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My insurance premium has doubled! UK insurance companies seem to have taken against anything with a big battery. Does Mitsubishi have an Outlander insurance scheme, perchance? For that matter is anyone else having the same experience?

If it helps, your overall mpg obviously depends on your mix of journeys. Around town, running only (in theory) on battery I achieve around 100mpg or more but the ICE does kick in from time to time. On a long journey, running on ICE only, I achieve around 40mpg at 70mph (or slightly over when I...

It does seem to depend totally on you personal mix of journey distances. I can do my daily 'there and back' without the ICE at all. Net result 148mpg (or more?) but go a bit further afield and the consumption drops as the ICE kicks in. The worst motorway trip returned 38mpg. I'm getting about...

In general I love my car, but the luggage blind is the one detail that is driving me insane!!! On every other car I owned or hired, recently, the luggage blind lifts when you open the boot. With this one, hands full, you have to put everything down and fiddle with the cover in order to pack the...

My dealer put me in touch with the supplier, Chargemaster. It cost £195, which I had to pay. They told me that BG had ceased to install the chargers. Apparently, the subsidy is about £700, but I cannot see how it merits a £900 installation charge, in total. I had to wait 6 weeks for the...

Don't forget the massive Benefit in Kind advantage (up to £11,000 over 3 years) which most probably overrules the fuel costs of mainly motorway use.

Hi everyone. I've just discovered that you all exist!! I've had my GX4H for a month now and the first 1,000 miles has been good. After an E class, it's nice to get into with seats at a sensible height rather than having to struggle to get down into. To start with, I was disappointed that I...