Reverse is absolutely terrible, I just got my '14 mirage and was unable to select reverse while the car was stopped in a near emergency. I put a cyclist in serious danger because I had pulled out into the bike lane to see around a corner, (lots of parked cars right up to the corner) and could not select reverse to back out and let him go in front of me, and he had to merge with heavy traffic. I was pulling it into reverse with BOTH HANDS and tried multiple times, even selecting another (not 5th) gear to make sure R wasn't locked out. I have only ever owned M/T cars and the degree to which Reverse doesn't work/isn't selectable in the Mirage is unacceptable for a car at ANY price.