$7900 for a brand new car!

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Originally Posted By: Olas
$7900 could buy you a lot more driving pleasure than a small cheap Mitsubishi.
People have weird priorities..


Depends on how you define "driving pleasure".

I define it as 1. no stress worrying about a monthly car payment or other debt, 2. no stress worrying about warranty coverage if something breaks, considering it's a new car with a 10yr warranty, 3. less stress worrying about gas, insurance, and maintenance costs, and 4. that it's an immense pleasure traveling fast and pushing the limits of a "slow" car than traveling slow in a "fast" car.

What are your priorities, and what do you consider "driving pleasure"?
 
Originally Posted By: cookiemonster
Originally Posted By: Olas
$7900 could buy you a lot more driving pleasure than a small cheap Mitsubishi.
People have weird priorities..


Depends on how you define "driving pleasure".

I define it as 1. no stress worrying about a monthly car payment or other debt, 2. no stress worrying about warranty coverage if something breaks, considering it's a new car with a 10yr warranty, 3. less stress worrying about gas, insurance, and maintenance costs, and 4. that it's an immense pleasure traveling fast and pushing the limits of a "slow" car than traveling slow in a "fast" car.

What are your priorities, and what do you consider "driving pleasure"?


I do enjoy having a cheap, reliable, efficient DD.

If I want to have fun, I have a Jeep for that ... or if not a Jeep, I will get something else that I can have fun with. Knowing I'm always going to make it to work, to put food on my table and pay my bills, without having to spend a lot of money is refreshing.
 
Originally Posted By: Olas
$7900 could buy you a lot more driving pleasure than a small cheap Mitsubishi.
People have weird priorities..


That's why the majority of Americans own more than one car. Often, even lower to middle income folks have more than one car.

I like to have a commuter car for most of the wear and tear. For fun I drive another car.
 
I went to a Mitsubishi dealership today, they couldn't even come close to this price. They were stuck on a sticker price of $13,800 because of the $3,500 cash back.

I also looked at one and sat in it. Actually quite roomy in the driver's seat (I'm 6'2", not a skinny guy). Interior quality wasn't too bad. The brakes were soooo tiny, and there was a ton of room under the hood. 2 A/C vents total though, which was weird. Other things were pretty cheesy though, like the carpet fitment in the tiny trunk. I went on Discount Tire's website and they didn't even have any tires for this car.

I happily walked away to my Camry.
 
Test drove one two weeks ago. Very vague handling. Felt like it wanted to drift around outside the hwy lanes. Costco has 14" tires. That would prolly help but in the end we said no. Roomy tho even for a 6'2" ogre type.
 
Originally Posted By: Nick1994
I went to a Mitsubishi dealership today, they couldn't even come close to this price. They were stuck on a sticker price of $13,800 because of the $3,500 cash back.

I also looked at one and sat in it. Actually quite roomy in the driver's seat (I'm 6'2", not a skinny guy). Interior quality wasn't too bad. The brakes were soooo tiny, and there was a ton of room under the hood. 2 A/C vents total though, which was weird. Other things were pretty cheesy though, like the carpet fitment in the tiny trunk. I went on Discount Tire's website and they didn't even have any tires for this car.

I happily walked away to my Camry.



This^^^ is pretty much the answer I was watching for. I had wondered if anyone actually bought the car for 8K w/o some kind of added cost and processing fees. It appears now like it's really not obtainable for the 8K price.
 
My guess and could be very wrong is a Honda Fit had a much lower cost of ownership over a typical 5-7 year ownership period when resale happens.

My guess is this a new car for predatory dealers to sell to folks who have terrible financial situations and happy to get a car but a "new" car in processs.

Mits is filling a niche for sure here no other car maker wants to touch with a ten foot pole.
 
Originally Posted By: madRiver
My guess and could be very wrong is a Honda Fit had a much lower cost of ownership over a typical 5-7 year ownership period when resale happens.

My guess is this a new car for predatory dealers to sell to folks who have terrible financial situations and happy to get a car but a "new" car in processs.

Mits is filling a niche for sure here no other car maker wants to touch with a ten foot pole.


A Fit with AC here is about $20k out the door, a Mirage with AC is $13.7k, without AC its $12.5k
I don't see the Mirage hitting $10k in depreciation until its got very high mileage or very old. The $20k Fit turns into a $10k one pretty fast and then will sit at maybe a $1-2k premium over a Mirage until they are scrap.
 
Originally Posted By: Nick1994
I went to a Mitsubishi dealership today, they couldn't even come close to this price. They were stuck on a sticker price of $13,800 because of the $3,500 cash back.


