The king is dead! But what to replace it with?
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Finally, after years of relentless family abuse, our venerable Mitsubishi Outlander has come to the end of it's life.... It's still limping along like a faithful three legged dog, but there is a combination of issues that mean it's not worth shooting for another MoT....
It's done staggeringly well.
A 2007 2.0 Di-D in 7-seater Elegance spec, we've owned it 15 years and done nothing but routine servicing and replacement bits of suspension as needed - it's on over 275k miles now!
But what to replace it with?
I'm quite happy operating in the bangernomics space and don't need a 'new' car. I do like the toys, comfort and practicality of the Outlander - it's got a great sound system, climate control, heated seats and other conveniences, will tow and crash around through muddy fields doing outside things and has generally been a fabulous all-round hack, extremely well suited to our life. It also does it with decent fuel economy.
It was retired from main family duty about 4 years ago, supplanted by an XC90, so whatever I replace it with doesn't have to do full family duties, just stand in from time to time. I don't want something with all the modern emissions equipment - we tried a Touareg before the XC90 and the whole adblue /DPF experience was painful.... so it probably wants to be something older. It needs to be a proper hack too, cheap enough to throw away if it borks.
So what to start looking at?
I'm wondering if the solution is another Outlander, but what else should I consider?
Edit - UPDATE
Thanks for the suggestions, all of which I looked at. The hunt started for another Outlander, but amazingly I couldn't find one.
Successor has now been acquired in the shape of an '08 Honda CR-V 2.2 CDTi, which is a very good match and replacement for the Outlander.
It's done staggeringly well.
A 2007 2.0 Di-D in 7-seater Elegance spec, we've owned it 15 years and done nothing but routine servicing and replacement bits of suspension as needed - it's on over 275k miles now!
But what to replace it with?
I'm quite happy operating in the bangernomics space and don't need a 'new' car. I do like the toys, comfort and practicality of the Outlander - it's got a great sound system, climate control, heated seats and other conveniences, will tow and crash around through muddy fields doing outside things and has generally been a fabulous all-round hack, extremely well suited to our life. It also does it with decent fuel economy.
It was retired from main family duty about 4 years ago, supplanted by an XC90, so whatever I replace it with doesn't have to do full family duties, just stand in from time to time. I don't want something with all the modern emissions equipment - we tried a Touareg before the XC90 and the whole adblue /DPF experience was painful.... so it probably wants to be something older. It needs to be a proper hack too, cheap enough to throw away if it borks.
So what to start looking at?
I'm wondering if the solution is another Outlander, but what else should I consider?
Edit - UPDATE
Thanks for the suggestions, all of which I looked at. The hunt started for another Outlander, but amazingly I couldn't find one.
Successor has now been acquired in the shape of an '08 Honda CR-V 2.2 CDTi, which is a very good match and replacement for the Outlander.
Edited by larrylamb11 on Thursday 22 January 09:21
robinh73 said:
I had a 2014 Subaru Forester 2 litre diesel with manual gearbox. It was absolutely brilliant, loads of space, mid 40s mpg, nippy enough and was brilliantly comfy and generally a nice place to be. I only sold it as I needed more towing capacity and got a 2017 Touareg.
More chance of it snowing in hell than a diesel subaru doing 275k miles.If you liked the outlander, and the last one got you that far, then I think you'd be daft not to get another one given their current prices.
If you want something different, perhaps something a bit quicker, tell the internet.
To update and conclude this thread, the hunt started for another Outlander, but all the Mk2s seem to have disappeared..... I guess they've all reached the same stage ours has and died over the years....
I considered a few alternatives and then got lucky when an '08 Honda CR-V 2.2 CDTi popped up very locally. It's an ideal replacement - it's been upgraded with a modern Android head unit, has a tow bar already (and the same towing capacity as the Outlander), is 4x4 when needed (though by electronics, not selectable) and is very similar in pretty much every respect. Drives well too.
Best of all it was cheap enough to throw away if anything breaks.
The Outlander made it to 400 miles short of 280,000 and died at the end of the off-slip of the motorway the day before the MoT expired! I managed to get it to start eventually with my trusty can of Easystart, but not before I'd had the ignominy of my passenger and I pushing it through the rush hour traffic onto the verge..... It still made it home under it's own steam
So long Outlander, you've been a faithful steed...
I considered a few alternatives and then got lucky when an '08 Honda CR-V 2.2 CDTi popped up very locally. It's an ideal replacement - it's been upgraded with a modern Android head unit, has a tow bar already (and the same towing capacity as the Outlander), is 4x4 when needed (though by electronics, not selectable) and is very similar in pretty much every respect. Drives well too.
Best of all it was cheap enough to throw away if anything breaks.
The Outlander made it to 400 miles short of 280,000 and died at the end of the off-slip of the motorway the day before the MoT expired! I managed to get it to start eventually with my trusty can of Easystart, but not before I'd had the ignominy of my passenger and I pushing it through the rush hour traffic onto the verge..... It still made it home under it's own steam
So long Outlander, you've been a faithful steed...
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