General Car Discussion

I really hate CVTs.

 

No one like them. They sound like moped.

 

Well I guess a lot of us do.

 

In an ideal world a CVT is genuinely the best performing transmission possible. Though in reality they're flimsy as shit and so limited to tiny engines and often programmed like garbage

 

Saw a Subaru CVT at TAFE the other day, extremely clean, probably because it broke, so they just use it as a display.

 

Yeah, they break all the time, and wear the engine out.

 

And once again green hell spewing bullshit

 

I don't swear at you when you have an opinion!!

 

He didnt swear at you, he described your opinion (even though you stated it as fact) as bullshit.

 

Ok, I could have worded it a bit better. I think that CVT's wear out the engine, and break all the time.

 

CVTs do nothing of the sort. They're only unreliable because idiots program them.

 

I'm speaking solely from a driving standpoint, reliability issues aside. I drove my friend's prius, it has a cvt. It completely sucks every little bit of life out of the car. To me, one of the most entertaining parts of driving is going through the gears, downshifts and stuff. Without that it is just disappointing every time you put the pedal down.

 

they do nothing to the engine
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it actually doesnt have a CVT
prius transmission is fucking weird ass bullshit using the relative speed of electric motor + engine to create varied gear ratios, completely bizarre. Though you say you love the entertainment of racking through gears, you drive an auto, it takes that fun away from you too.

 

CVT's are actually better for the engine. It revs up to its optimal RPM and pretty much stays there.

 

Whatever it is, it sucks.

I don't care whether I'm doing it or it's done by a computer, I like seeing/hearing/feeling a car go through the gears.
And I think automatic transmissions are entertaining.

 

The only negative thing I heard about the CVTs was from Nissan and their heating problem which I think they solved it with a transmission cooler and some tweaking.
My friend just got a '13 Maxima and from what I saw it takes some time in till it shifts to the 2nd, time will tell.

 

Audi had a lot of problems with theyre multitronic a large german car magazine had one as theyre test car and the cvt broke several times in 100k km.

 

CVTs in cars may suck but they can be a lot of fun in ATVs and side by sides.

 

This is the only picture from today's festivities.

Step #1, Buy a $150 automatic Cavalier that needs a head gasket.

Step #2, Replace head gasket and fuel injectors on 2.2 Iron Duke GM 4 cylinder.

Step #3, Install tiny, ancient CB radio from the bottom of the radio box, and mount bent 67 inch antenna on the trunk lid with a hole saw.

Step #4, put ''01'' on the doors with electrical tape,

Step #5, Let the FWD shenanigans ensue, rally car-ing, pull the parking brake and gunning it everywhere, skidding the ass around.

Future plans are that my buddy will use it at his work car, with his 45 mile commute.

 

So turns out a lowered open diff car might have issues trying to drive up a steep sandy hill. Who'da thunk it.