She talked about this car quite a bite but the last few days of work have had her driving a lot so the mileage of the Mirage seems to have talked some sense into her. She is usually very practical but seems to really like the Outlander Sport for some reason.
I checked carcomplaints about this car and it really doesn’t look like a bad one in terms of reliability. http://www.carcomplaints.com/Mitsubishi/Outlander_Sport/ If the worst complaint is a dead battery, it is doing pretty well if you ask me. Some of the other models such as those with the Chrysler 2.7L or some of the dud DDCT transmissions are a lot more interesting to look at.
As for the lottery, yes, buying two tickets DOES double your odds of winning. Buying one vs. zero increases your chances infinitely though. You could but millions of tickets and still not win or buy one and win it all. Lottery is really a waste of money when you get right down to it but one or two tickets on average a month is nothing compared to a car payment so it actually makes sense in this case.
I actually test drove a CVT Mirage just to do it and I didn’t think it was a bad performing option. I guess the reliability has been greatly improved but still am leery of these units. They seem to do OK in small cars like this because there isn’t enough torque to tear them up. I don’t know about something like the Outlander.
I really don’t know why she started talking about this so much. She has no need for an SUV and complained that too many of the cars she looked at were too big. I agree a test drive or two of something like this would knock this idea down.