Sat Oct 31 14:31:43 CDT 2009 Ken Waller wrote: > I've driven some late model CVTs and find the lack of shift feel un-nerving, > you're always waiting to the - not to come - shift. If the advantages were > worth it, I'm sure I could get use to it. >
That's exactly what I meant by that trend. But it's all in your head. :-) > From: "Adam Maas" > > That feel was part of the issue, but the first wave of CVT's in the > late 80's did rob power from the car, not due to efficiency losses, > but due to effectively shifting up too fast, robbing the car of power > at the wheels. The modern computer controlled CVT's have much better > control over the ratio variation and thus can keep the change down > when accelerating hard, which removes the feel of gutlessness. They're > also using more powerful engines in cars now, it's a lot easier to > make a 70-100HP, 2500lb car feel gutless than a 250HP 3500lb car. > -- You are right. Nissan Rogue 2008 (~4200 lbs) with a 170hp engine and CVT feels normal. Even Versa (~3700 lbs) with 122 hp and CVT feels OK. Igor -- 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.
