How to choose? How to avoid regrets?

[VespaGoGo]

I did months of exhaustive searching and comparison before I bought my Mirage. I looked at the Fit, Versa, Smart, iQ, Yaris, Spark and the Mirage. In the end it came down to a Mirage being the clear winner to me. Initially I thought it was the ugliest car i had seen, but the look has grown on me and now I think it looks great. I chose the Mirage based on price, features, warranty, and the general lack of issues and happiness it seems most Mirage owners have. I walked out the door with a great deal and a 10yr bumper to bumper warranty for much less than any of the other cars. I test drove them all (except the Smart) and to me the Mirage is the most fun to drive. I hope you make the decision that's best for you. I'm 100% confident I made the best one for me in choosing the Mitsubishi Mirage.

[IwantaMirage]

Wow and getting consistent 47mpg? Nice!!

[grsupercity]

Go back to the Mitsu dealer, tell them what you thought of your time there, and see what they do to fix the problem!

[Yttrium]

Go with the Mirage, the warranty more than covers your needs. If you were to go for the Honda, I believe the warranty period is only 36 months, and believe me when I say this, Honda's long-lasting reliability doesn't really carry through to their newer lineup. Four years later and I already hear steering rack creaking, loud injectors and a battery failure on a family member's Civic (note that this person is a very conservative driver).

Honda's power train warranty is 5 years/60,000 miles.
http://www.cars.com/go/advice/Story....bject=warranty