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Old 02-08-2019, 09:31 PM   #707
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Originally Posted by unhappymeal View Post
The Launch Gear is legit useful. The rest is garbage marketing. I can't for the life of me figure out why Nissan and Subaru put simulated shift points into their CVTs other than consumers are used to it. The whole point of a CVT is you can rev the engine to a target RPM without having to swap cogs and drop revs.
It is market hype but that does not diminish the value of the improvements. The tech behind that hype is legit.
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