The Mirage is exactly what Mitsubishi claims it to be. An inexpensive commuter car that's well built, gets stupidly good gas mileage, and has a kick butt warranty. It's basic, but that means down the line it will be cheaper to maintain plus there are less techie doo dads to break. My 2015 Forester (which my wife normally drives and is our family car) has the Eye Sight system (which is awesome BTW,) navigation, and a panoramic sunroof. I don't even want to think how much that stuff will cost to repair if it goes boom. Hell, the CVT in it costs $9000 to replace. The Subaru, although I really like it and think it's a great vehicle, will likely get traded in as soon as the warranty is done or right before, it will be a nightmare to maintain if any of those things go bad in it not to mention the bite it will take out of my wallet makes me cringe. I'll likely keep the Mirage until it dies because it's simple to repair and it will likely be cheap to do so. This is one reason I liked my 2002 Cavalier, it was reliable and when it did have issues the repairs were cheap albeit few and far between. Anyone who bashes the Mirage can spend their money however they want. For what I paid for my car, I think I got the deal of the century.
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View my fuel log 2015 Mirage DE 1.2 manual: 37.9 mpg (US) ... 16.1 km/L ... 6.2 L/100 km ... 45.5 mpg (Imp)