----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Maas" Subject: Re: OT: Car buffs, help needed
> On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 12:38 PM, William Robb <warobb at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Sessoms" Subject: Re: OT: Car >> buffs, help needed >> >> >> >>> >>> A competent driver doesn't produce "the jerky motion" when shifting. >>> >> >> A classic example of being wrong. >> > > Depends on how you parse the sentence. A proper shift should not be > jerky, but on the other hand it could still have an abrupt change in > acceleration (which is what people are not feeling with standard > CVT's) What I actually meant is more about the jerky sound which happens even in case of an AT. And on top of that, - even with AT you can feel the gears switching (even if you are deaf), - the abrupt change in acceleration is stil there. You don't feel that with CVT. - That lead to a perception (at least among US consumers) that the engine is not powerful enough. That's why companies started simulating stepped transmision on top of CVT's. Igor PS. And I agree with William Robb on what constitutes a competent driver. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
