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View my fuel log 2015 Mirage ES 1.2 automatic: 40.5 mpg (US) ... 17.2 km/L ... 5.8 L/100 km ... 48.6 mpg (Imp)
Have been having great luck with this iron farm trailer. It weighs several hundred pounds empty, but the mirage pulls it with ease.
It's very controllable too, although I did have an incident when the trailer ball unscrewed this winter. That was unfortunate... Luckily the safety chains held and no one was hurt. Trailer is theoretically a tipper, but I can't tilt it by hand and there's no lift cylinder on it.
2014 Mirage GLX 5MT Plasma Purple
2004 Accord EX 5MT Graphite Pearl RIP
No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public. -- That's why Ford outsells Mitsu in the US
BigMW (12-07-2022),dspace9 (03-08-2019),Marklovski (04-29-2019)
Yea no more hydraulics eh, I drive big trucks with a tipper and the Mirage car at night so fun
Having a trailer hitch was about the third question I asked the guy at the old Mitsubishi dealerships during my test drive with my Mirage 5 years ago, and I remember the guy laughed at me, about the trailer hitch and the Mirage, and that no factory certified trailer hitches are certified for the Mirage, says it right in the owners manual somewhere:
not recommended for towing.
That doesn't mean that idea hasn't crossed my mind before.
I use my Mirage to haul all kinds of lawn derbis .. many of my neighbours have big trucks, but my Mirage yard "system" works might take more trips, and my neighbour has a truck I can borrow but I never do.
Lots of scratches inside the truck of my Mirage of course, it's used, and the 5th or back door on any hatch or suv hatch wears out first, mine included .. but is pretty mint, with the yearly oiling krown rust control.
One day the Mirage might be a collectors' item.
Last edited by dspace9; 03-08-2019 at 09:01 AM.
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View my fuel log 2014 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 42.2 mpg (US) ... 17.9 km/L ... 5.6 L/100 km ... 50.7 mpg (Imp)
bzacon (03-09-2019)
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View my fuel log 2018 Mirage GT 1.2 automatic: 37.4 mpg (US) ... 15.9 km/L ... 6.3 L/100 km ... 44.9 mpg (Imp)
dspace9 (03-08-2019)
Mirage is the VW Beetle of today, it's relative to the price of any other car just about on the market new, cheap; it's pretty basic, bug shaped almost. Mirage isn't probably as safe either as other cars nowadays but the VW Beetle was really unsafe, I think the gas tank was under the seat or in front of the windshield window.
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View my fuel log 2014 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 42.2 mpg (US) ... 17.9 km/L ... 5.6 L/100 km ... 50.7 mpg (Imp)
Just because it was mentioned, I feel the need to comment.
Stiffening the rear end, adding 16" calipers and tossing a hemi in a Mirage does not legally increase its load rating, unless you find an engineer for your local MV branch and get it certified, get a new vin, or whatever else local laws may require.
If not certified, you could have a 20 ton rear axle in the car and still get a fine for having a 3 heavyset passengers in the back seats.
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View my fuel log 2018 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 43.5 mpg (US) ... 18.5 km/L ... 5.4 L/100 km ... 52.2 mpg (Imp)
bzacon (03-09-2019)
I gotten in arguments about gvw, someone claimed you can register a vehicle for what the max combined load rating on the tires. My reply is throw some 22.5's on a Toyota and try to pull a 52' trailer and not get pulled over. You can upgrade the suspension and brakes but what about the frame?
Unless something is obviously unsafe I don't see too many issues unless you're running commercial registration, then they can be picky about everything. This one is a classic Attachment 14113
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View my fuel log 2014 Mirage SE wussie cvt edition. 1.2 automatic: 37.7 mpg (US) ... 16.0 km/L ... 6.2 L/100 km ... 45.3 mpg (Imp)
Here's Pack Mule with a trailer. I've been towing landscaping stones just fine too. The trick is you have to be real easy on it and go slow.
Shake and bake baby
Marklovski (04-29-2019),MetroMPG (04-29-2019),mohammad (07-20-2021)
I don't know about you guys but I do pretty much all my driving in Wisconsin. We don't even have registration for small trailers. Here it seems if you're under 13 tons no one has any questions for you.