Hey there, folks. My name is Piet, I'm 45 and have lived in an industrial city in southern Ontario for 38 of those years. I have had two Mirages - the first a black 2015 ES that suffered a frame bend in an otherwise minor collision after about 40,000 kms as a commuter and road tripper. I went to insurance and they declined to repair the frame.
It was a solid car, though the brakes needed replacing around 30,000 kms. Otherwise one of my favorite cars ever. I drove other adults with three days of camping equipment and food in that car, from Ontario to rural Indiana and back and everyone managed a degree of comfort.
My current Mirage is a 2018 GT that I've put 46,000 km on. No mechanical problems at all thus far, aside from a tendency for the low profile tires to spring a leak on rough roads. When I put the winters on this year, it rode much better and I think I'll make the switch to normal profile for the tires the rest of the year as well. I like it a lot, though I miss the 2015. Here's some photos from a night drive this evening to Fisherman's Pier between Hamilton Harbour and Lake Ontario.