must be reliable. The Outlander will replace our Mercedes Benz 180 CDI (diesel).
A few weeks ago we have test driven the PHEV with the fam just a small drive 1 hour or so. First impression is : we love the looks of the car. Inside there is plenty room. Sound coming from the radio sounds very good. Like the sunroof. Have learned that we need an instyle or instyle+ to get the sunroof.
So far so good.
I'm an total noob of electronic &maintenance/repair cars. Meaning that we rely on the dealer we get it from. I noticed that the official dealers here just give 6 months limited(Bovag) warranty. Most likely we will get one from the Mitsubishi dealer to be on the safe side. Our budget limit us to get an 2nd hand 2013 version. Planning to keep the car till it dies. Goal is to keep it for at least a year of 8. We buy cars and say goodbye when repair costs are much higher as the car is worth at that moment. We bought an new Nissan Primera in 1997 and we said goodbye last year.
Question:
1: Will an battery car last 12 years? We intend to keep it at least 8 years or longer.
We wil do the regular maintenance with the dealer. I have faith in Japanese cars we have an Mazda Premacy as 2nd car at the moment we had a few Nissans. But how will the battery do.
The other option is an regular Outlander from 2013. They are a bit cheaper, but are running on Gas or Diesel. Diesel costs are to high for the km's we driving per year.
With regular maintenance they will do fine for at least 8 years I suspect.
The PHEV will get us more saving in gas, but how is that in 8 years from now. Guess an battery replacement costs LOTS of money.
So a bit in doubt what is smart for my family. I'm reading a lot here, but cannot really find the information I want.
If i missed an topic where this is explained, sorry that i missed that.
greetings
Rien.