Recent content by Nut17

A couple of shots of my tow bar modification.

Have now travelled just 15,000 km in the 14 months we have owned our shiny new Red 2022 Outlander. I did not like the factory 20x8 wheels so have fitted some gloss black 20 x 8.5 which I much prefer and still fit the original tyres. I have also just solved the problem of needing to get on my...

I am in a perfect situation to comment on this comparison. We purchased a new Mitsi Outlander PHEV in July this year and have now covered 6700 km in it. The MY 2023 model is a significant improvement over the previous model and I am still absolutely delighted with the purchase and it is...

I have now been provided with a reasonably simple means of disabling the rear sensors when towing. All done with the controls on the left of the steering wheel and the screen in front of the steering wheel. PS Now with warmer weather I seem to be getting better range from the battery. Today...

My tow bar was fitted by the dealer prior to delivery and no mention was made concerning a sensor disconnect option. I will take that up with them.

In just over 6000 km in our new PHEV MY 2023 VRX I have virtually abandoned the use of the adjustable regen 0-5 settings and use exclusively the "one pedal" button beside the EV selector. With the battery in any state of charge regen is combined with mechanical braking to bring the car down to...

I have now clocked up just over 6000km in our new MY2023 VRX PHEV. A few minor annoyances. The front seat belts are not user friendly - I am a little bulky :oops: and reaching down between the seat cushion and the centre consul requires some body movement and dexterity. We recently had 10...

Yes I can confirm that, and although this is disappointing, simply using the default "one pedal" regenerative option is pretty effective for our use. My non technological wife will be driving this car for about 75% of its projected use, and she has only just come to grips with the default...

We have only had our new PHEV for a couple of weeks and travelled 750 km. I am pretty happy to just stick with the "one pedal" default regen braking system. I am ecstatic with our new VRX and the only disappointment being the EV mode reality range compared to the advertised claim. Around 65...

Absolutely delighted with the way this drives. Very responsive with 185kw and sits on the road like a sports car. EV range was a disappointment - only 45 km but most of that was at 100kph in very cold (about 5 deg) conditions. I used the seat heater on the medium setting and very...

Handover completed. I drove it the 4 km back to my house and topped up the battery before taking it for a drive in dedicated EV mode. Did not get the claimed 84 KM but 75 KM was not far short. About 20 km at 100kph and the rest at either 80kph or in town. I had the regen braking set to...

Well another five weeks have passed and we are finally due to take possession of our shiny new 2023 PHEV VRX at midday today. I have transferred the balance of the purchase price so it is all go !! A couple of exclusions that NZ specification miss out on are tyre pressure monitoring and heated...

Well I finally have a factual update from Mitsubishi HO in Porirua. The new 2023 model still has a wet clutch drive to the front wheels from the ICE. This will only engage over 70kph and the ice is sitting on about 1000rpm I have another test drive coming up on Tuesday when I intend to...

Part of the sales pitch for our new 2023 model was the requirement to use 10 litres of fuel every three months. In our case this will be a Sunday meander somewhere, as with the 85Km EV range with this new model our car will be used 99% as a pure EV. They need an hour clock on the ICE as an...