I plan to drive it until it's excessively rusty or unreliable. With Mitsubishi, that could mean 20 years or more.
Forever! Or until it becomes too unreliable to keep driving.
~5 years. My loan will be paid off and I'll look for something else.
~3 years. The Mirage saves me money but I'm not in love.
~1 year. I like it, but I'm also looking for something else soon.
I plan to drive it until it's excessively rusty or unreliable. With Mitsubishi, that could mean 20 years or more.
I plan on owning it for a very long time, its my first BRAND NEW car that I bought for myself. its small, nimble, good mileage, a manual, and doing repairs or replacing parts are easy due to the fact that there isn't too much in the vehicle. It also has a great fun to drive factor for me and I enjoy shocking people at auto x's.
5ish years because I will hopefully be moving away once I complete my degree. I'd keep it forever otherwise.
I bought this car with the intention of driving it untill it is undrivable, which here in PA usually means it rusts away.
Gosh, almost everyone here is planning to drive their Mirages to the ground.
If it's any indication, my family has a 11 year old Honda Jazz (Fit in the US) and a 23 year old Daihatsu Charade.
That probably means that my grandkids will be taking their driving lessons in the Mirage.
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View my fuel log 2012 Mirage GLS 1.2 manual: 33.3 mpg (US) ... 14.1 km/L ... 7.1 L/100 km ... 40.0 mpg (Imp)
MetroMPG (11-13-2015)
As long as possible. I think a car is too expensive to throw away easily. So, I hope for a very long Mirage/Space Star ownership. I would say 15 years hopefully?
It's my first new car ever, so I will keep it until somebody totals it...which normally happens once I get a car just exactly the way I want it.
But I have twin nieces that are five years old now. So in ten or so years, if nobody has totaled it yet, they may inherit it.
I am surprised too.
You'll be passing them from generation to generation like Koi.my family has a 11 year old Honda Jazz (Fit in the US) and a 23 year old Daihatsu Charade.
That probably means that my grandkids will be taking their driving lessons in the Mirage.
Serious question: how many km on the Fit & Charade now?
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View my fuel log 2014 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 62.4 mpg (US) ... 26.5 km/L ... 3.8 L/100 km ... 74.9 mpg (Imp)
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View my fuel log 2014 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 62.4 mpg (US) ... 26.5 km/L ... 3.8 L/100 km ... 74.9 mpg (Imp)
I could not imagine myself driving the same car for 15 years. I love cars too much to do that. I guess that is because I bought this car because I actually liked it. I just love cheap small cars and in a few years I will want the next cheap small car that interests me.
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View my fuel log 2015 Mirage ES 1.2 automatic: 42.5 mpg (US) ... 18.1 km/L ... 5.5 L/100 km ... 51.1 mpg (Imp)