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Thread: Mirage #3: Appliance Car :: 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage SE (base stripper) (Garage entry)

  1. General Information
    Mirage #3: Appliance Car
    2014
    Mitsubishi
    Mirage SE (base stripper)
    White
    5-speed

    The holy grail! Base Canadian Mirage with no options: no AC, manual locks (no remote), wind-up rear windows, manual HVAC settings, no cruise, etc. Yet another cheap, used scratch 'n' dent special with high kms for its age (174k).

    Details

    Colour: Frigidaire White. A littlle banged up, with rust creeping around the edges.

    Front carpet: 50% sodium chloride

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    Aftermarket bluetooth thingy!

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    Stiff clutch pedal.

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    Yes. Possible fubar rear axle.

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    Stock Enasaves in decent shape. Two are much newer, so I will have to investigate rear axle alignment.

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  1. #11
    ^ I'll check it first and find out which way the wheels are pointed.

    Also: I'd be leery of a scrapyard axle. You'd never know if you're buying another bad one.

    Quote Originally Posted by Fummins View Post
    did the previous owner actually go out and buy replacement dunlops or are those the originals?
    With 175k on it, it's got to be the 2nd set of tires at least, or 3rd if the rear alignment is really terrible.

    I'll give you $1200 if you can get it here!
    Dang it. I gotta stop posting everything that's wrong with it! Are you accounting for the like-new front bumper?


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        click to view fuel log View my fuel log 2014 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 63.2 mpg (US) ... 26.9 km/L ... 3.7 L/100 km ... 75.9 mpg (Imp)


  2. #12
    Yeah, those things flop around like a wet noodle once you unbolt the shocks. Even more so when they're unbolted from the car.

    You posted the front bumper fix as I was typing. I'll go up to $12025.

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        click to view fuel log 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)


  3. #13
    Sold!!!

    Please use copy&paste when filling in the price in the paypal xfer.

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        click to view fuel log View my fuel log 2014 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 63.2 mpg (US) ... 26.9 km/L ... 3.7 L/100 km ... 75.9 mpg (Imp)


  4. #14
    Front end checks out (tight)!

    It's got a pretty bad case of COVID rotors though!

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    The pads look nearly new.

    Time to expose those discs to the ol' wire wheel hurricane machine.

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        click to view fuel log View my fuel log 2014 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 63.2 mpg (US) ... 26.9 km/L ... 3.7 L/100 km ... 75.9 mpg (Imp)


  5. #15
    Wait a minute....

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        click to view fuel log 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)


  6. #16

    4-wheelin'!

    Looks like someone did a little light off-roading in this thing!

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    Lots of gravel sprinkled in/on the right side suspension, steering & subframe. I wonder if it's related to that dent / scrape in the lower right front bumper.

    If I had to guess, I'd say someone dropped the right wheels off the side of a gravel road with a deep enough ditch that high-centered it.

    Sometimes that's easy to do in the winter when the snow plow blade fills the ditch with fresh snow and levels it off, making it look like the road surface is wider than it really is.

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        click to view fuel log View my fuel log 2014 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 63.2 mpg (US) ... 26.9 km/L ... 3.7 L/100 km ... 75.9 mpg (Imp)


  7. #17
    That looks like some of our cars lol. Fill that subframe/engine mount full of mud/gravel like that and it'll vibrate like crazy, especially in reverse when on the throttle.

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        click to view fuel log 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)


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  9. #18
    ^ After digging out the gravel & dirt, I could see how that could happen.

    If it's really packed in around the end of that rod/bushing, it could effectively bypass the bushing and transmit more vibration.

    I'm used to having to tidy up my crappy used car purchases. I've never had to do this, though!

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        click to view fuel log View my fuel log 2014 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 63.2 mpg (US) ... 26.9 km/L ... 3.7 L/100 km ... 75.9 mpg (Imp)


  10. #19

    Lights out

    What are the odds all four front parking/side marker lights would be burned out??

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    Bad batch of bulbs?

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        click to view fuel log View my fuel log 2014 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 63.2 mpg (US) ... 26.9 km/L ... 3.7 L/100 km ... 75.9 mpg (Imp)


  11. #20

    Stopping on a dime...

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    Caught just in the nick of time!

    Rear brake shoes on order - $28 from Crappy Tire. Should be in tomorrow.

    I forgot how much effort it takes to remove that 30 mm axle nut to get the brake drum off. That's crazy - I thought I was going to break my breaker bar.

    And that concludes my pre-inspection inspection of the car...


    • Front brake tidy + service
    • 4 light bulbs
    • rear brake shoes


    Not bad.

    Of course, that doesn't include the stiff clutch mechanism & potentially wonky rear axle, but those won't cause an inspection fail.


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        click to view fuel log View my fuel log 2014 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 63.2 mpg (US) ... 26.9 km/L ... 3.7 L/100 km ... 75.9 mpg (Imp)


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