Is the mirage fly by wire?

[Jimmyess333]

Does the Mirage employ a fly by wire throttle?

[MightyMirageMpg]

Yes 4,5

[Jimmyess333]

I was hoping the answer would be no but it is what it is.
Thanks

[Daox]

I believe all new vehicles sold in the US are now drive by wire.

[Cobrajet]

I believe all new vehicles sold in the US are now drive by wire.

Yep. Nobody uses throttle cables anymore.

[Daox]

That is correct, you can't adjust idle speed unless you reprogram the ECU.

[dspace9]

The car stops when i let go of clutch at green light and so on.

Don't all manual transmission cars my Mirage included shut off when you let your foot off the clutch? My old VW Rabbit certainly was like that and it was a 5 speed manual too.

I'm not exactly following the whole thread, but aren't these cars just typically hard to drive at low speeds? The stop go traffic "work out" why only 3% of Americans buy manuals

[stevedmc]

I'm not exactly following the whole thread, but aren't these cars just typically hard to drive at low speeds? The stop go traffic "work out" why only 3% of Americans buy manuals

Nope.

[dspace9]

Nope.

Do you own a 5 speed Mirage?


I don't mean impossibly hard to drive. I mean my Mirage is a pain driving at 5 miles an hour because it's a stick shift, and as Roy was experiencing the car can be jerky and touchy, and mine def can easily stall at low speed. Very well may be that's the only issue our friend from Norway is having

[stevedmc]

Your gas pedal is nothing more than a video game controller.

Let's hope car manufactures don't decide to do the same thing with steering wheels in the future.

I've lost throttle twice in this car and it's pretty freaking scary.