Thoughts On CVT..
12-12-2011, 08:33 AM
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12-16-2011, 06:34 AM
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12-22-2011, 09:11 AM
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I own a 2008 maxima se and the truth is the cvt blows.
My back ground of cars altima se 5 spd, wrx 5 spd, legacy gt 5spd auto had 2 of those and had an sti and an evo before the maxima. So I got married and it was time to calm down and settle down with the boy racer image. So I started to look at decent used cars under 20k. I found a maxima and my wife fell in love with it, so I test drove it and bought it.
After driving it a few months I wanted to kill myself. I think the cvt makes the car gutless, loud and slow. Also I think the maxima turning radius is one of the worst in this cars segment.
I hated the car so much lwith the cvt that I had to trade in my legacy gt for a 2012 sd 7 speed dual clutch transmission. After I got my s4 I handed off the maxima to my wife.
I have to say the car is reliable I had 0 issues so far, but everytime she makes me drive it I feel like crashing it.
My back ground of cars altima se 5 spd, wrx 5 spd, legacy gt 5spd auto had 2 of those and had an sti and an evo before the maxima. So I got married and it was time to calm down and settle down with the boy racer image. So I started to look at decent used cars under 20k. I found a maxima and my wife fell in love with it, so I test drove it and bought it.
After driving it a few months I wanted to kill myself. I think the cvt makes the car gutless, loud and slow. Also I think the maxima turning radius is one of the worst in this cars segment.
I hated the car so much lwith the cvt that I had to trade in my legacy gt for a 2012 sd 7 speed dual clutch transmission. After I got my s4 I handed off the maxima to my wife.
I have to say the car is reliable I had 0 issues so far, but everytime she makes me drive it I feel like crashing it.
12-31-2011, 07:16 PM
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You got a 07? Congrats man that's really awesome welcome to the 6.5 club. You know...like your typical 6th Genner will bash on the cvt bc there jealous they don't have one but you my freind just bought a very nice reliable peice of technology. Also I know it's not like a true Stick shift but you do still get the down shift feel and trust me it's fun to here that cvt wind up when you accelerate. Have fun with it sir. What color and what trim package did you get?
12-31-2011, 08:34 PM
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You got a 07? Congrats man that's really awesome welcome to the 6.5 club. You know...like your typical 6th Genner will bash on the cvt bc there jealous they don't have one but you my freind just bought a very nice reliable peice of technology. Also I know it's not like a true Stick shift but you do still get the down shift feel and trust me it's fun to here that cvt wind up when you accelerate. Have fun with it sir. What color and what trim package did you get?
12-31-2011, 08:40 PM
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02-08-2012, 04:15 PM
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Thats funny hoe you say a CVT is junk yet its used in all types of stuff. Gokarts, tractors, power tools ect. Truth be told, its been around hundreds of years, and its way more reliable than a manual tranny that has hudres of moving parts. Though there is still some disscution on to the reliabillity issue, the whole Metal Band strech issue. But i think its totally kewl man... Nice jump in the technological age...
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