DOTS: sales flop edition

"Kiltedpadre" (kiltedpadre)
03/17/2018 at 19:07 • Filed to: None

Never seen one of these in person.

Were they even sold nationwide, or am I looking at a west coast transplant?

DISCUSSION (29)

BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo > Kiltedpadre
03/17/2018 at 19:17

All the gibs.

Kinja'd!!!

I saw one in December in Boca Raton.

It’s the second one I’ve ever seen in public.

Gib pls.

ranwhenparked > Kiltedpadre
03/17/2018 at 19:19

It was rolled out in California first, but was sold nationally. I don’t recall ever seeing one out and about, but, when I was working in New York several years ago, I picked up a new company car from a dealer that also had a Mitsubishi franchise, and there was one parked in a corner of the showroom.

Kiltedpadre > BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo
03/17/2018 at 19:25

I’m not sure if I would want one, but it intrigued me enough to see if there was one for sale in my area. If we had any reason to buy an extra vehicle it would be a decent bargain.

The one for sale within 50 miles of me was $4500 for a 2012 with 20,000 miles.

Kiltedpadre > ranwhenparked
03/17/2018 at 19:28

I was pretty sure it was sold nationally, but we get a lot of transplants in my area due to a large military base nearby so couldn’t be sure.

bhtooefr > Kiltedpadre
03/17/2018 at 19:28

I recall seeing some at Columbus Mitsubishi a few years ago.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Kiltedpadre
03/17/2018 at 19:31

Getting thet many miles would be challenging in something that is basically a glorified golf cart with short range on a full charge...

ranwhenparked > Kiltedpadre
03/17/2018 at 19:31

From what I’ve heard, there was an unusually large concentration sold in McLean County, IL.

404 - User No Longer Available > Kiltedpadre
03/17/2018 at 19:36

Needs more Herro Kitteh:

Kinja'd!!!

PS: Kinja spent all that time adding the fancy posting animation and all those image crop/resize options, but they didn’t bother fixing the double image when pasting bug??

Cé hé sin > Kiltedpadre
03/17/2018 at 19:39

I’ve seen one EV and a few ICE ones.

Kiltedpadre > 404 - User No Longer Available
03/17/2018 at 19:47

I only see a single image. Lately when I add images I only see a corner of the image till I publish. So I have to just hope I added the right image.

404 - User No Longer Available > Kiltedpadre
03/17/2018 at 19:53

Yeah, every time paste an image, it will show twice, I have to delete one. One of them have layout controls and the other doesn’t. It’s an improvement from the past where you see one but it gets duplicated... I guess.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Kiltedpadre
03/17/2018 at 19:55

I’ve seen a couple of them here in Australia

Kiltedpadre > 404 - User No Longer Available
03/17/2018 at 19:55

They’ve gotten us so used to things getting less user friendly so now any little thing seems like a victory.

Ash78, voting early and often > Kiltedpadre
03/17/2018 at 20:00

Is that the iMeh?

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Kiltedpadre
03/17/2018 at 20:02

My school has at least one they bought to replace the GEM golf cart things they use as runabouts for facilities.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Kiltedpadre
03/17/2018 at 20:06

We have a few here in the Bay Area but for sure the Leaf thumped it when they came out.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Kiltedpadre
03/17/2018 at 20:07

I still see double, it could be the beer

Kiltedpadre > TheTurbochargedSquirrel
03/17/2018 at 20:09

It’d be a major improvement over a golf cart for probably not much more money.

someassemblyrequired > Kiltedpadre
03/17/2018 at 21:04

One of the guys in our Montreal office has one that I’ve ridden in. They’re pretty nice inside, owner really likes it and paid next to nothing for it. He said he keeps a gas car for longer trips, but for commuting around town it’s a good little rig plus he gets cheap registration and it costs him like $2 to fully charge it from empty.

Kiltedpadre > someassemblyrequired
03/17/2018 at 21:11

If there had been one of these available in my area last year I would’ve told my friend’s wife to consider it. I convinced her to look at a Leaf as it is, but with how cheap the used Mitsus are by comparison it would’ve been worth a look.

She has a 20 mile one way commute and access to a free to use 220v charger at her work. She occasionally charges her car at home on weekends, but Mon-Fri the commute is free.

Powershiftmedia-ResidentDSMGuru > Kiltedpadre
03/17/2018 at 22:06

I basically have the gasoline version and LOVE it.

Kiltedpadre > Powershiftmedia-ResidentDSMGuru
03/17/2018 at 22:14

I’ve paid so little attention lately to Mitsubishi that I had no idea it was available as an ICE.

My interest has been piqued for sure.

Powershiftmedia-ResidentDSMGuru > Kiltedpadre
03/18/2018 at 08:48

It’s just called the Mirage. They are all the same car. The space star is also in the model family.

someassemblyrequired > Kiltedpadre
03/18/2018 at 10:15

Yep as a second car electrics make a ton of sense. I can’t believe they are so cheap used, even with the battery life concerns. Oh well, a market irrationality enthusiasts can exploit for a few years.

Kiltedpadre > Powershiftmedia-ResidentDSMGuru
03/18/2018 at 10:42

Ok, the Mirage I knew, but I didn’t realize they shared a platform. It makes sense though given how close they are in size.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Kiltedpadre
03/18/2018 at 16:33

I think the GEMs are technically real cars, they just look like golf carts.

Jayvincent > 404 - User No Longer Available
03/20/2018 at 07:14

double picture posting is twice the fun! it’s a FEATURE ...

His Stigness > someassemblyrequired
03/22/2018 at 18:03

A third and fourth electric car makes even more sense =]

someassemblyrequired > His Stigness
03/22/2018 at 18:25

agreed, stupid small driveway and garage full of kid crap