Re: Manual (stick shift)or Automatic transmission
Originally Posted by
Minx
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Is that a CVT automatic transmission Bruce?
No, my previous car had CVT but that gearbox only had two modes, normal or sports.
You can't change gear in a CVT gearbox, one of the oddest thing was to accelerate and watch the revs on the engine go down while the car went faster as the gearbox did the work.
If you wanted t use the gearbox to brake you had to go into sports mode otherwise the car just went faster down hill the gearbox in normal mode offered no resistance at all - it was designed that way for fuel economy.
That car had a 1.5litre engine (it only weighed 0.75 tonnes) and got about 44mpg whereas my current car is 2 tonnes, has a 3 litre turbo diesel and gets 33mpg. My Morris 1000 was lucky to get 25mpg (ish)