Holy smokes! I met another Mirage owner!!
Amazing: I met another local Mirage owner!!!
Young family, re-located to this area with a 2015 base, base, base model they bought off the showroom floor in 2016 in Saskatchewan ... because nobody else wanted it.
Technically it's "her" car, but he says he loves driving it. Loves the 5-speed. LOVES the fuel economy.
I asked "why didn't you buy a Micra like almost everybody else?" Price. They actually test drove a Micra, but the Mitsu dealer gave them a fantastic deal at $9k. (That's impressive for Canadian pricing).
Also, he said the dealer had huge vinyl advertising/lettering on the the car for so long, you can still see what it used to say it in certain light.
They love the car - zero problems except "the heater isn't the greatest". (I told him to check out the forum thread about the gummed up heater core.)
So that makes 5 (FIVE!) Mirages around here now. 2 pink ones, mine, my first silver one (that I sold), and a sunrise orange. At least 2 of them are "immigrants" (moved to the area, bringing the car). I'm not sure about the 4th one - the other pink one - haven't met them yet.
Funny story 1: she says old farmers in Saskatchewan had a habit of coming up and touching the car "for good luck". Something about the colour, she thinks. I've never heard of that before.
Funny story 2: I said, "well at least you'll never lose it in a parking lot." She said she actually came out of a store once and couldn't get the key to work in the door (base model, remember, key-actuated locks). Then she realized she was trying to get into someone else's pink Mirage.
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View my fuel log 2014 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 62.4 mpg (US) ... 26.5 km/L ... 3.8 L/100 km ... 74.9 mpg (Imp)