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    Excellant video review of 2016 Space Star

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TVi3hYruIqU

    Long, but extremely detailed video. Exactly the type, any potential purchaser would want to see.



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    Thanks for the link to a great review. Love the rotary climate control dials. Our standard for US 2014-2015 auto climate control doesn't work particularly well and, IMO, is money that could have been better used elsewhere in the car. Armrest, perhaps?

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    Ha! That's funny. I'll take the auto climate controls over an armrest any day. I find it works great (once I learned how to use it) and an armrest becomes another place to hold needless clutter. I find my glovebox does that job just fine.

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    I would have paid extra for manual HVAC controls...lol. Automatic climate control is great until you have to repair it.

    You guys are just reminding me that I need to jump on eBay and buy a spare automatic climate control unit. If you haven't priced one from the dealer, hold onto your wallet...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Top_Fuel View Post
    I would have paid extra for manual HVAC controls...lol. Automatic climate control is great until you have to repair it.

    You guys are just reminding me that I need to jump on eBay and buy a spare automatic climate control unit. If you haven't priced one from the dealer, hold onto your wallet...

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    Have you experienced a failure?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eggman View Post
    Have you experienced a failure?
    Not on the Mirage...but I've been down the road in another vehicle with automatic climate control. In that case, the blend door actuator motor failed ($$), but in the process it shorted out (and fried) the main dash control head ($$). That little adventure cost me about $1200 several years ago.

    I was curious about the Mirage and looked that part up several months ago to find out how much it was. I wasn't shocked to see the list price on in above $1K. The good thing is, you can find these on eBay right now for less than $50. This is one of those things that I plan on picking up just to have a spare handy...especially as my car gets closer to the end of its bumper-to-bumper warranty.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Top_Fuel View Post
    I would have paid extra for manual HVAC controls...lol. Automatic climate control is great until you have to repair it.

    You guys are just reminding me that I need to jump on eBay and buy a spare automatic climate control unit. If you haven't priced one from the dealer, hold onto your wallet...

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    Agree 100%

    Couldn't of said it any better.
    They are stupid cheap used, too

    I guess I'm not the only one with a small stockpile of parts slowly growing in my attic. I see a full parts car in my future, to be honest.



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