View Single Post
Old 05-02-2017, 09:39 PM   #81
humfrz
Senior Member
 
Join Date: May 2013
Drives: 2013 FR-S, white, MT
Location: Puyallup, WA
Posts: 30,432
Thanks: 29,826
Thanked 32,845 Times in 16,844 Posts
Mentioned: 715 Post(s)
Tagged: 2 Thread(s)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tcoat View Post
Some CVTs already come damn close. My wife's old RVR (Outlander Sport) would hit 3,000 and just sit there as the CVT spooled up through the pulley. No shift points. No fluctuations in RPM. Just hit 3k and keep going faster and faster until you took your foot off the pedal and it leveled out at 1,500 to cruise. Weirdest sensation ever.
Oh ...... that sounds like a boooooring transmission ......


humfrz
humfrz is offline   Reply With Quote