Would anyone ever have known who Kim Kardashian was if she hadn’t followed in her friend Paris’ footsteps and made a sextape? For better or worse, things worked out very well for her as a result but the rest of us now know more about her and her family that we ever wanted to and that’s even if we actively try to avoid anything hearing, seeing, or experiencing anything to do with her and her relatives.
Mitsubishi didn’t exactly make a tape, but back in 2014 they did introduce an extremely homely car in the U.S. that was ridiculed and panned. Not the same, right? But that virtually universal condemnation made a huge amount of press with none of it seeming to focus on a single positive attribute of the car. In some ways, I don’t think Mitsubishi would have garnered any publicity whatsoever if they had instead paid someone like Giugiaro $50 to just recycle another of his existing hatchback designs and given it a four-cylinder engine. It would have probably just disappeared among the waves of other small cars (when those were still kind of a thing over here) and that’d be the end of it. Instead, EVERYBODY knows exactly what a Mitsubishi Mirage is and nobody says it looks just like everything else. Sure, it gets ridiculed, but it got press. Lots of it. And it was free. Same as with Kim.
Perhaps the rear end is too small (comparatively), but after all that publicity, Mitsubishi probably isn’t making nearly as much money as any one of the K-clan are, which is rather unfortunate. But I for one have somehow gotten intrigued again by Mitsubishi and look at every one I see (any model, not just the Mirage). I actually purposely had a Mirage lined up as a rental back in March in the hopes of writing about it but that trip died due to Covid.
The media company that handles Mitsubishi hereabouts knows I’m willing to try whatever model they get but said not to hold my breath, they don’t often get one, especially not a Mirage. And I don’t really want to go to a dealer. But they are in junkyards, most of the ones I’ve seen so far have been accident victims, and this one was in fairly decent shape post-wreck, so it’s a good find to show off and examine a little closer here.
First off, this is a top of the line ES model in an actual color called Sapphire Blue. Mirages come in a multitude of bright hues along with the required grayscale colors and may be the only car currently available in Purple (besides maybe a Challenger). In 2015 you could get a manual transmission, and you still can today in 2021 as it turns out. If you say you’re a car guy and aren’t googling for Manual Purple Mirage inventory right now, you can just hand that card right in, mister.
The sticker price for one equipped like this one (which sadly has a CVT) was $15,395 plus an $810 destination charge for a grand total of $16,205 (back in 2015). Of course, Mirages, while selling better than any car enthusiast would have predicted, still generally have a lot of room for negotiation, I do not believe many left the showroom at full asking price and the prices started a lot lower than for this one.
Note that this one isn’t 100% stock, it has been modified with a set of rather attractive alloys and is carrying 185/60-14 tires instead of the standard alloys with 165/65-14 tires. Perhaps that’s what drew my eye to this one to begin with, equipping any car with wheels that look sort of like those on an old GTI and with the same size tires is always a good start as far as I’m concerned. This owner seemed to care about his car and wanted to make it his own (or he found a set of wheels and tires in the junkyard that were better than his own and went with it).
Mirages (especially the slightly upscale ES trim as here) came with a ton of kit. First off there’s keyless entry, here instead of the lock there is a soft button that gets you into the car (the passenger side does have a keyhole here though if you are part of the afraid-of-modern-tech crowd. You can just climb in that way). Note that the handle is painted body color too. That stuff doesn’t just happen at the factory.
You also get a stubby but sporty roof-mount antenna, a huge spoiler, rear wiper, turn signals in the front-facing part of the mirrors, painted bumpers, amber turn signals in the rear lights, and four passenger doors. The front fascia also features fog lights.
Yes, that is a rigid cargo cover that lifts up, and while the spare is gone, it would have been covered with a board and some carpet. Here we now only have a plastic spoon. But the rear seats fold 60/40 style, and the rear glass has a defroster. From a space perspective that looks like plenty to get the groceries with and for the Costco run just fold that seat down. You could probably sleep in back too if you went full fetal position.
Somebody nabbed the badges (there’s usually a chrome one here) but we get to see the embossed Mitsubishi diamond logo instead. I’m guessing some markets just have this without a badge on top.
The engine is a 1.2liter triple with four valves per cylinder generating 74hp@6,000rpm and conveniently also 74lb-ft of torque at a lower 4,000rpm. In this case, paired with the CVT it was rated at 37mpg city and 44mpg on the highway. I was surprised to see just how light this car is, curb weight is reported at 2,051 pounds and under 2,000 with the manual transmission. It makes a Miata for example look like a fat pig, especially considering that this seats five. Just don’t get into a small overlap crash, but it probably still does better than many regular cars over a decade old would.
