New Car - anyone own a mitsubishi (outlander)

[Linybaby]

I was looking for a new car for our family. We don’t have a whole lot of money and have been driving a 2 door Honda Civic with two small children in the back (a 2 year old and a 3 year old).

Its an older car, runs great.

I was thinking about upgrading but didn’t want to spend a whole lot of money.

The outlander is about 23k and has decent gas mileage at 25 in the city.

It has an third row (which is TIGHT) but I guess if we needed it, its doable.

We were thinking about a baby #3 and it looks like we could do a infant seat / front facing seat and a booster in the 2nd row.

I can’t afford a van nor do I wan their poor gas mileage.

Buying a used car/SUV is out of the question as we always buy new and use them to the ground. My DH wouldn’t even consider a used car, he says if we are going to have a car payment it will be on a new one.

My DH is not sure about their cars as he knows NO ONE with one. We don’t know how long they last or how well they are built. We can’t ask the dealer as we all know they will say ANYTHING to get the sale.

Anyone know about these cars, rec??

Thanks in advance. I have been praying the Lord leads me to the correct decision.

 

[The_Bucket]

So basically you’re looking for a compact SUV? I think this is a good site to guide your choice:

usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/cars-trucks/rankings/Affordable-Compact-SUVs/

I’m a fan of Hondas due to their reliability and it’s no shock to me that US News has the CR-V ranked #1. It allegedly gets 31 MPG on the highway, but I bet in practice you’d get less with an automatic and whatnot. Still, 26-27 is not bad. The Outlander is way down on this list.

I know a lot of people with the CX-5 and the Rogue as well.

I personally own a 2011 Hyundai Santa Fe and it’s fantastic… except for the outdated gas mileage situation. Just 25 MPG on the highway. But it fits two boosted and an infant seat just fine and plenty of cargo space.

The Santa Fe has since been made larger and has a third row now. The Tuscon has replaced it on Hyundai line for compact SUVs. My mother in law has one and it’s pretty solid too.

 

[tawny]

I was looking for a new car for our family. We don’t have a whole lot of money and have been driving a 2 door Honda Civic with two small children in the back (a 2 year old and a 3 year old).

Its an older car, runs great.

I was thinking about upgrading but didn’t want to spend a whole lot of money.

The outlander is about 23k and has decent gas mileage at 25 in the city.

It has an third row (which is TIGHT) but I guess if we needed it, its doable.

We were thinking about a baby #3 and it looks like we could do a infant seat / front facing seat and a booster in the 2nd row.

I can’t afford a van nor do I wan their poor gas mileage.

Buying a used car/SUV is out of the question as we always buy new and use them to the ground. My DH wouldn’t even consider a used car, he says if we are going to have a car payment it will be on a new one.

My DH is not sure about their cars as he knows NO ONE with one. We don’t know how long they last or how well they are built. We can’t ask the dealer as we all know they will say ANYTHING to get the sale.

Anyone know about these cars, rec??

Thanks in advance. I have been praying the Lord leads me to the correct decision.

Stick with the Honda line. Go for the CRV. The Hondas are the best for reliability, dependability & longevity & safety.

 

[on_the_hill]

I know nothing about Mitsubishi–but I will address the issue of new vs. used.

I drive a '98 Camry that had 70,000 miles on it when I bought it in 2002. It now has 290,000 miles on it and has never had a major problem.



The difference between new and used car payments can be a couple hundred dollars a month.



Plus I’ve gotten as high as 34 mpg on the highway.

 

[Linybaby]

I know nothing about Mitsubishi–but I will address the issue of new vs. used.

I drive a '98 Camry that had 70,000 miles on it when I bought it in 2002. It now has 290,000 miles on it and has never had a major problem.



The difference between new and used car payments can be a couple hundred dollars a month.



Plus I’ve gotten as high as 34 mpg on the highway.

I guess that’s the chance you take with anything, something new also could stop working or give you a hard time just like something older or used. You have a point.

 

[lovedance4ever]

I was looking for a new car for our family. We don’t have a whole lot of money and have been driving a 2 door Honda Civic with two small children in the back (a 2 year old and a 3 year old).

Its an older car, runs great.

I was thinking about upgrading but didn’t want to spend a whole lot of money.

The outlander is about 23k and has decent gas mileage at 25 in the city.

It has an third row (which is TIGHT) but I guess if we needed it, its doable.

We were thinking about a baby #3 and it looks like we could do a infant seat / front facing seat and a booster in the 2nd row.

I can’t afford a van nor do I wan their poor gas mileage.

Buying a used car/SUV is out of the question as we always buy new and use them to the ground. My DH wouldn’t even consider a used car, he says if we are going to have a car payment it will be on a new one.

My DH is not sure about their cars as he knows NO ONE with one. We don’t know how long they last or how well they are built. We can’t ask the dealer as we all know they will say ANYTHING to get the sale.

Anyone know about these cars, rec??

Thanks in advance. I have been praying the Lord leads me to the correct decision.

I can’t say that I know from experience (my family has never owned a Mitsubishi), but I have heard that they are extremely reliable cars. That being said, have you considered the Toyota Camry? It’s an excellent make, and very reliable. My parents owned one in the 1980s and drove it for 13 years, 310,000 miles. New, they run about $23,000. And worth every penny. Toyota builds tanks.

 

[Cariethra]

We have a Mazda 5. Like the Outlander it has a 3rd row. It had van doors (which are AWESOME). But has the fuel efficiency of a sedan. It ran us $21,000 on a new but last year’s model.

We don’t typically buy new, but this was cheaper than the used cars that we were looking at that seated the same number of people.