So it is possible to get one with with AT and A/C for $10300?
 
Originally Posted By: Nick1994
I went to a Mitsubishi dealership today, they couldn't even come close to this price. They were stuck on a sticker price of $13,800 because of the $3,500 cash back.

I also looked at one and sat in it. Actually quite roomy in the driver's seat (I'm 6'2", not a skinny guy). Interior quality wasn't too bad. The brakes were soooo tiny, and there was a ton of room under the hood. 2 A/C vents total though, which was weird. Other things were pretty cheesy though, like the carpet fitment in the tiny trunk. I went on Discount Tire's website and they didn't even have any tires for this car.

I happily walked away to my Camry.



Originally Posted By: JTK
Originally Posted By: Nick1994
I went to a Mitsubishi dealership today, they couldn't even come close to this price. They were stuck on a sticker price of $13,800 because of the $3,500 cash back.


So it is possible to get one with with AT and A/C for $10300?




The $7900 one is the Canadian Mirage which lacks A/C, power windows.

Obviously a car here in America wouldn't sell without either of those so they come standard. Plus, there's no base model price war going on here so they don't need to run the price down.

In Canada, it competes with a few other models that we do not get here. For the most part, here in the US, it's only competition is the Fiat 500 and the Chevrolet Spark. There's at least the Micra and I believe a few more tiny city cars to compete with in Canada.
 
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For a couple extra grand (assuming it's even that much extra once the dealer gets done with all the hidden costs and the bait & switch thing) this seems to be a much better car. Automatic with a/c to boot. Assembled in the USA too if that means anything to people anymore.
 
Originally Posted By: Silverado12
Assembled in the USA too if that means anything to people anymore.
Yep, it generally means lazy, non-attentive employees to me.
 
Originally Posted By: Miller88
Originally Posted By: Nick1994
I went to a Mitsubishi dealership today, they couldn't even come close to this price. They were stuck on a sticker price of $13,800 because of the $3,500 cash back.

I also looked at one and sat in it. Actually quite roomy in the driver's seat (I'm 6'2", not a skinny guy). Interior quality wasn't too bad. The brakes were soooo tiny, and there was a ton of room under the hood. 2 A/C vents total though, which was weird. Other things were pretty cheesy though, like the carpet fitment in the tiny trunk. I went on Discount Tire's website and they didn't even have any tires for this car.

I happily walked away to my Camry.



Originally Posted By: JTK
Originally Posted By: Nick1994
I went to a Mitsubishi dealership today, they couldn't even come close to this price. They were stuck on a sticker price of $13,800 because of the $3,500 cash back.


So it is possible to get one with with AT and A/C for $10300?




The $7900 one is the Canadian Mirage which lacks A/C, power windows.

Obviously a car here in America wouldn't sell without either of those so they come standard. Plus, there's no base model price war going on here so they don't need to run the price down.

In Canada, it competes with a few other models that we do not get here. For the most part, here in the US, it's only competition is the Fiat 500 and the Chevrolet Spark. There's at least the Micra and I believe a few more tiny city cars to compete with in Canada.
I see them advertised for $9,999 or $10,999 all the time. I figured they could start at that price and subtract $3,500 but no.

They do have CVT versions for $10,999 which I assume they can take the $3,500 off of.

Today is the last day of the rebate anyways.
 
Originally Posted By: cookiemonster
Originally Posted By: Silverado12
Assembled in the USA too if that means anything to people anymore.
Yep, it generally means lazy, non-attentive employees to me.


Whatever (justification) makes you feel better about your purchases.
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Originally Posted By: dailydriver
Originally Posted By: cookiemonster
Originally Posted By: Silverado12
Assembled in the USA too if that means anything to people anymore.
Yep, it generally means lazy, non-attentive employees to me.


Whatever (justification) makes you feel better about your purchases.
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I'll happily contribute to a one way ticket so he can live somewhere employees aren't lazy or non-attentive.

Love to hear where the place with more productive workers is.
 
"America, love it or leave it" as it relates to car production. Gotta love that. America can produce at whatever level and have the shortest vacations in the industrialized world, but if they have processes, management, and unions that are OK with a less than optimal product than others, I might have to buy a car not produced here and feel OK with it. It's the second largest purchase the average person makes. I don't view that as being incumbent on me to buy a second-rate product if I believe that's what it is...Detroit's come a long way since the 70s and 80s and I don't have many issues about buying an American car today that I might've had issues about back then...but that's what needed to happen and not just that the vehicle was made in Michigan or Ohio.
 
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