• ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works
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    CVTs, in apples for apples comparisons, kind of are the best of both worlds.

    In theory they have advantages, but in practice they’re probably the worst kind of transmission you could get right now unless you’re driving a low-horsepower econo-car. (Even then I don’t think I’d want one; I’d rather pay a little more for gas than risk an expensive early transmission failure.)

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        2 months ago

        Subaru WRX with the Performance Transmission

        I haven’t tried them myself (I’m not a big WRX fan in general) but I hear a lot of complaining about them and not a lot of praise.

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          Got a bunch of friends with them, across the board everyone hates the CVT