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?
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?
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.
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