Good morning. Am 99% sure I will replace my company E-Class Merc with a GX4HS. I am not looking to save the world or make it greener, its purely for the personal tax savings.
Managed to get a 4HS late Saturday afternoon for return Sunday, these are my initial thoughts............
It is a wonderful driving position - love those big side mirrors.
It is not as sluggish off the mark as I expected and is a good ride on most surfaces
It is very well equipped (but see Ipod query below)
It will do everything I need it to do although I did not test it in soft shallow muddy fields.
There is a lot to take in on a test, my local dealer advised me to forget all the screens and just concentrate on the ride. I did tend to look at the small display showing where the drive was coming from and the transfer back when using regen and coasting and found that a couple of VERY long and steep hills near me managed to put about 2 miles back in the battery when using B5.
I found the MMCS to be pretty easy to get to grips with on the SatNav (much better than my Mercs which does not take a full UK postcode) and while the DAB was not so intuitive, I still managed to find BBC R2 / R4 and 6 Music which is all I want.
I had trouble with my Ipod Classic 160gb however. This is an old one and is full with about 23,000 tracks. The Apple USB lead that I normally use to Sync and Charge from my laptop was attached but the display was reading something like "Ipod not found" when selected on the screen. When I removed the lead however, the display changed to "Ipod Removed" so not sure what to do here - having the Ipod in the car is very important to me. I could buy a smaller capacity newer Ipod - I am guessing it is the number of tracks causing the problem as it happens in the Merc too but a "reset" on the Ipod always sorts it but not in the Mitsubishi
I really thought I would be disappointed after the E Class but I was not - OK it is not as quick 0-60 or as quiet and smooth at 80+ but I will not be getting stuck in only slightly muddy soft fields every weekend at this time of year when fishing or unable to get off my drive in only 2" of snow.
My dealer mentioned that i could have the front fogs finished in the body colour (black) if I wanted but did not quote a price, similarly he has a GX4HS in the showroom with 2-tone black/beige leather seating which looks great - again waiting on prices.
I think the contract hire prices for the GX4HS (36 months 12,000mpa) are better value than the 5HS as I can live without the side steps etc.
Pretty sure I will order one, there is just nothing else about at present to save me the BiK tax that this will.
Thanks for reading this, I have found the Forum extremely useful and look forward to seeing if the Ipod problem can be solved.
Ron
Managed to get a 4HS late Saturday afternoon for return Sunday, these are my initial thoughts............
It is a wonderful driving position - love those big side mirrors.
It is not as sluggish off the mark as I expected and is a good ride on most surfaces
It is very well equipped (but see Ipod query below)
It will do everything I need it to do although I did not test it in soft shallow muddy fields.
There is a lot to take in on a test, my local dealer advised me to forget all the screens and just concentrate on the ride. I did tend to look at the small display showing where the drive was coming from and the transfer back when using regen and coasting and found that a couple of VERY long and steep hills near me managed to put about 2 miles back in the battery when using B5.
I found the MMCS to be pretty easy to get to grips with on the SatNav (much better than my Mercs which does not take a full UK postcode) and while the DAB was not so intuitive, I still managed to find BBC R2 / R4 and 6 Music which is all I want.
I had trouble with my Ipod Classic 160gb however. This is an old one and is full with about 23,000 tracks. The Apple USB lead that I normally use to Sync and Charge from my laptop was attached but the display was reading something like "Ipod not found" when selected on the screen. When I removed the lead however, the display changed to "Ipod Removed" so not sure what to do here - having the Ipod in the car is very important to me. I could buy a smaller capacity newer Ipod - I am guessing it is the number of tracks causing the problem as it happens in the Merc too but a "reset" on the Ipod always sorts it but not in the Mitsubishi
I really thought I would be disappointed after the E Class but I was not - OK it is not as quick 0-60 or as quiet and smooth at 80+ but I will not be getting stuck in only slightly muddy soft fields every weekend at this time of year when fishing or unable to get off my drive in only 2" of snow.
My dealer mentioned that i could have the front fogs finished in the body colour (black) if I wanted but did not quote a price, similarly he has a GX4HS in the showroom with 2-tone black/beige leather seating which looks great - again waiting on prices.
I think the contract hire prices for the GX4HS (36 months 12,000mpa) are better value than the 5HS as I can live without the side steps etc.
Pretty sure I will order one, there is just nothing else about at present to save me the BiK tax that this will.
Thanks for reading this, I have found the Forum extremely useful and look forward to seeing if the Ipod problem can be solved.
Ron
