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« Reply #21 on: January 07, 2008, 08:02:41 pm » |
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« Reply #22 on: January 07, 2008, 08:21:03 pm » |
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« Reply #23 on: January 07, 2008, 09:09:47 pm » |
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« Reply #24 on: January 07, 2008, 09:21:48 pm » |
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« Reply #25 on: January 07, 2008, 10:39:46 pm » |
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« Reply #26 on: January 08, 2008, 08:09:04 am » |
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« Reply #27 on: January 09, 2008, 06:35:11 am » |
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Now the bad — the CVT tranmission makes driving in the snow a little, I’ll say, interesting. It took me awhile to figure out why I couldn’t sense the wheels were spinning until it dawned on me what was happening. The CVT transmission was shifting to keep the engine spinning at the same speed. The result? With no audible clue that the engine is speeding up without the car moving faster, you lose that intuitive sense of when the wheels are slipping.
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« Reply #28 on: January 09, 2008, 09:16:37 am » |
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THERE IS NO CURE FOR "LOTUS"......ONLY TREATMENT.....
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« Reply #29 on: January 09, 2008, 10:42:39 am » |
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« Reply #30 on: January 09, 2008, 10:58:00 am » |
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Now the bad — the CVT tranmission makes driving in the snow a little, I’ll say, interesting. It took me awhile to figure out why I couldn’t sense the wheels were spinning until it dawned on me what was happening. The CVT transmission was shifting to keep the engine spinning at the same speed. The result? With no audible clue that the engine is speeding up without the car moving faster, you lose that intuitive sense of when the wheels are slipping.
This is a major safety concern, sufficient to cause me to avoid purchasing the vehicle!
Note, if you really hammer it the engine will speed up, but in small cases you may miss it. |
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« Reply #31 on: January 09, 2008, 11:10:31 am » |
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Now the bad — the CVT tranmission makes driving in the snow a little, I’ll say, interesting. It took me awhile to figure out why I couldn’t sense the wheels were spinning until it dawned on me what was happening. The CVT transmission was shifting to keep the engine spinning at the same speed. The result? With no audible clue that the engine is speeding up without the car moving faster, you lose that intuitive sense of when the wheels are slipping. Sounds like you are saying that CVT's are no good for Canadian winters. I wonder if all other CVT's are like that. I think it would be interesting to find out.  |
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« Reply #32 on: January 09, 2008, 12:58:02 pm » |
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This is the third winter I've had my CVT and have had NO problems with it. |
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« Reply #33 on: January 09, 2008, 05:23:48 pm » |
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well Hammer OR whatever seems Nissan really NAILED their CVT..........and someone here said their "paddles" shifter on the new Rogue ?...is Very FINE........  |
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« Reply #34 on: January 09, 2008, 09:30:09 pm » |
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This is the third winter I've had my CVT and have had NO problems with it.
To be fair, you also have a center differential. |
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« Reply #35 on: January 09, 2008, 09:39:31 pm » |
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« Reply #36 on: January 09, 2008, 11:04:17 pm » |
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Honey, you have way, WAY too much facking time on your hands.  Holy crap...  Thanks muchly.  Would you believe it took me 5 seconds to think of the idea and another 10 minutes assembling the actual links and so on? It was one of those serendipitous bits of inspiration, actually. As soon as I thought of the idea, I knew it had to be done. When the muse offers, the artist must accept. Art has its price, you know.  |
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« Reply #37 on: January 10, 2008, 01:26:56 pm » |
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last time it woz $29.99 behind WallyMart.......badda BONG............. |
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« Reply #38 on: January 20, 2008, 01:59:38 pm » |
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Sounds like you are saying that CVT's are no good for Canadian winters. I wonder if all other CVT's are like that. I think it would be interesting to find out.  Sounds like one just needs to adjust their winter driving a bit to make up for the CVT's unique characteristics... once you've driven one in the snow for a while, I'm sure it will be just fine. |
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« Reply #39 on: January 20, 2008, 04:04:12 pm » |
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Honey, you have way, WAY too much facking time on your hands.  Holy crap...  Thanks muchly.  Would you believe it took me 5 seconds to think of the idea and another 10 minutes assembling the actual links and so on? It was one of those serendipitous bits of inspiration, actually. As soon as I thought of the idea, I knew it had to be done. When the muse offers, the artist must accept. Art has its price, you know.  Way too much time to burn! Why don't you start a website game like that, called "Random-Connections.com" Get 10,000,000 hits a day and sell it to Google. After you make your first million, remember to buy me a new car!  |
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