 After my first car, a Pontiac that gave me nothing but trouble, I wanted to get a foreign car that was dependable and affordable.The Mirage hit a home run.Drove it for 7 years and 122,000 miles. Barely put any money into it except for normal maintenance.Parts starting wearing out more around 170k miles but what do you expect?Liked this Mitsubishi so much I decided to upgrade to a newer Galant.So far it's awesome as well.This car's value is one of the best, if not the best.If you can find one with 100k miles or so, i'd say you're good to go for several years.