Basic - Didn't you just buy Loren's non-cruise control Mirage? Awesome blue car. But with no cruise control, a long interstate ride would get old. However, with a cruise control, it can be set on either 80 mph or 85 mph too. It is very capable as you know. Perhaps a little more busy to hold a straight line, and some wind & road noise, but that's it. The cruise controls on these cars work flawlessly.
My LS 460L has a 121.7 inch wheelbase. It holds a line very well.
My blue truck has a 155 inch wheelbase. While it holds a line, recirculating ball steering keeps one busy.
Our Mirage HBs have a 96 inch wheelbase.
Mine holds a straight line pretty darn good. No complaints here. Not at the cost of this car, it's a road eating badass.
allyayealex - I also just took a trip last weekend down to Brunswick, GA. 600 miles round trip. My son and I. We were going to blast down there, then blast back. No rain expected, no rain experienced. Hot as blazes.
We took the LS primarily because we were going to get down there, sleep, do a college orientation and blast right back QUICK. And I wanted to suffer as little as possible. OMG, that LS is a time machine. No drama. For real set the cruise between 80 mph and 85 mph (depending on the radar rabbits ahead), and it just soaked up the miles. 24.6 mpg on the way down there. Gotta pay to play. I haven't filled it back up since we came back. But it will be in the same mpg zone. I will say, the A/C system in the LS has industrial capacity compared to the pipsqueak Mirage A/C system. While the Mirage A/C gets the job done running at max performance, the LS has to be cut way back off of max performance or you get froze out ... even in the hottest weather.
I will be doing that trip many times in the next 4 years. The Mirage will probably do most of that duty.
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View my fuel log 2020 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 42.5 mpg (US) ... 18.1 km/L ... 5.5 L/100 km ... 51.0 mpg (Imp)