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MetroMPG · 08-06-2012, 10:20 PM

Does the car have paddle "shifters" or a +/- gate on the shift lever? Reason I ask: I was surprised to learn that I could coax a CVT in a Jeep Patriot to give me higher gearing for a given road speed than the default programming would otherwise have offered. See: http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...rly-21149.html

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