Originally Posted by
movin2stereo
So I purchased a 2023 Ralli-Art Mirage a few months ago. I am truly amazed at how gutless this car is. I travel over a mountain and average about 36mpg to my commute to work and back. The RPM range is mostly in the 3000-4000 range and I don't like to push it any harder as the engine sounds like it is about to go through the hood. So how reliable is this engine and trans as they seem to work so hard all the time?
Even if noisy and rattily, the engines are pretty solid when maintained. The trans is the only thing I would be worried about. Just change the fluid out like 30k ish miles and you will be all good, preferably drop the pan and clean the magnets. Those metal shavings can build up and just wear down your transmission and possibility cause a failure. I only had simple drain and fills until 90k miles when I dropped the pan, those magnets could not hold anymore. (my Mitsubishi dealer did not drop the pan and clean the magnets) I could barley see the magnets at all with how much was stuck to it. If you are okay with getting your hands dirty I definitely recommend doing maintenance yourself, can save a lot of money too. I knew nothing about cars when I started driving the mirage and eventually started doing maintenance myself. My experience has been pretty good all around, I have absolutely abused this car. Practically holding the car at 4k rpm from coast to coast, Washington state to Georgia 3 times with the car looking like the shocks were removed with how much stuff was in the car. Had my tv on top of the car, a bike on top and a bike on the back for one of the 3 trips too. I honestly do not know how the trans did not overheat with how I drove it, was in the summer, up to 100F outside. Onetime there was steam coming out of the dipstick, still did not indicate it was overheated. I have no oil burning at all but there is a small oil leak on the timing chain cover. So yeah that was my experience so far.
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View my fuel log 2017 Mirage SE 1.2 automatic: 47.9 mpg (US) ... 20.4 km/L ... 4.9 L/100 km ... 57.5 mpg (Imp)