Bare bones - Taking a fresh think about this, maybe I'm being a bit hypocritical (sort of). I wouldn't buy any car without A/C and cruise. Adding those items makes it NOT bare bones, so ... I guess I have to admit, I wouldn't purchase a bare bones car. I realize this because in 2017ish, I was trying to finagle a deal on an SE (never worked it out). Because at that time I wouldn't buy the ES because it didn't have cruise control. I was surprised with the later ES's came with cruise control.
So no, I don't consider the 2020 ES that I bought to be bare bones. It is fairly nicely equipped, even though the automatic climate control stinks ... just like even the one in my LS 460 stinks.
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View my fuel log 2020 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 42.4 mpg (US) ... 18.0 km/L ... 5.5 L/100 km ... 51.0 mpg (Imp)