Sony AC L200

L200 Sadly Flawed and Unreliable

Advantages: Compromise between comfort and load capacity
Disadvantages: Poor mechanical quality, abominable turning circle

L200 is a sadly flawed vehicle. Have a 2005 Animal version with leather seats, air conditioning and the uprated 140BHP engine. - used mainly for motorway driving with the load bay used for dive gear and the dog!! Surprisingly comfortable for a pickup and pulls really well in most circumstances making it a great compromise. But, the turning circle is abominable and the mechanics have proved to be extremely fragile and troublesome for a vehicle of this supposed quality. Power steering failed twice before being recalled for an under-specified bracket replacement. It was also recalled for a solenoid problem. At 64,000 miles, the cylinder head failed causing a £2500 engine rebuild!! Finally, less than 3000 miles later, the Big End has failed in the newly rebuilt engine - another £2k bill coming!! I wont buy Mitsubishi again!!! ...

IainRH 23.09.2008 · Read full review
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My L200 Warrior

Advantages: High driving position/Looks fantastic
Disadvantages: High Fuel consumption/Exspensive service costs

My husband had been pestering me for the mitsubishi L200 for a while but after only driving for 8 months the sheer thought of a machine that size was seriously frightning. But i gave in and went to test drive a 53reg silver warrior which had no VAT on it as some other private user had already paid it.If you are a private buyer this is something you seriously need to consider. To my surprise the ease of driving this vehicle was amazing. When you get in the vehicle you are immediatley cacooned in what feels like an army tank the high driving posistion that can only be beat by artic lorries make you feel you are looking down on people from the moon. Of course as impulsive as we are we bought the car there and then without wheiging up any pros and cons until we got home. The first obstical in buying an L200 for personal use is insurance not ...

vonnyt 01.12.2004 · Read full review
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L200?Best first car ever

Advantages: looks, towing capability, 4x4
Disadvantages: uncomfortable, unrefined, slow, uneconomical

Ok, I won't beat around the bush. If you want a sports car, it's not for you. If you want an economical car, it's not for you and if you want a luxurious car then it's also not for you. BUT, and for those of us who truly love cars, this is a big but I think it's about the most fun car I've ever driven (apart from a 4.0l Jeep Wrangler) It's riddled with faults, but those (for me) just enhance the character. First off The engine is dreadful. Noisy, rough and with absolutely no power to it and not really enough torque to compensate. The turbo lags until about 2500rpm when it hits you badly under hard acceleration. It is VERY lethargic until the turbo finally spools Mine's just a base model on an 02 plate so it has a Tape player rather than CD, a plastic fantastic dash and cloth seats. But again, this for me is good ...

iain_thornton 03.02.2008 · Read full review
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