I am not going to lie. I am surprised that my clutch and transmission are still functional. I redline my car at least 3 times daily and force some shifts. My car has always stuttered when reversing since day one and I have no idea why. I replaced my transmission fluid at 30k miles with redline and topped it up once since.
I have ground gears a few times and thought I may have chipped some teeth. The mirage really is an amazing car for the money having survived my abuse for 94k miles now.
The only real issue I am having now is the shift lever bushings wearing and not allowing the stick to self center. I have re applied some of the lubrication with a little improvement. I am debating on trying to fit a vw shift tower for better feel and to get away from the extremely flexible plastic assembly that Mitsubishi thought would last. If I ever get around to it I will try to post a how to for the modification thread.
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View my fuel log 2015 Mirage DE 1.2 manual: 38.6 mpg (US) ... 16.4 km/L ... 6.1 L/100 km ... 46.4 mpg (Imp)