Perfect island car!

[Bob Selzler]

New Outlander PHEV owner, local island gas station won't be seeing me anymore! I'll need a little help with all the bells and whistles but nice thing is you can just drive it in all it's default settings and no worries . . . I know where the EV button is though!

 

[AndyInOz]

Hi Bob!

Don't worry, they'll still see you twice per year, because the car gets grumpy and makes you add 15 litres of fuel twice per year.

 

[Bob Selzler]

Andy . . . really? It has a mind of its own? Ah, well, I'll likely make a few off-island road trips that will satisfy that particular requirement. So it has an algorithm to prevent stale gas . . . what other surprises await?

 

[michael8554]

Welcome Bob.

Might be a Good Thing to warm up the ICE now and then.

To circulate the oil and water and to prevent "things" seizing up.

 

[littlescrote]

Andy . . . really? It has a mind of its own? Ah, well, I'll likely make a few off-island road trips that will satisfy that particular requirement. So it has an algorithm to prevent stale gas . . . what other surprises await?

No surprises will await if you make the effort to read the owners manual

 

[HeliNurse]

Which island?

 

[Bob Selzler]

Bainbridge Island, WA

 

[AndyInOz]

Wow.

You may now colour me, jealous green.

 

[Polyian]

Bainbridge Island, WA

I'm on Vancouver Island so I suffer from the same weather (we got a skiff of snow this morning, first of the winter). The 23-25 models have a 56L (about 15 US gal) fuel tank. The top up message says to add 20L (5.5 US gal) so if you keep the tank around 1/2 you will have no problem adding the required amount when the time comes.

 

[Bob Selzler]

Interesting, thanks. Does the warning disable the car at some point?

 

[AndyInOz]

No, but it does force the engine to run.

i.e. the car stops working as an electric vehicle.