No not in carsales. I'm the same as you proper auto etc hoping to go down to Canberra etc for a trip. Can't afford kluger etc

 

Quad
Test drove with then wife this morning. AC is fine, I must have had the wrong button on. Performance is acceptable but does appear thirsty. As I have a bad back I did notice some pain but would hope that it would be comfortable on a good trip. At 100km/hr it was at about 1800rpm which is ok. Appeared more noise from rear of car than front and some minor squeaks in around sunroof. Tried the Lock and some some tight round abouts and I could notice the difference. Going to book in for a inspection

 

You inspired me to update my fuel consumption spreadsheet. In 22000 km the best tank average was 9.32L/100km and the worst was 14.07L/100km. The overall average since new is just over 12L/100km (about 2.5L/100km better than the Pajero was). I drive at the speed limits but with economy in mind. I would agree that regularly giving it bootfuls of accelerator pedal would make it pretty thirsty.

Five tanks averaged better than 10L/100km, 5 tanks were between 10 & 11L/100km, 16 tanks were between 11 & 12L/100km, 27 tanks were between 12 & 13L/100km, 9 tanks were between 13 & 14L/100km and one tank was over 14L/100km.

 

Wow, I wonder if to look at a diesel like the territory etc as fuels not getting any cheaper. It's very difficult as they appear to be well spec but don't get much press. I don't see any other suv with swac

 

I am not so sure about the cost effectiveness of diesels, particularly common rail diesels which all the new diesels are. The economy and power can be impressive but there can be some expensive servicing surprises out of warranty (or in warranty if the manufacturer denies warranty because of wrong/contaminated fuel or similar).

If you are after something will a real automatic there isn't a lot of choice other than the v6 Outlander, Territory, Kluger and some of the Korean SUV's (apart from the expensive Euro SUV's). With the Outlander you will get 5 year factory warranty provided the vehicle and logbook is inspected at a Mitsu dealer before 3 years is up.

 

Quad
Have you done any decent trips away? Most of our driving will be around town but the idea is to use this for some day trips e.g. Stanthorpe, coast's and down to Newcastle, Snow and Canberra. Its good talking to a VRX owner to get a better perspective. Also does yours run on premium or normal unleaded. This one is $32K with 22000 mms so I think its a good price

 

Quad
forgot to ask but what tyres do you run as I'm sure there are better ones out there.
I also tried a Subaru S edition, nice car but too $$$$

 

The longest trip so far has been to Toowoomba but with regular trips to the coasts and Sunshine Coast hinterland. Other plans to go further afield haven't come to fruition at this stage.

The fuel requirement (inside the filler door) says 95 RON minimum (I think equivalent to 87 octane in north America) and that is all I have ever used.

I fitted Yokohama G051 Geolander HTS tyres @ 15000 km after one of the OEM Bridgestones had a sidewall pinched and sliced open. They are the pattern with 2 longitudinal rain grooves. I have had them before on another car and they seemed quiet and grippy so I went with them on the Outlander.

$32k for 22k km seems pretty good. Is that a 5 or 7 seater and what is the model year (10th digit of the VIN, A=2010, B=2011, C=2012)? Also, does the log book show on-time servicing and the 3 year inspection for the 5 year warranty?

 

Just came back from Brisbane myself and can't help but notice how mitsubishi seem very popular over there, they outnumber subaru.

Every 5 minutes I would see at least one (regular) outlander, not the ASX outlander sport.

 

Quad its a 2011 and 5 seater. Ill know more about the servicing Friday. Anything I should look for??