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Thread: Mirage heater is absolutely **** for Canadian Winters

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark View Post
    Are you using the air-recirculation setting during the winter months?

    I only use fresh-air during the winter months. If it is a cold damp air, I may turn on the A/C for a bit to help clear off the windshield a bit faster (but I never used recirculated air during the winter months).

    At times, I will use recirculated air on the hottest of summer days while the A/C is on. I would consider this max A/C for cars with manual controls. I don't use A/C on my Mirage that much, however.
    The only time I have ever set the car to recirc is on the initial warm up to maximize the heating element. Once I'm in the vehicle and in gear, its turned off.


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    Quote Originally Posted by MetroMPG View Post
    FYI: no AC on Canadian base models.
    Until now?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fummins View Post
    Until now?
    We've just started getting our 2020's in. I'll run a few balogne checks on them, see if any of our inventory is arriving without AC. We only have ONE 5MT base on the lot at this time.

    Actually, the delivery work order I printed for it tells me it is in fact AC equipped. 5MT, ES, steel wheels, no options at all, AC came as factory.

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    Oh, that's right... until now!

    Lifestyle inflation in action!

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    I thought Canadians use wood burning stoves in their car.
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    That's bad for the environment. I prefer to wrap myself in a freshly gutted caribou carcass.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MetroMPG View Post
    That's bad for the environment. I prefer to wrap myself in a freshly gutted caribou carcass.
    As a member of PETA (people eating tasty animals), I don't have a problem with that!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marklovski View Post
    I thought Canadians use wood burning stoves in their car.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MetroMPG View Post
    Opportunity knocks! You need to market a "cold weather package"! Grille block, block heater, plugs for the rear seat heater ducts. (Does it have rear ducts?? Or was that just a Micra thing?)
    Rear ducts is an SE thing. My SE has them, yours should too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fummins View Post
    A wood burning stove? Why, that's plain nuts.


    Zero, 2014 ES Plus 5MT, written off but not forgotten.
    Zero II, 2014 SE, 5MT, climate She's HOME now!
    Shelby AKA "Cute", 2017 ES 5MT, A/C.

    Mirage owners look at the world differently than everyone else, but in a better way
    We're driving the Beetle of the 21st century, the greatest small car now available!

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        click to view fuel log View my fuel log 2017 Mirage ES PLus 1.2 manual: 39.0 mpg (US) ... 16.6 km/L ... 6.0 L/100 km ... 46.8 mpg (Imp)


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