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Hi all. Been lurking and reading as much as I can for a while and am reaching the conclusion that an ampera might be what is looking for.
A couple of months ago I saw an advert for the outlander PHEV and after a couple of drives I decided to put my name on one. It was an unusual choice for me having had a couple of big engined Alfa coupes and more recently a Mercedes CLS. I promptly sold the CLS and waited for delivery.
My driving pattern is often less than 30 miles a day and a lot of stop start short hops, however occasionally I need to drive to the other end of the country. I can plug in at home and should easily be able to plug in at work too.
I've been interested in the recent electric car developments and think a plug in vehicle is ideal for me.
However for whatever reason I decided that the outlander was not right for me, partly because I think it looks quite boring and it seems that mitsubishi think the same as it looks like it is being updated already.
Having seen the advertised deals available for new amperaa (looking at new because I can write it off against tax in year 1 with a subsequent 40% saving in tax as I'm self employed) I started to think this would work for me.
Decided to make the purchase when I dropped off the demonstrator only to be told that the only remaining lithium white (preferred colour) electron had been sold. So now I'm wondering if I look at a White positiv as the sat nav seems to get a slating anyway. Anyone have any thoughts on the standard stereo? I'm not really worried about the HDD or DVD player.
Other than that they have a nice silver topaz electron they'll sell to me for £27k. I still think that there are other dealers around that will sell for less though.
The thing that strikes me on here is that there are some niggles but in the main the the cars seem to be reliable, would that be accurate?
If anyone has thoughts or advice I'd welcome it I'd love to see and ride in the ampera with 19" wheels too.
A couple of months ago I saw an advert for the outlander PHEV and after a couple of drives I decided to put my name on one. It was an unusual choice for me having had a couple of big engined Alfa coupes and more recently a Mercedes CLS. I promptly sold the CLS and waited for delivery.
My driving pattern is often less than 30 miles a day and a lot of stop start short hops, however occasionally I need to drive to the other end of the country. I can plug in at home and should easily be able to plug in at work too.
I've been interested in the recent electric car developments and think a plug in vehicle is ideal for me.
However for whatever reason I decided that the outlander was not right for me, partly because I think it looks quite boring and it seems that mitsubishi think the same as it looks like it is being updated already.
Having seen the advertised deals available for new amperaa (looking at new because I can write it off against tax in year 1 with a subsequent 40% saving in tax as I'm self employed) I started to think this would work for me.
Decided to make the purchase when I dropped off the demonstrator only to be told that the only remaining lithium white (preferred colour) electron had been sold. So now I'm wondering if I look at a White positiv as the sat nav seems to get a slating anyway. Anyone have any thoughts on the standard stereo? I'm not really worried about the HDD or DVD player.
Other than that they have a nice silver topaz electron they'll sell to me for £27k. I still think that there are other dealers around that will sell for less though.
The thing that strikes me on here is that there are some niggles but in the main the the cars seem to be reliable, would that be accurate?
If anyone has thoughts or advice I'd welcome it I'd love to see and ride in the ampera with 19" wheels too.