Hello everyone! I've been thinking about buying my first and likely last new car ever. At 45 years old and having spent all of those years driving cars that cost around 2000 dollars used, I felt like maybe it was time to get a real ride. The Mirage is about the only car new that interests me as I love max fuel mileage and compact size cars.

I have read about new mirages going for 9000, but around here there was no such animal to be found. I did finally find a decent dealer a few hours away that has a good pile of 18's still in stock. The one I like is a Infra red 18 ES with the CVT.

They have been made a decent offer of $12501 out the door with tax tag and title. But I still feel like that's a bit high. I was hoping for 11500, but it seems like it's not going to happen.

Is this a decent deal? They also have the same color car in SE package with all the upgrades for 14K out the door, but that felt really high.

Opinions on the price and the car in general are welcome!