It’s a little filthy in here and is missing its airbag, but while googling this thing I felt that Cars.com for instance was ridiculously harsh in its criticism. While they like the fuel economy, value for money, and available tech features, they panned it for having “Rudimentary” cabin materials. Really? I think the materials here look pretty good for the price level it plays in and the seat fabric looks better than many at significantly higher prices and looks very durable. They also didn’t appreciate it not having a telescoping steering wheel (Hello…it’s not meant to be super fancy) although it does tilt, and anonymous styling (no way, everybody knows what this is compared to the other hatchbacks, there’s nothing anonymous about a Mirage. Line up every hatchback on the market in 2015 and even XR7Matt could pick out the Mirage every time).
It’s curious that the owner fitted a steering wheel cover, as that rim is leather covered underneath it (standard) as is the shifter knob. And note on the left side of the instrument binnacle, that’s a push button starter located exactly where a Porsche 911 has it. In case you want to practice your LeMans starts in your Mirage, you can! And for a bit of relevant history, there was a race car named Mirage that raced at LeMans, was the first to wear the now-iconic Gulf Oil color scheme, the first to win races for Gulf Oil and the last car to win LeMans overall for Gulf Oil. Maybe just a little of that provenance can transfer to our Mirage.
I think our own Tom Halter would feel happily at home here as it has Automatic A/C Climate Control (standard) with micron air filtration and floor ducts for the rear seat occupants. Power windows and locks are included, the 140watt AM/FM/CD/MP3 player has four speakers, is Bluetooth equipped, and the steering wheel features cruise control as well as radio and phone controls. You CAN get a touchscreen with Navigation and there was even a Rockford Fosgate audio package available this model year.
The gauges feature a speed and tach, and the fuel gauge is handled in the small LCD screen. I love that there is an “Eco” indicator, does that stay lit 24/7? And 140mph seemed a little optimistic until I researched it and it seems that this little diamond tops out around 125mph. Not too shabby. No mileage reading available? Hang on, I’ve got it covered…
Did you think this would be the number? These cars seem to be able to take some abuse and the interior has held up great. That’s not a bad number at all and I truly think the front end damage is what put it here, if this apparently did around 25k-30k miles a year around the metro Denver area there’s a good chance of getting into some sticky situations.
Plugging the specs into the Edmunds trade-in value finder with all parameters selected in the car’s favor (i.e no damage) spat out an estimated value of around $2,000 so almost anything would total this thing. Of course I believe the actual retail value would be far higher, even with this kind of mileage figure.
The side air vents are the rotating type, the dashboard does in fact feature some styling, the glovebox looks large, and the center console has storage as well as cup holders. The parking brake is a manual affair, all the better for helping you negotiate those tight turns in the parking garage at speed as this car and engine are most likely a momentum play, but nothing wrong with that. My own first car, the ’79 Mazda 626, only had 80hp, topped out at 19 less mph on the top end and was plenty fast for me to get into trouble with. Interestingly it was about the same color too, hmmm.
The back seat will hold all three of the real Kardashian sisters (not the step-sisters, see, I know waaaayyy too much already and I haven’t even seen the tape), and the doors look tall enough to make entry and egress manageable without too many contortions on their part even though they seem limber enough.
I’d forgotten these were built in Thailand, which also builds huge amounts of pickup trucks that we don’t get over here. Build quality seemed quite good, nothing really looked broken or worn out beyond damage that wasn’t the car’s fault.
At least it got a spot looking out on the road here to spend its last few weeks. I still want to drive one and while I have no notions that it’ll be any kind of mini-GTI or whatever, I think when viewed through a reasonable person’s lens with an eye on actual out-the-door costs and taking into account what’s included for that price, it’s probably a perfectly fine car.
Heck, anyone who offers a 10yr, 100,000 mile powertrain warranty gets a lot of credibility in my book as having the confidence to back up their product. I don’t know if I could go ten years with either a Mirage or a Kardashian, but I’m pretty sure I know which would cost less over that timeframe.
Panned by the auto critics and constant responders to auto blogs (both characterized by being incredibly critical about what the manufacturers should be making and having a complete aversion to reaching into their own wallets, pulling out the money, and actually buying a new car), but well liked by the crowd who considers an automobile as nothing more than a Point A to Point B appliances (but will back up that opinion by actually buying a new car).
