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Originally Posted by Baltothewolf
Tbh I will always protest that CVT's are vastly superior to traditional auto's. I can accelerate with a light foot at 1700rpm in my civic, at a constant rate, all the way up to 65 when the ratio runs out, and cruise at 1900rpm at 70. Or, I can stomp on it and accelerate at 5500rpm all the way to 70, or mild throttle and accelerate at 2000rpm. They gotta be lighter than a 7-9 speed transmission autos, and are more efficient if memory serves me right.
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Now that there are manufacturers OTHER than Nissan making CVTs, I think they will get a better reputation!
The early Nissan CVTs were awful ... some of them still are. I don't mean their behavior, I mean their reliability.
I drove a 2015 Civic with CVT, rather liked it. And I do like CVTs in heavy city traffic. I made the mistake of driving in Times Square the Saturday before christmas in 2014. Lot of sitting and going and then sitting and going. The CVT handled it well, if it were a traditional automatic (and not a rental), I would have been worried about the thing wearing itself out by constantly having to shift. Or killing the clutch on a manual.