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Originally Posted by cyclopathic
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Originally Posted by jamesqf
I'd say it's downshifting, just with infinitely-variable gear ratios. Really no different than when I used to drop the Insight into 4th to keep up with 70+ mph traffic on the long hills on I680 in the East Bay.
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If you mean it is changing ratio then it is. |
The fact that a CVT does the thinking for you doesn't change what it's doing.
Changing ratio is... shifting.
Changing to a lower ratio is...
downshifting.
People get so wound up about scary things like clutch pedals that they forget what's actually happening.