Originally Posted by
MacClyver
Yeah, to quote mt999999(the previous owner): "change is bad".
Still gotta appreciate what it doesn't have: a touchscreen, cellular based tracking, the ability to be remotely hacked, and such high tech undesirables.
Shifter lockout yep, shifter feels locked in place when clutch isn't pressed, and free moment it is. If you have a different model manual vehicle try to move the shifter when the car is stopped and the engine isn't running. You can freely move in and out of gears. Not so with this Mirage.
Yes on the heater controls, if I want it defrosting full blast I don't want to worry about it stopping because it thinks it is warm enough. Before long a newer Mirage manual hvac crash victim is sure to turn up in a junkyard so I'll live with it for now.
Yeah I'm not a big fan of touch screens either. They look nice when they're new and might work okay but the few that I've used were small dirty and hard to read if it's sunny out.
I've owned and driven dozens of manuals. None of them would easily pop out of gear if on any kind of hill. If there is no strain on the driveline, like parked on a flat spot then it should slide out of gear pretty easily. There shouldn't be a mechanical lock on the shifter or transmission to prevent that. I've never seen a car you can't shift without using the clutch unless the syncros are toast or it's just a not a synchronized transmission.
I appreciate vehicles that don't have babysitter/tracking either. I don't know how I'd like to get something that can be tracked. What if I want to rob a bank or bury someone in the bush? I'd probably use a mirage.
I don't imagine it'll be a simple job converting from auto to manual temp controls. To do it "properly". I'd expect you'll need to swap the entire heater box. Maybe check the part numbers on a Mitsu parts site first before stocking up at a junkyard. I don't know if the wiring would be the same for manual to auto temp. I did see a few unused connectors close to the heater box in our 15's I've torn apart so maybe it'll be the same? These cars can be pretty finicky when it comes to wiring. But who know's you might be able to just pop off the blend door motors and there might be provisions to easily stick cables there instead? None of the cars I work on have auto temp so couldn't tell you for sure.
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View my fuel log 2014 Mirage SE wussie cvt edition. 1.2 automatic: 37.7 mpg (US) ... 16.0 km/L ... 6.2 L/100 km ... 45.3 mpg (Imp)