Thread: buying a RVR
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Old 09-11-2011, 08:32 AM   #8
billybob123
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Originally Posted by Fozzie_DeBear View Post
If only they made it with a manual transmission....
Bit of a thread hijack, but does anyone drive a car with a CVT? I was thinking of buying one but had one as a rental and found that the car was exceedingly buzzy compared to comparable cars. Maybe it was just that it was a piece of junk to start with (Dodge Caliber). My car has a 4-speed automatic which makes it feel like the dark ages when I drive it. I find the newer rental cars I seem to get (Fords, usually) have 6+ speeds and drive so much nicer. I saw the new Charger is going to get an 8-speed automatic. That should make its mileage better than it would get with a manual, and the performance should be fantastic!

I had a manual on my last two cars and don't miss it TBH. I hate being stuck in traffic shifting from first to second to first to second. Maybe it's just me. If I was driving on coast roads with no traffic, sure, way better, but traffic and lights are my daily drive.

ETA: found the Motoring episode with the RVR review here.

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