"2Fast2Furious: Rotary Powered" (2fast2furiousfc3s) 05/09/2019 at 09:05 • Filed to: None

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OPPOsaurus WRX > 2Fast2Furious: Rotary Powered 05/09/2019 at 09:17

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CVTs>Autos

HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute > 2Fast2Furious: Rotary Powered 05/09/2019 at 09:20

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i guess i’m a big buff black guy then

Shift24 > OPPOsaurus WRX 05/09/2019 at 09:46

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CVT great idea, poor execution and manufacturing

Also who doesn’t love the black magic that is planetary gears

edit: I had a gif but didnt work

412GTI > 2Fast2Furious: Rotary Powered 05/09/2019 at 09:50

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Modern CVTs for non-car people aren’t bad compared to the original ones, those were rough! 

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > OPPOsaurus WRX 05/09/2019 at 09:51

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You uh....you been in a Nissan with a CVT?

I’m aware Williams tested a CVT back in the 90s in an F1 car. The nissan CVT is a very far cry from that.

OPPOsaurus WRX > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 05/09/2019 at 10:00

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I have

while its no F1 transmission, its also no F1 car. Both are good for what they are though. I have had no issues at all with the CVT. The DCT in the focus on the other hand can eat my shit.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > OPPOsaurus WRX 05/09/2019 at 10:12

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I drove a brand new altima a few months ago with one. It was both obvious it was a CVT, and was also worse than a normal transmission. I don’t know if it was programming or the mechanicals of it but even if the rest of the car was perfect (and admittedly, it was a nice place to sit for highway drives) that alone would ruin it. Glad yours is doing fine cons idering other brand’s minivans seem to have their own transmission issues (Honda/Chrysler vans hoo boy....)

Powershift has a different problem - no torque converter. So it lost all manner of smoothness that an automatic usually has and then blew itself up early and often due to the stress and programming nightmare it was. No defense of that transmission. Also not really a true automatic though.

OPPOsaurus WRX > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 05/09/2019 at 10:25

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i was actually surprised how well the transmission works in the van. its a big vehicle to be pulling around. the nature of a CVT takes a little getting used to especially under hard acceleration because it holds that RPM it sounds like the engine is going to explode but the shifting is always quick and smooth.  We’re closing in on 100k miles with it too.  

Wacko > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 05/09/2019 at 11:40

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I actually prefer my 2014 pathfinder’s CVT to any automatic i have ever tried.

No elastic band feeling, just constant and smooth acceleration.  

ttyymmnn > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 05/09/2019 at 12:03

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Which makes me wonder about the paddle shifter on the CVT Odyssey I looked at.