Recent content by Togfather

I have a MOtability car and chose the Outlander in May 2021, which was the year Mitsubishi pulled out of the UK. I will be due to change my car in May 2024, but I am loathe to do so because I love it. I live in a remote area of South West Scotland, and our nearest town (Girvan) is 13 miles...

Thanks for your interesting input. I don't do any city driving and motorway driving is quite rare for me, although I made that trip twice just as an experiment. I live in the middle of nowhere and my normal driving is to and from a small town around 13 miles away on a bendy rural road, which...

Thanks for your input, and I agree that there are some variables which cannot be controlled. However, I did the test in the same direction on the same road on the same day (I drove the journey, drove back, and drove the journey again) and used the ACC for all of the journey, except where...

Hello, and many thanks for the replies. For those who are interested I did conduct my own tests and the results are as follows: Starting with an empty battery and driving in eco mode with "charge" activated, then deactivating "charge" when battery more than half full, and re-activating...

Hello. Thank you for answering, but my question still stands. I don't want to save any battery for city driving. I just want to know which option is the most economical. Best wishes Tog :-)

Hello. I am about to embark on a long motorway drive, and will be travelling at a steady 60mph. Once the battery is depleted, which of the following will give me the best MPG economy? (all driving will be in economy mode and cruise control will be used). A) Leave the car to sort out the...

Oh yes, well of course the first thing to note is that when someone says they are not an idiot - they often are, and that is definitely so in my case. I am a member of Mensa, but there is a thin line between genius and insanity - and the older I get (now 69) the more often I cross it. I am...

Patronising much! I am not an idiot. I have already read the manual, in fact i read it before I bought the car. All 594 pages. There is nothing in there about jump starting another car, which is why I posted the question. :-)

Thank you so much for taking the time to reply. Best wishes Tog :-)

I have just got a new Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Dynamic Safety in diamond red and I love it. I am disabled and need height because bending my knees is very painful and this car is so easy to get in and out of. My daughter has a Jeep and it has a flat battery so I said I would jump start it...