First robo-manuals had to be reprogrammed to simulate the vague, flaccid feel of a slushbox, and now this:
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2014/07/nissans-d-step-tweaks-cvts-to-act-more-like-traditional-automatics/
First robo-manuals had to be reprogrammed to simulate the vague, flaccid feel of a slushbox, and now this:
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2014/07/nissans-d-step-tweaks-cvts-to-act-more-like-traditional-automatics/
Wow! First we don't want to shift ourselves. Now we want to 'feel' like our cars are shifting.
That's funny.
trucke wrote: Wow! First we don't want to shift ourselves. Now we want to 'feel' like our cars are shifting.
Its proof that we subconsciously all want manuals.
Nissan has been making CVTs that simulate gear changes for years. This seems like a logical progression of the stupidity.
Crap, Chrysler did that with their CVT's way back around the turn of the century. 
Nothing new there... And I did laugh when I first read about it...
Sounds like "exhaust note through the speakers" to me 
Hungary Bill wrote: Sounds like "exhaust note through the speakers" to me
That's my ringer, M5 with Dinan exhaust notes
I'm confused why there is a need for this... Does the Leaf need make vroom vroom noises too?
The0retical wrote: I'm confused why there is a need for this... Does the Leaf need make vroom vroom noises too?
With speakers outside the car, that'd be hilarious. Especially playing that crazy frog tune
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