I’ve always enjoyed the brand’s success despite being loudly deemed “not worthy.”
That sort of attitude from the critics, blogs and their commenters can be blamed when pretty soon the only option available at a dealership for under $25K is on the “used” lot.
Mitsu has been off my radar for awhile, but you have put it back on. There is something about this I find appealing, but then I love a good value, a stick shift, and little minimalistic cars. My Honda Fit cost more than this almost a decade earlier.
I have a soft spot for Mitsubishi due to the 83 Colt I drove for a short while in 1991-2. It was also a blue 4 door and also ended its life in a crash which totaled it. I don’t suppose these still come with a twin stick 4 speed? Because that was really fun.
Also, I can see that I am so last year in my approach to writing here. Yesterday’s Chevy was chicken, this morning a Ford was beef and now this Mitsubishi is a Kardashian. Maybe I need to scrap what I have written on a 78 Lincoln and come up with something on this theme. Is it an Incredible Hulk? A juicy New York strip steak? A Philly cheese steak sandwich? I need to figure this out and get on it.
The Lincoln is clearly Pork. But this little Mitsu likely rivals it for features, it’s surprisingly decadent for a minimalist car. Power doesn’t matter when stuck in traffic.
My son has a 2017 Mirage with a manual transmission. He loves it. So do I. He lowered it, put on better wheels & tires, and autocrosses it. He’s gotten better times than other drivers in 400hp Porsches.
Taking the hint, I did google (or, rather duck-duck-go’d) a manual purple Mirage. I found them anywhere from Nashville to the Philippines. Car Max claims to have six (or at least purple ones) at the moment. Sadly, purple is no longer available on new ones as per Mitsubishi’s website.
Like you, I’ve been curious about these simply due to the venom spewed their way. Perhaps with the Dodge Avenger going away the professional auto journalists needed a new whipping boy. Besides, from having ridden and driven some real fun stuff over time, I’m still happy when I see a tilt-wheel.
Good catch in a great color.
The Wine Red is pretty purplish this year. And there’s now yellow too!
Cars.com says there’s one manual Plasma Purple Mirage in Bristol, TN, and Carsforsale.com found one in Virginia Beach.
The Mirage is a terrific example of the old adage “there’s no such thing as bad publicity”. I dare say that there were more than a few people who were intrigued by all the vitriol, went to a Mitsubishi dealer (if they could find one), and discovered that the Mirage wasn’t half as bad as the reviews said it was.
In fact, I would go so far as to suggest that the Mirage was the latest target of the “you can get a two-year old, off-lease Corolla or Civic for the same price!” crowd. Maybe, but I still think the Mirage is okay for a basic new car (with a new car warranty).
I don’t know. To me, the physical size of this car is at least as “newsworthy” as the (concerted?) lack of styling.
Funny, how when you look at any vehicle you don’t think about how much of the MSRP is charged to styling. (Or is that just me?) Would it have cost only $50 to make the front end look less fish-like?
With the newer model of this same car looking a bit more attractive, you are again left wondering like other cars that got improved looks during a mid model cycle refresh: did they purposely make it ugly so that folks who never buy the first year’s production will find the later car more attractive?
155,000 miles with a CVT and it perished in a crash? Definitely an underrated little car. I wonder if the bad reviews weren’t in service to the Dan Neil-embodied belief that cars should be luxuries?
It could be worse.
In fact, it is: please meet the actual Mirage Kardashian below, a car that real people actually bought here, with money. Many had working eyesight, though there are arguments about that.
The hatch continues in 2021, and like a Kardashian, it has had facial alterations (seen below below, and buggered if it’s not ineffective!). Blind spot monitoring, forward collision tech, and even though more airbags than a Kardashian, it’s absurdly loaded like one. And it’s cheap (where, yet again, it finds sisterhood with the aforementioned).
On one point of some considerable difference, they never break down and have a fit. The old owners generally expire before the car, whilst the hard-flogging new drivers lose interest after a warranty’s worth of flat-spanking the poor things. Mitsu are not remotely worried by the warranty (that’s actually true, btw).
But despite a perfectly legit place in the automotive panoply for many folk, I’m afraid the internet is right on this one (and we get a few tiny tots from Suzuki and others that the US doesn’t for comparison). I’m afraid they’re really not nice.
