Originally Posted by
Ranny
No offense, but I've seen a couple of Mirages for sale on here recently and feel the prices over too high. Here's why - I paid 10,500 plus fees for my new 2015 Mirage ES manual. MSRP was 15500. When buying or selling, I use Kelly Blue Book and Edmunds as data points. A check of the 2014 Mirage ES manual with in the 'clean' condition is $5900 for a private party sale. Expecting anywhere near that may be unrealistic. I own a Mirage and hope I am wrong because someday I will also need to sell, but my experience selling even high demand, late model used cars (Honda Fit, etc) is that they do not sell easily even at KBB and Edmunds private party prices. The add ons like floor mats, tinted windows, trailer hitches, extra tires on rims etc. won't justify 2K over KBB private price. Unfortunately, our little Mitsubishi does not retain value well. Which is why so many of us purchased it new at such a large discount.
As for my asking price, I priced it base on private party value for my area on KBB. I agree these things don't retain value but I have to start somewhere and It may give me a little wiggle room.
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View my fuel log 2014 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 43.0 mpg (US) ... 18.3 km/L ... 5.5 L/100 km ... 51.6 mpg (Imp)