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Originally Posted by Xist
What if... you hold onto your lunchbox [no disrespect intended] until you find a good base model?
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Which one is the lunchbox - the Mirage or the Metro/Firefly?
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I liked my more recent rentals enough, but I was happy to be back in my Accord.
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Wait 'til you try a manual Mirage! Different beast.
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Originally Posted by 2016 Versa
Those brake shoes should have lasted a hypermiler like you another 50K miles.
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Ha! Probably. My biggest problem: front rotors rust from lack of use, which is typical for me.
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Guess maybe I should pull a drum when spring gets here again and see how they look.
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I would at least jack up the wheels and spin 'em. The Mirage had corrosion on the edges of the braking surface that was touching the edge of what was left of the pads. The wheels were not spinning as freely as almost-perpetual-motion-drums should.
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Originally Posted by mpg_numbers_guy
Will you continue your tradition of putting a boat tail on every car you've owned with the Mirage?
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I would really like to do this. I might just do a taped-on box cavity for this winter though.
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If I had a Mirage I would definitely get the UK-spec final drive ... But that would probably be expensive, sooooo.
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Yup. Aye, that's the rub.
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It would be interesting to see whether taller gearing + not as LRR tire or stock gearing + RE92s is best for FE.
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Yes! I have a line on a set of hand-me-down 15 inch LRR Ecopias EP422's from a current generation Prius. 195/65's, though. I'll do a coastdown comparison against the OEM Enasaves, of course.
The other problem with the Mirage is there's no easy-peasy way to lower it, like a Metro (chop a coil off the constant-diameter springs. The Mirage springs are tapered top & bottom, so no choppy choppy.