SWMBO and I have been looking at getting a different car as she has health issues and is having troble getting in and out of her Focus. Long story short, I just put a deposit on a used Mitsibushi Outlander PHEV.
So the big question is Do I Keep The Croma? It's not worth much but we don't really need or have space for 3 cars. I'll be putting an add up soon but if anyone is interested let me know.

Robert G8RPI.

Shame toey looked to be nice cars back in the day

Hope you will stay as moderator

I'm happy to stay and offer Multiecuscan diagnostics to members. I certainly won't be doing much maintenence on the Outlander.

Robert G8RPI.

No interest in the Croma here or through on car advertising. So rather than py another months tax it went to Webuyanycar yesterday. The online "guaranteed" value was £327 and I'd correctly declared the condition. So arrived at the site (a storage company) and they are not answering the phone. eventually got contact 15 minutes late. The look at the car, picking up on a coulpe of little scratches. bak to the office and although the guy didn't say it I could see on screen that the inital offer was £87! he fiddled with settings and came up with £180. I asked why this was so much less then the guaranteed value. He had no explanation other than "all cars are different condition". He also had no response to my comment that they should base the online value on average condition. A bit more "adjustment" on the computer and he came up with £270 which I accepted.


Anyone want any Croma parts? I've a spare loa bay cover and a Vectra driveshaft. Free for picking up.

Robert G8RPI.

Thats disappointing..

It will be interesting to hear what you make of life with the PHEV

Charlie

g8rpi said:

on the computer and he came up with £270 which I accepted.


Anyone want any Croma parts? I've a spare loa bay cover and a Vectra driveshaft. Free for picking up.

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Its Shocking just how little these companies pay out and a shame really.

One of my neighbours has a outlander and gets on very well with it, you've made a very good choice on the replacement.

There were three fixed requirements for the new car. In order of importance

1/ The right seat height and width from seat edge to sill to let the wife get in and out without too much pain.
2/ Automatic (the wife can't drive a manual)
3/Enough space in the back for the dog (Alsation Huskey cross).

Unfortunatly Fiat don't have anything in the UK that meets 1/ let alone all 3.

The Fremont would be perfect (I had a Dodge Journey) but they don't sell it in the UK and an antipodean personal import did not seem viable.

The Outlander ticks all three boxes and has the additional advantages of being a plug in hybrid and all wheel drive. It's quite long but actually 25mm narrower then the wifes Focus estate.
We hae been quietly looking at various cars, not just Outlanders for a few months. This one looked good apart from the colour, white. It was at a prestiege car dealership and priced about average. They then dropped the price £3000 and it became the first choice.
It's a 2016 model year on a '65 plate with 28,000 miles, not ex-lease and pretty much fully loaded, leather, LED headlights, winter pack, 360 cameras, sunroof, MMC (audio and Nav) trim pack etc. My commute is 11 miles each way and I can charge it for free at work so my commute fuel cost has droped to zero. Long distance motorway fuel consumption looks like it will be about the same as the Focus (2.0 petrol automatic).

The Outlander drives very nicely and all in all I'm very pleased with it.


Robert G8RPI.