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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. #51

    cracked 70 MPG US

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    Squeaked it: 70.1! = 3.4 L/100 km.

    I was very happy to see that Mirage #3 has 70 in it.

    I cracked 70 a few times Mirage #2 as well. Its final tank was 78 MPG (made possible by much pulse & glide and alternator-off motoring - something I don't generally do).

    We've passed the peak of warm weather though, so that might be it for eye-popping numbers for this year. Depends how much I drive the car in the next month or so. Next fill probably won't be until mid-late October.


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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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  3. #52

    first fill in almost 6 months...

    So I haven't been driving the Mirage an awful lot -- I filled up this week for the first time since September.

    Results:

    62 MPG = 3.8 L/100 km, over 608 km = 378 miles.

    I was mostly driving the $#!%box Miata until early November, and since then I've only gone one one little roadtrip. A good chunk of my local trips are human-powered, and when I'm doing errands for my folks I usually use their Soul.

    I've also scaled back the coroplast craziness for the winter. I put on smaller rear wheel skirts after I changed over to my winter wheels/tires. Will post a pic shortly...

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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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  5. #53

    Brake job and 70 MPG x3

    A liittle update!

    Last week I did the 2nd bit of maintenance since I got this car 2 years ago: front brake pads.

    (First maintenance item was preventive replacement of the clutch cable earlier this summer.)

    The inner pad on the driver's side was worn down nearly to the metal. (Passenger side wasn't quite as bad.) Probably because it was stuck in the caliper, so it wasn't floating/releasing properly.

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    I just filled up at 70 MPG / 3.3 L/100 km. That's the third 70 (or better) tank in a row since the weather warmed up!

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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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    Quote Originally Posted by MetroMPG View Post
    A liittle update!

    Last week I did the 2nd bit of maintenance since I got this car 2 years ago: front brake pads.

    (First maintenance item was preventive replacement of the clutch cable earlier this summer.)

    The inner pad on the driver's side was worn down nearly to the metal. (Passenger side wasn't quite as bad.) Probably because it was stuck in the caliper, so it wasn't floating/releasing properly.

    I just filled up at 70 MPG / 3.3 L/100 km. That's the third 70 (or better) tank in a row since the weather warmed up!
    70 MPG with sticking brake calipers! It may only get better!

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    I doubt this is any kind of record, but in the nearly 4 years I've had the Blueberry, and 33,500 miles, I haven't touched the brakes (as far as maintenance).

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        click to view fuel log View my fuel log 2020 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 42.4 mpg (US) ... 18.0 km/L ... 5.6 L/100 km ... 50.9 mpg (Imp)


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    I couldn't get away with that around here (rust belt). On an older car, got to grease the caliper sliders & pad contact points annually or (as you see) they rust in place and cause all kinds of problems.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 7milesout View Post
    I doubt this is any kind of record, but in the nearly 4 years I've had the Blueberry, and 33,500 miles, I haven't touched the brakes (as far as maintenance).
    Winter roads & salt are a whole different story. Having said that my 2000 Honda CR-V had 154,000 miles on it when I was rear ended in 2013. The factory brakes hadn't been touched, and my CR-V brakes worked much better than the brakes of the vehicle (Chevy Tahoe) that rear ended me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MetroMPG View Post
    I couldn't get away with that around here (rust belt). On an older car, got to grease the caliper sliders & pad contact points annually or (as you see) they rust in place and cause all kinds of problems.
    My Forester brakes suffered an early death, because it sits too much. Rust is tough on them!

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    first oil change!

    ^ Same here, Mark. I've changed more rotors due to corrosion than wear.

    I once joked (?) that maybe I should spray a light mist of WD-40 on the braking surface if I know the car will be sitting for a while.

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    I did my first oil change today. (I've put less than 8000 km / 5k miles on the car in the 2 years I've owned it.)

    Mobil 0W20 that I got on sale at Crappy Tire ... thanks to a heads-up from klroger quite a while ago!

    And Good news: the car doesn't seem to use any oil between changes.

    182,600 km on the clock now. = 113,462 miles.


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