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Originally Posted by POWERFREAK
A 10 spd trans sounds pretty useless to me. More gears for the computer to hunt through....yippie.
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+1; they dont call it slushbox for nothing...
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Originally Posted by Norm Peterson
The idea is that for most driving the engine can be kept within a narrower rpm band optimized for minimum fuel usage. I'm guessing that the tranny control logic could get a bit busy in hilly country with any of several ratios being reasonable to be in at just about any driving speed. Might even shift up or down on you with the cruise control set.
The alternative is a CVT, which brings a few limitations of its own to the table (think significant torque management interference when launching / starting up from a complete stop, and a sensation that it's "always slipping" even though nothing is actually slipping mechanically).
Norm
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Undeniable, but when at times it takes a good 1-2 seconds to decide which gear to drop down to when you step on it (easy to catch it off guard when driving under varying traffic conditions) it does get annoying
I drove the CVT for a day and a half on a Nissan Altima, just couldnt get used to the lack of gear change..
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Originally Posted by mclark10
My 2011 Equinox is the same way. Step on the gas after slowing to about 10 or so and it goes into 'drool mode' for a couple of seconds before it reacts. Sometimes I think someone on the line must've stuck an old Commodore64 programmed with a cassette data tape in for a tranny controller when it was built.
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Tell me about it. At times I've narrowly missed a few inbound collisions, thanks to that delay..
I even tried using the manual mode, but that takes ~ a second to shift as well..