Hi All,
Greetings from Ireland. My first posting here. I'm no longer doing enough mileage to suit running my Citroen C-Crosser 2.2 diesel. I need to buy something with towing capacity for our few caravan trips during the summer so the Outlander Phev appeals to me. My mileage to work is now only 3 miles each way so running on battery only really appeals to me. My budget will just about stretch to a 2014 GX4H. I've been trawling this forum & have got a lot of useful info. I have a few questions that someone may be able to help with.
1. Does high mileage matter. There are a few dealers over here specializing on PHEV's & electric cars. Most are UK imports & many have in the region of 70,000 to 100,000 miles. I've never had any issues buying suitable petrol or diesel cars with high mileage but not sure about battery life. Anyone know if this mileage is too high. With that type of mileage in 3 to 4 years I'm guessing that most of the mileage would have been done on the ICE. I'm now only doing about 8000 miles so a higher mileage car wouldn't normally bother me except for my query on the batteries.
2. Does the ICE have a timing chain or belt?. I think it has a chain but not certain.
3.I think I read somewhere if the battery for starting the ICE goes flat (leaving the lights on) that you can't jump start it but have to plug in the charge cable. True?. Not much use if you're stuck miles from nearest charger.
I'm sure I'll have more questions. Going to get to test drive one next weekend so will see how that goes.
Thanks,
Tim
Greetings from Ireland. My first posting here. I'm no longer doing enough mileage to suit running my Citroen C-Crosser 2.2 diesel. I need to buy something with towing capacity for our few caravan trips during the summer so the Outlander Phev appeals to me. My mileage to work is now only 3 miles each way so running on battery only really appeals to me. My budget will just about stretch to a 2014 GX4H. I've been trawling this forum & have got a lot of useful info. I have a few questions that someone may be able to help with.
1. Does high mileage matter. There are a few dealers over here specializing on PHEV's & electric cars. Most are UK imports & many have in the region of 70,000 to 100,000 miles. I've never had any issues buying suitable petrol or diesel cars with high mileage but not sure about battery life. Anyone know if this mileage is too high. With that type of mileage in 3 to 4 years I'm guessing that most of the mileage would have been done on the ICE. I'm now only doing about 8000 miles so a higher mileage car wouldn't normally bother me except for my query on the batteries.
2. Does the ICE have a timing chain or belt?. I think it has a chain but not certain.
3.I think I read somewhere if the battery for starting the ICE goes flat (leaving the lights on) that you can't jump start it but have to plug in the charge cable. True?. Not much use if you're stuck miles from nearest charger.
I'm sure I'll have more questions. Going to get to test drive one next weekend so will see how that goes.
Thanks,
Tim