Originally Posted by
Yttrium
Despite what the article implies, it's actually hard to find a dealer that will let you buy the Mirage (or any new car) with a credit card...I tried.
While you might have enough room on the card, most dealers cap the amount they will let put on the card at between $2,000 and $5,000. Some of them will make up a story about laws or regulations, but the simple truth is dealers don't like forking over 2.9% of the purchase price of a car to Visa or MasterCard.
That is because as with most every company, they contract with Visa/Mastercard, etc. and are charged more the more they authorize per sell.
The more you "ring up" the more it costs them.
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View my fuel log 2014 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 36.2 mpg (US) ... 15.4 km/L ... 6.5 L/100 km ... 43.5 mpg (Imp)