In total fairness – not sure why, but anyway – I’ve only ever driven an auto, and that with the gruff 200 lb 6’2′ Det Senior Sergeant friend who owned it aboard (no, really, divorce hit him hard for a bit). Perhaps it all works better as a manual. Perhaps it works better without hills, too.
Perhaps in proof of the general usefulness of the things, that little stinker got him around for a few years of desperately needed dead-reliable 40 mpg transport, and then saved the old Sergeant’s ample backside when an over-friendly Volvo demolished its own. Not a scratch. (Well, till he got out, and not on him, yet who’d ever guess some granny’s Mirage wasn’t to be tailgated, but I digress, and possibly defame).
All up, I think you have found one in its best position, though. In America, this was probably flooded to the roof and pranged when an F-250 swooshed past in the wet.
I can’t understand why a guy that’s 6’2” could weigh less than 200 lbs….
But as you said Sgt, I got the incentive to tell you that these things were sold in huge quantity here in Uruguay as a fleet, about 5 years ago. To the police. As patrol cars…all manual transmissions, not really fleet trim level. Many of them have already been totaled and substituted by newer cars.
I’m 6’3″ and weigh 170…
6’1” and 140, no joke, and I try to gain weight. It just doesn’t happen. Genetics are weird.
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Excellent point that picture makes in relation to the title. We have them here too, it may, now that I think about it, be one of the very few cars available here in both hatch and sedan form that is outsold by the hatchback. That’s purely anecdotal, but while I see plenty of Fiesta and Yaris sedans relative to their hatch cousins, I see few Mirages wit’ da booty relative to its form that nature intended.
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I have always liked these little things. It may be the most reliable car I owned was a 92 mirage (badged as a Eagle Summit).
I think it’s fun to hate on these but it’s not a horrible car. Honestly they seem pretty reliable get great gas mileage have decent features. There are a few auto journalists that have a soft spot for these but not many. I think they are sprung soft from the factory and have some body roll which is where you get the hate from the writing crowd.
I drove one and thought it was good but at 6’3″ it was a bit tight for me. If I needed the gas mileage this would be high on the list of commuters. I have followed some of the forums and these seem to actually be pretty damn reliable, they also are really cheap to fix when something breaks. Two guys can literally lift the engine out by hand. Also you can get a running take out engine for well under $500 bucks from a salvage yard.
Really this may be one of the cheapest per mile cars to own if your handy.
I doubt they could do 125 mph, aside from power and gearing that would surely exceed the speed rating if OEM tires. But honestly, 74 BHP from a revvy 3 cylinder motor in a 2000 lb car with modern safety features and amenities; it actually sounds like a lot of fun. Given the cult following of the Geo Metro and Suzuki Swift, perhaps it’s time to snap one up before the prices start climbing. And they will … it’s time for a market adjustment on fuel prices here in the US.
The sidewall shot of the Ohtsu tire reminds me of my first exposure to this brand, in the mid-seventies. A VW that occasionally parked near one of my college buildings sported new, whitewall, bias ply Ohtsu “Carpet S” tires. This was when Asian off-brand tires were very rare and that name has stuck with me, and in fact turned me into a compulsive sidewall reader. They westernized their corporate name to Falken a while back and are now part of Sumitomo which took over Dunlop’s tire business.
There’s no way this can hit 125. Just not enough hp. Maybe 105-110.
I just found this video of someone taking one up to 176kmh (109 mph). You can see that the engine has hit its power peak (6000 rpm) and that it’s not going any higher.
Alright, maybe downhill on I-70 starting at the Eisenhower Tunnel. 🙂 I found the 125 mph in two places but yes it does not pass the smell test I suppose breaking 100 is plenty, given enough road.
I just need it to hit 88 mph and then the flux capacitor will take over. 😊
What do you mean by it being time for a market adjustment on fuel prices here in the US? People are driving less and petroleum is more abundant than ever. Energy prices could be on the verge of going up, but not because of market forces.
Energy prices could be on the verge of going up, but not because of market forces.
What other than market forces would cause energy prices to go up?
Misanthropic regulations and a return to chaos in the middle east would be the likely reasons for a price spike, but there is nothing about the current market supply or market demand poised to increase prices.
Those are just factors that could affect the market. My point is that no one can actually set the global price of oil except the market itself.
