Hello,
Just discovered the vehicle and blows my mind that its not promoted as the most affordable car in the market.
That said I am currently looking for a new car. My current car is an 01 Corolla w/ 128k miles but its burning and leaking oil every 60 miles. I put oil every day. The previous owner messed it up, I got it as my first car in college at $2.5K cash when it had 79k miles in 2016. My dad justified the car leaking oil as it was apparently a flaw by Toyota when it produced the corollas during that time period. Back then it wasn't an issue as I would only drive 1000 miles a year and I knew this was a car to be driven until it died.
Which now brings me to the present. I now drive 60 miles a day round trip from work and home on my graveyard shift. My corolla had its third engine misfire this year and 3 spark plug changes this last 4 months. I 've been to two local mechanics, the second one did a diagnostic and found a hole in the cylinder. He recommended to look for a new car as although he could put an new engine. Its not a guarantee that my soon to be 20 year old car will really be fixed not to mention, I'm spending more on it than the price I bought it.
I then looked all over the internet for cheap cars and I found this car along with this forum. Although I considered other used cars of the same brand and model. The price point is what hooked me to the mirage. I'm currently looking at a 2019 used Mirage G4 ES CVT in a local dealer in LA which is priced at $9800 with a carfax mileage of 5979. From the carfax, it looks like it was either a loaner or an unsold car as it was just sent from Lakewood Mitsubishi to the one in LA.
I am interested in it and will schedule an appointment in a few days. That said
1) For those who own the sedan or the mirage, how does this car perform in the high way ?
2)How is the MPG when you drive 65-70 only ?
3) Can this car handle driving up hill on a daily basis ?
4) Is this a car I should consider for my daily commutes ?
Thank you,
hopefulmirageowner
edit: ( I drive 68-75 miles an hour in the freeway daily due to my night time work hours in LA)