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Re:Each Decade That Passes, Fewer People Report Knowing How ... by OldHand2018 on Thursday February 18, 2021 @02:33PM (#26184380)
Car makers program CVTs to act like automatics, almost completely eliminating the benefit of a CVT. I’ve got a Subaru with a CVT and I’ve become used to it; I’ll never love it. Mine is the H6 engine paired to the heavy duty CVT. It’s a good thing it will last a long time, as it’s going to be my last Subaru (I’ve driven both the NA and turbo 4 with the CVT and would never buy one).
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Re:Each Decade That Passes, Fewer People Report Knowing How ... by bozzcl on Friday February 19, 2021 @11:00AM (#26194465)
Subaru CVTs are especially bad from what I've heard. I tried a WRX with one back in 2015, but unfortunately I wasn't too experienced with them to really tell how bad it was. Went with a manual a few years later, though.
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