Well WoRKZ i'm waiting for the answer to my question do any manual r/a comes with cc ? And yes mine came with infinity audio cd player with cd changer ,an amplifier ,seven speakers (including the infinity sub in the trunk)p.windows ,p.locks electric mirrors (dont need the heater here in the caribbean) height adjustable drivers seat ABS,air bags on the dash board and on the sides of the seats,two wipers on front ,no wipers on the rear (maybe yours have it) and spare tire on the trunk ,ah ! and the beautiful logo "2.4 mivec "
on the side skirts .the automatics comes with the cc. do your manual came with it?

 

All RA's in the US (excluding PR it seems) and Canada come with cruise control, no matter which transmission they have. Only Canadian RA's have the heated mirrors (grumble).

 

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I didn't know that! So, we finally get something you guys don't?!?


I didn't, think they go through the trouble of making three iterations of the RA for the three markets... can they really save money by taking the CC arm off or installing standard mirrors?!? It looks to me like the extra trouble in producing three versions would outweigh such small savings...

But like I always say, why make it simple when you can make it complicated, uh?

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What really kills me is that all the wiring is there for heated mirrors on the US version, we just need the mirrors with the heat element. I should ask the dealership if they can order them, and if so, how much it'd cost.

 

Heated mirrors?

 

Yeah, so they automatically defrost along with the rear window.

 

Ah. Handy!

 

dude, we totally went off topic here, lol. I personally do not like the cruise control feature, so therefore once I get the evo 8 steering wheel, I could care less about it. I'd be interested in seeing that 2.4 mivec decal on the sideskirt RALLIART2U

 

I won't blame you for not knowing...


NorCal: The CC is a really handy feature on long highway runs. I used to drive more than 50,000Km a year (around 30,000 Miles) back in the days, and the cruise control was very helpful... saved me from a lot of tickets too.

Since it's not that hard to mount the CC arm back, why would anyone throw it off?

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Yeah, I've had too many tickets to do away with cruise, so that's why I need to find a way to rig it into the evo wheel.
Thanks so much for the suggestions guys, any more are definitely welcome! Has anyone actually done this....change out the wheel and bring cruise back in?

 

Well, anyway PR is a small island (its only 100x35 miles)and its so fun to drive the car instead of the car run by itself plus the heavy traffic(good only on sundays mornings) that its not worth to have it and not be abble to use it everyday.Our mirrors are electric but dont know if they are heated ,do they are marked?. NorCal Lancer I have pictures but dont know how to post them.

 

I got badges for the sideskirts from shirobi. He makes vinyls and decals and the like.

 

I think you will like the decal and the what I did to the head rest ,but dont know how to post them

 

I didn't realize that you wouldn't need the CC on the island... it's not like you can drive 250 miles non-stop I suppose.

It's still strange that they actually took the time to design a different RA without the CC arm though... to my knowledge, only the arm (including it's switches) is needed to enable the cruise control function. The rest is purely software driven through the use of throttle-by-wire...

Hey, does that mean than any ES owner only has to add the CC arm and plug it in to enable the CC fonction?!? If so, guys who took theirs out may easily find buyers for it on the base Lancer forum...

Or maybe Mitsubishi thought of that and actually uses an alternate version of the ECU code...

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As far as I know cruise control comes with the convience package on the ES, and you need the module under the hood for CC. You can rig up the CC somewhere else, maybe by the dimmer for the lights?

They probibly do save enough money by not including the parts, they aren't to difficult to install.