Who are you?

[emm3t]

1. delivered 19/02/16
2. Kaiteki
3. Facelift
4. Colleague at work has one, charging at work, 38km commute each day, kids don't fit in the back of my Volvo C70 any more
5. Madrid, Spain
6. Aerospace Engineer / Communication Officer
7. None

 

[ansellrk]

1. Company car arriving 18/03/16
2. MY16 GX4hs Orient Red
3. Facelift
4. 5% BIK + need for limited off road and I have a big family
5. North Wales coast
6. Sales Account Manager so do around 2400 miles a month. However, nearly all personal miles will be EV so should save a small fortune with BIK. Probably around £150-200 a month.
7. This is my first EV

 

[Carnut]

1.Owner. Purchased outright 19/11/15
2.GX4 registered 1/3/15
3. Pre-facelift(?) Glacier Blue, dog guard, Osram night breakers, Dash Cam, cherished plate.
4.Had 2 Yetis. But boot too small for second large dog. ((£27k) to accomodate a dog????? Am I mad?
Was taking Yeti to car wash and popped into Dealership on way and bought on a whim. Having had 6 Mitsubishis previously. Thought the tech aspect interesting and needed large, high, easy access car.
5.Poole Dorset.
6.Retired. Ex Shell Uk Retail Automotive Lubricants Sales Development Manager.
7. EV virgin.(took some getting used to but now happy and enjoying the car.)

 

[Ballycfc]

1. Lease through family business/ 29/03/16
2. GX4H
3. Facelift MY16
4. Daily commute only 18 miles (if change electric company to Ecotricity they give you £40 off a month for having electric car) meaning weekly commute free
5. North West - Preston
6. Holiday Park Office Manager
7. Not a clue and never had an Automatic so all a learning curve

 

[onlynik]

1. Pick up 12/02
2. GX4H
3. Facelift MY16
4. Low BIK running it as a company car
5. Aberdeen
6. Oil Related IT services.
7. Well, I had a Porsche Panamera hybrid for a few days as a loan car, but it is just too expensive to justify. Outlander ticks all the boxes I need.

 

[greendwarf]

(took some getting used to but now happy and enjoying the car.)

Can we quote you on this - given 3 posts about 'phone today? :lol:

 

[outofyorkshire]

1. Owner since May 15
2. GX4H
3. Non Facelift MY15
4. Low BIK & space / practically - running it as a company car
5. Newark Notts
6. Retail IT services.
7. No previous EV's . Had run 2x Land Rover Discoveries & Land Rover Freelander,
However, Outlander as a company car was too good to miss & ticks a lot of the boxes I need.

 

[Moctu]

1. Leased through Motability - Picked up Jan '16
2. GX3h+
3. Facelift
4. Communte is consitent with battery range and a big enough boot for my wheelchair.
5. East Lothian, Scotland
6. Psychiatric Nurse. I get paid to talk to people.
7. I'd seen a few parked near disabled spaces

 

[Tipper]

1. Owner since Sept 2015
2. GX4HS
3. Non Face-lift 1st reg. April 2015 (ex Mitsubishi UK (Colt Cars) management car)
4. Wanted to go electric and PHEV seemed to answer the short range issues on an EV. (Shame about the real world economy for real users!)
5. Devon UK
6. Retired Power Plant Engineer and Project Manager
7. None - previous car - BMW 3 series E91 diesel auto estate

 

[greendwarf]

1. Owner since Sep'14
2. & 3. UK launch base Gx3h
4. Green motoring & needed a new car anyway (and wife had the cash, by chance :lol: )
5. Sarf Lundun
6. Home Office Advocate - part of the thin grey pin-stripe line holding the 3rd world at bay, for you all
7. None - nor even auto (apart from hire cars in Australia)

 

[BrianGooch]

1. Company car, from mid-March 2016
2. GX4h (reg. November 2014)
3. non facelift
4. Increased efficiency over many short, local & hilly [see 5.!] journeys we make, reduced tax BIK even over cheaper Auris [see 7.]
5. Location - Sheffield, UK
6. Tax Director - accountant specialising in tax
7. No EVs, but Prius x 2 and Auris Estate hybrids for 11 years

 

[ScottyP]

1. Owner - 08/02/2016
2. Model - GX4H MY 2016 - + raided the options list
3. Facelift
4. What attracted you to the car initially - BIK advantage as this is a company car. Enjoy high driving experience and practicallity of mid sized 4x4 which was previously cost prohibitive as a company car
5. Location - SW London / Surrey, UK
6. Occupation - Head of Trading for the ethnic foods division of a Footsie top 25 company. Maximise company commercials taking advantage of market and currency movements and competitor activity.
7. Experience of EV/REV/PHEV you have had before - none, my first venture into any form of electric vehicle.

 

[wazzad]

1. Owner (Ex-demo Jan 2016)
2. Aspire (AU version of the GXH4h? maybe?)
3. non-facelift
4. Looking at a good family car that was cheaper on fuel costs, love nerdy cars
5. Canberra, Australia
6. Senior Cyber Security Consultant / Incident Response (defend corporations against hackers)
7. This is my first EV! I did take a tesla for a spin up in sydney but never driven a hybrid or EV before that

 

[thermos]

1. Owner / today (14 Mar 16)
2. New standard PHEV (GX3h?) at A$33k onroad MY14.5 compliance 2/16
3. Non facelift
4. It is quiet, like the look and it is good for family
5. Perth, Western Australia.
6. IT stuff
7. No experience

 

[BVovk]

1. Owner since July 15 (Ex-demo).
2. Instyle.
3. Non Facelift, 1st reg. Nov. 2014.
4. Practicality. Efficiency for daily commutes to work and around 2nd home. For the last 20 yrs only buying 4WDs.
5. Slovenia.
6. Insurance.
7. No previous EVs. Had Mitsi Pajero LWB (2x), Honda HRV, Merc R320 (company car), prior to that non 4WDs.

 

[SolarBoy]

1. Feb 2016
2. GX4hs
3. Facelift
4. Low BIK, cheap lease, I have a growing family and needed a larger car, most of our daily journeys are well within battery range which I can recharge via my Solar panels. I also love gadgets ...
5. Near Portsmouth, UK
6. Project Manager
7. No experience whatsoever! I didn't even knew leccy cars were mainstream till September 2015. My first car, a 2.0S Capri at 18 did a 22mpg if you were careful.

 

[greendwarf]

My first car, a 2.0S Capri at 18 did a 22mpg if you were careful.

An 18 year old today wouldn't have to worry about the mpg because the cost of the insurance would mean they couldn't actually afford to buy any petrol :lol:

 

[LAL]

Owner, since 21 January 2016
Outlander Phev MY 2014 (second hand)
No facelift
Wanted a really different car
Milan, Italy
Retired dentist
None experience in EV

 

[ckirby101]

1. Monday 4th April is delivery day!
2. 2016 Gx3h+
3. Facelift
4. Auto, 4WD, Electric, Big
5. Durham UK
6. Freelance Games developer, i work from home and make games for mobiles, consoles,VR etc.
7.Drove a hire car once!

 

[bookeyuk]

1. Owner / 23/03/2016
2. Model - GX5hs
3. Facelift - Presume this is the 16 model?
4. What attracted you to the car initially - the BIK!
5. Location - city & country - West, West Yorkshire
6. Occupation (plus what that means in real language) - Design Mobile Networks
7. Experience of EV/REV/PHEV you have had before - None - 1st EV