Just arrived

[sealiedog]

Hello Folks,

I've just joined with my new Outlander PHEV. I'm hoping to see some good mileage with the car, but not especially this week as I'm going away for a few days with not much chance of plugging in. At least I'll have some idea of how it does on all petrol miles.

[Draigflag]

Hi welcome, will look forward to seeing your economy. Coincidentally someone joined a few days ago with the same car. I'm a little sceptical about plug ins

[sealiedog]

Thanks Draigflag,

I've done 350 miles today, almost all on petrol. I got about 39 mpg I think. It's a 2 ton car and it was almost all motorway speeds so not too bad in my view. I came from a Hyundai Santa fe 2.2 diesel which could do about the same on a motorway.

But now I'm semi retired that kind of trip is rare for me. The previous 400 miles consisted of trips between 5 and 30 miles almost all on electric mode. I charge up on Economy 7 electricity and it works out at just under 3 pence a mile. That's the type of use this car is built for. If you do a lot of long distance you don't want one, unless its a company car because the tax is very low. There's no road tax either, and no city congestion charge.
I've only had it 6 weeks, so far so good!

[Draigflag]

Yea we've been discussing the fuel figures for plug ins. They are already grossly exsadurated for any car, but with plug ins, they do the same lab tests as a regular car but with a full battery charge. I'm guessing most of the test is done on electricity. It's a shame, as the 148 MPG they quote is probably out of reach for most people.

[sealiedog]

To be fair, in the last month before today I've used almost no petrol to do 400 miles. I reckon about 18 quid in electricity and petrol. That's about equilavent to 100 mpg at today's prices. So I'm winning even if I add in this weekend where I will do about 800 miles at 40 mpg ish. If I work it out correctly that gives me about 50 mpg. And then I will be back to mostly trips that will give me 100 mpg again until I go on holiday in the car.

Some people get more mpg than that, but its obviously going to depend on doing mostly short trips.

[Draigflag]

So what made you pay the extra for the Hybrid then? Are there any additional Monthly rental charges for the battery? I was looking at the diesel version, it's pretty economical for a large car rated at between 44 and 61 MPG, I just hope the Hybrid is worth the extra money.

[sealiedog]

You get a 5000 grant from the government so its roughly the same price as the equivalent diesel model. There's also a grant for a dedicated high power charger installed at home.

The battery comes with it, no charges and its guaranteed for 5 years.

I have to say part of the attraction is the technology toys that come with it too! In some ways I miss the grunt of my old Santa Fe, but its nippy enough and pretty good to drive.