I’m not disagreeing with you, but I was replying to someone who said it was time for an upwards market adjustment. To me that suggests that there is an implication that current prices aren’t reflecting existing supply and demand. Generally, this sort of adjustment in energy markets is downward, as increases are immediate while reductions are gradual as a result of there being more buyers than sellers.
In 2015, I rather suddenly and with little warning found myself in need of a car. Owing to that lack of planning, it would therefore have to be financed. At the time, I was working daily at the kind of job where anything more than 4 minutes (!) late is both noticed and recorded, so impeccable dependability would be necessary as well. Owing to those factors, I decided I better buy new. The early 20teens were still carrying the appealing small car lineup that debuted between 2008 and 2012, but the sedanpocalypse was already in progress and discounts were large and easy. These could be had for as little as $9,999 from the nearest Mitsubishi dealer, 70 miles away, but that was for a very base car. Instead, without any negotiation on price, I bought a Hyundai Elantra for $13,999. That car did have a manual, which is unpopular and getting more so, but had 142hp, alloy wheels, 175 watt stereo that could control my iPhone, power windows and locks, even heated mirrors. It would get about 37 in pure city driving, but 42 on highway trips so long as you stayed under 70. This shows you the problem with the Mirage. I’m not dismissing $4,000 difference, but those $4,000 sure got you a lot more than the $3,000 that was between the Elantra and the similarly equipped Cruze that I liked better but decided against. The same year, my brother bought a Sonic, a lot more car than the Mirage for too-similar money. Cheap as it is, cutting corners at that level hits bone every time.
The difference in price between your Elantra and the Mirage in your example is 40%. Sorry, but that difference makes any real comparison pretty irrelevant at that point. If anything it underscores the Elantras faults. Is that car 40% better? Doubt it.
Let me clarify, though. This car is said to have MSRP of $16,205, which is very close to the sticker of the car I bought. The seats are nicer, the everything. If you’re comparing msrp, the mirage is terrible. If you’re comparing price out the door, I would bet on the Mirage being lower.
But as everyone knows, you don’t pay anything near MSRP on either brands, and your 14K Elantra proves that. The Mirage still sells for around 12k in my area today for a loaded one. You aren’t touching an Elantra up here for less than 17k. That’s a 30% difference. It’s not flippant to say it’s a quantifiable amount to someone shopping in this price bracket. You might as well just say buy used, find a grandma car with low miles, and claim it’s the same. It flat out isn’t.
those $4,000 sure got you a lot more than the $3,000 that was between the Elantra and the similarly equipped Cruze
Not helping your argument here…
but the rest of us now know more about her and her family that we ever wanted to and that’s even if we actively try to avoid anything hearing, seeing, or experiencing anything to do with her and her relatives.
You’re not trying hard enough. Or at all. 🙂
Seriously, I know almost nothing about her and her family’s doings. I’ve just studiously avoided the subject whenever I’ve seen it in my media travels. After almost a decade or more of seeing her name, about the most I know is that she’s somehow connected to the former Bruce Jenner, and that she’s now connected to the West guy., but I really don’t know anything about him except that he’s a buddy of Trump, or something like that. But that’s about it, and I’m not kidding. Have I missed something? Should I Google her?
Since nobody else has offered you any support on this one I’ll jump in as your savior.
No. Do NOT Google her. Sometimes ingnorance really IS bliss.
You’re welcome.
I’ll join Paul on this one — I know nothing about Kim Kardashian other than that she is (was?) a celebrity of some sort. After reading the article and comments here, I think I’ll continue to enjoy my ignorance on this topic.
I test drove one once. It’s really not that awful. However, after the drive was over, I was talking to the sales guy and leaned my butt on the front fender and could feel it deflecting under my weight. I’m pretty sure it’s 24 gauge steel.
A Mitsu or a Kardashian?
The Mitsu would be easier to get rid of after you got tired of it!
@ dave, that is exactly what I was going to say. For not much more money, you can get a LOT more car elsewhere. There are inexpensive cars that a professional adult can drive without looking ridiculous but this is too silly. I cannot imagine doing the kind of driving I do and hauling luggage and people in a car with a three cylinder engine. Something like a kia Rio or forte has a lot more power, room, and comfort than this buggy. A journey went out the door for around 18 and was a far, far better car.
