[jcp123]

Originally Posted by darcane

I don't know about the Mirage, but I recently rented an Altima with a CVT and hated it. While going down even modest hills, the engine would rev to 3000+ rpms presumably for engine braking. This was surprising and disconcerting to my wife (as a passenger) who would rarely even notice this sort of thing. Acceleration seemed anemic for the rated power of the engine. There seemed to be no connection between what the engine was doing and what the wheels were doing. In my opinion, it takes the worst characteristics of a conventional slush-box and exaggerates them.

Strange, I thought the Altima (and the Sentra, both now the previous generations) had best of breed CVTs. They allowed nice slow rev cruising and both cars yielded excellent MPG according to the factory FCD. I thought the Quest van, with it's high weight and more powerful V6 messed up its function...it felt confused and overloaded, always hunting through ratios and never settling down.