The MirageHey all!
New owner here of a 2015 Mirage DE
Purchased it about a month back, but didn't find this forum until a few days ago, but very glad to have found it...
I have always been an old German car guy, first car being a 1988 Mercedes-Benz 300E followed by a 1980 Mercedes-Benz 240 Diesel, 1970 MB 220 Diesel and then purchasing another 300E back in 2009 that was my trusty steed until I sold her last year for a 1993 Ford Explorer, which was a blast because I was always taking her on off road trails climbing and bouncing all over the place haha... I had the Explorer for a year and it gave me a full years worth of reliable and trouble free service until just recently when the transmission was starting to slip, getting worse and worse, I called multiple trans shops only to be told the service starts at $2500, an amount (being a college student and working part time) I couldn't afford... I was worried that if the trans finally gave out, the car would sit on the driveway and I would be out of a car.
Rewind to the year prior right before I sold my Mercedes 300E, I went shopping around for small encono cars because I plan to move to Alaska once I finish school and thought it'd be better to get something new... I went to Ford, Nissian, Mitsubishi, Toyota and Honda ect... I remember liking the Mirage saying "I could see myself driving this" but wasn't ready to buy and wasn't sure if I was going to period, so bought the Explorer and drove it for the year which brings us to the present... The trans was getting worse and I was up in arms of what I should do, try and fix it? Go for a used car? new? I was all over the place. The a/c in the Explorer and ALL my previous cars listed did not work, nor had they ever worked... The Explorer also had a major oil leak, needed to shocks front and back and also had a surge at idle.. I thought to myself "if I fix the trans I still gotta fix all those other things..." so coming home one night from school, passing by the Mitsubishi dealer I made the decision to go by and see what I could get. It's funny because I liked the Mirage and some other cars, but the Mirage, for some odd reason stuck out to me... I suppose I could have shopped around but I liked the Mirage.
This was my first new car buying experience mind you so I went in and they ran some numbers I was pleased with the outcome, test drove the DE, really really liked it, worked out a decent deal and the rest is history! I mention all the previous history above because I was never into Japanese cars at all, always into German.. would have never thought I would buy if anything a Mitsubishi, but I really enjoy this car a lot and being the 6'2 guy that I am, fit pretty well in it and have a blast driving it. I've never had a new car before, always older used cars and while they were great cars, they always had some issue, something could be fixed or something wasn't working (especially the a/c) and I lived in the desert most of my driving years and summers of 115 degrees with no air conditioning was brutal but I just accepted it as "this is what I got"... But having a NEW car where EVERYTHING works, I can turn on the a/c and for the first time in my car owning history and ice cold air comes out the vents... I LOVE it.
It's funny because the reviews on it are usually bad and people knock at it, but honestly, this is seriously a Bentley to me, to have a nice comfortable ride and have everything work, with a/c!! so it has some body roll and so it doesn't have the same body lines as a Tesla, put them in a 40 year old Mercedes 4sp Diesel that has 45hp and enough engine noise to be heard from on Mars or a car with no a/c in 115 degree heat and they'll start talking real positive about the Mirage. Sorry for the super long introduction but there was a whole back story with buying my Mirage haha Any who, glad to be here and hope to be a very active member on this site!!
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2008 Mitsubishi
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Grey Ghost
2015 Test Mirage
Swarthy
So cool to know there are some other Deutsche auto enthusiasts here too.. Nice Cobrajet yeah those 400E's with the 8 cylinders are a blast and Car nut that's awesome, I was actually thinking about at 73 Super beetle as well before I bought the mirage, I really love them because they're so simple. Here are some pics of the new ride, recently just took her out on a drive to the Mojave which was awesome, just cruising and taking in the vast open desert. 
"Global Small" Concept
Even Fancier Metro (Mirage #2)
Fancy Metro (Mirage #1)
Loaner #1 from Mitsubishi
Loaner #2 from Mitsubishi
Mirage #3: Appliance Car
Originally Posted by MetroMPG