A Journey at an anecdotal $18k compared to Dave’s Mirage example at an also anecdotal $10k is 80% more. $8000 may not be a lot to you, but it is pretty significant to a lot of people looking in that range. Note that the Journey got just as skewered as the Mirage in the press while returning about half the fuel economy, and it’s not comparable otherwise in the least. There are quite a few cars with 3-cylinder engines these days – two Buicks and at least one current Ford for easily available and quite well-selling examples to start.
Of course it doesn’t work for many people. Some people just want/need something new and not used that is large enough for their needs, gets excellent economy, has a massive warranty, and gets them there and back, which this one seems to have done for someone well past the warranty period in a relatively short period of time. It’s a good thing for the auto industry that most people don’t really think this way, most manufacturers wouldn’t be able to survive.
Have you ever been in this Mirage and a Rio, because if you have, you will know the Rio is barely larger inside even though it’s quite a bit larger on the outside. Rio wins with width by a noticeable margin, but the Mirage has a much roomier rear seat. Cargo room is practically a draw. The Mirage is only small in illusion (yeah I did that).
A few years back, my wife spotted one of these online in that purple color and texted me a picture of it asking, “Whadaya think?”
She fell in love with the color and thought it would be a nice replacement for her Lancer (which she still has, BTW).
I told her that I would not feel safe having her drive a car that small.
She is NOT a car person; thinks any car costing more that $16K is not realistic (and does not account for inflation when she says this), having never paid more than that for any car. For some background, the Lancer is a 2009 and was purchased new for under that figure back in ’08.
She is the right demo for this kind of car, as to her, a car is just an appliance, even though she does like real colors. Her Lancer is Octane Blue (pictured below), not too dissimilar to today’s subject car.
Anyway, when I told her of my safety concerns, she asked, “How small is it? It looks the same as my car.”
A few days later, I spotted one and took this Curbside Comparison picture (in the style of our founder Paul) and texted it to her. She had no idea.
Needless to say, we did not buy one, although from what I’ve read here on these pages, it’s likely safer than her 2009, considering the improvements made in that area.
Sadly, the Mirage in the picture below is not in that cute purple color my wife liked, the one everyone is talking about here today….
Oh, and as to Ms. Kardashian, I think we can all agree that the Mitsubishi that would be best compared with her is a second or fourth generation Eclipse.
Just sayin’….. 😉
Thank you. The final Eclipse was wider than the same year Ford Explorer! This Mirage is literally her butt injections.
I bought a base model Lancer sedan in mid 2009 and kept it until December 2017. Fantastic car in every respect, and gave me no issues whatsoever in a quarter of a million kilometres. Not at all what I was expecting given the slightly delicate reputation of the Australian built Mitsubishis like the Magna (Diamante).
I looked up a new one on the website today and “built” a fully loaded one for under 21k. I thought, not bad. But then I looked up the specs. The gas tank holds 9.2 gallons. In worse case scenario driving (traffic, bad weather etc), that’s less than 335 miles of range. This was a showstopper for me since my commute is 120 miles/day. I’d have to gas up every two days! I guess it would be a nice city car but not a good long distance commuter.
If you have a 120 mile commute, you will average about 50mpg and have to fill up after three days. I’ve done 400 miles between fillups many times but I do think Mitsu could have found a way to squeeze a 10 gallon tank in it.
I considered buying one of these when they first came out. It seemed like an honest little car, I liked how it looked, and it seemed like it could be a fun little thing to throw around. I never got around to actually checking one out because I fell in love with a Mazda 2 instead.
Usually when I hear the word ‘Kardashian’, this is what I think of.
In my more frugal days, when I was working for state government and putting 33,000 miles on a car annually between commuting to the job and then doing tasks out of the office, this would have been very much on my radar. I might have even managed to break even or very close on .42 cent per mile reimbursements. It would have had everything I needed. I’ve never sat in or driven one since there isn’t a Mitsubishi dealer nearby, so I don’t know if I would have enjoyed driving it. Even Consumer Reports says it’s a basic hairshirt of a vehicle and recommends buying something used for the same price.
Cardassian/Kardashian. Either way.
Leather-clad tyrants bent on world domination.
I wish CC had ‘top comment’ recognition!
But wasn’t Garak just a plain and simple tailor? 😉
As much as I love CURBSIDE, articles like this remind me of the click-baity, unfounded drivel that comprise most of the TEN BEST and TEN WORST drivel that flood the internet. I expect a lot more here.
So ironically, I guess I’d say — in my humble opinion — this article is characterized by the all the same incisive reporting as I would expect, well… from a Kardashian.