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    Interesting thread! Section 6-12 of my owners manual specifically states:
    "Do not use this vehicle for
    trailer towing. It may not be
    possible to maintain control or
    adequate braking."
    I wouldn't mind getting a small aluminum motorcycle trailer though. �� My heaviest bike is 450lbs with fluids.



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    Works For Me . The Pumpkin Saves me a $80,000 Pick-up Truck Name:  Pumpkin @ work.jpg
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    I didn't know what to do, so I didn't do anything

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        click to view fuel log View my fuel log 2018 Mirage GT 1.2 automatic: 37.3 mpg (US) ... 15.9 km/L ... 6.3 L/100 km ... 44.8 mpg (Imp)


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    Works for me too. The Blueberry saves me an $80,000 pick-up truck

    Had 5 people in the Blueberry too (me = Shrek and 4 scrawny teenagers).
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        click to view fuel log View my fuel log 2020 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 42.4 mpg (US) ... 18.0 km/L ... 5.6 L/100 km ... 50.9 mpg (Imp)


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    There's no trailer these mighty Mirage's can't handle!

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    As others are pointing out, the advisory against towing in the owner's manual is likely there for safety reasons (read: Mitsubishi's liability if someone gets hurt). I myself have towed ~1200lbs of trailer and bike in my CVT-equipped Mirage. Modern engines are insanely powerful for their size, and I think the CVT on the Mirage, specifically, is also used standard on much larger, heavier vehicles, so it can probably handle it.

    All that being said, it's not something I would suggest anyone attempt regularly, or really at all if they have any other option. It's impossible to guess, ahead of time, the weak link in the chain that is our car. And they definitely exist because one of the primary design goals for the Mirage was reduced weight, so think "steel that is exactly as thick as it needs to be." There also isn't a lot of information available to the driver on the cluster that could help to proactively detect when things are going south (temperature gauges for the various oils in the vehicle), so the earliest warning you would get is just the cluster lighting up like a Christmas tree.

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    Various good information that PityOnU brings up. I vary a little bit, but his info is good in my opinion. The weak links to me are a) the bicycle tires these cars run. Especially what I hear about the Enasaves blowing sidewalls. And, b) the chassis ability to deal with jarring inputs and or swaying at high speeds combined with heavy (towed) weight.

    However, although I think the Mirage can haul (relatively) heavy weight, doing so is just asking for trouble if one is running the interstate, on a hot hot summer day, with Enasaves, and not having maxed out or nearly maxed out the cold tire pressures before towing. Lots of air in the tires keeps them running as cool as they can run, so you want to blow them up for minimizing temperature increase and maximizing stability. But where is the threshold as to what is heavy in a Mirage? That's complex, lots of factors. But I estimate my 5'x10' trailer empty to weight 875 pounds. And it tows it rather easily.

    As far as the gauges go, again I agree with PityOnU. It would be nice to be able to display tire pressure and/or tire temp on all 4 tires at the same time. If you see one tire's temp spiking higher than the other 3, you know you have a problem before it fails. And if I had a CVT, the CVT fluid temperature would be something I'd be interested in keeping an eye on.

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    Yeah I guess some of the trailers I am looking at with the bike would be just under 1,000 lbs. Of course I would be taking the thing on vacation of 1,000 miles each way so there would probably be camping gear and such so I would really probably have to watch the weight.

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    I have thought about adding one since i had one on my Mazda Protege that i used to mount weather instruments for storm chasing or spotting for skywarn. Thanks for the info.



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