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Greetings:

With the Wagon Queen Family Truckster in the shop for its Million-Mile Maintenance, the Subaru dealer graciously comped me a loaner- a 2012 Outback. This is one of a growing number of cars - from Japan, mostly - equipped with a Continuously Variable Transmission.

In the Outback, punching the pedal through the floor results in a little pause, followed by a rapid rise in engine RPM to 6200, where it stays as the car gathers speed. I looked up the tranny Here. (OOoh, shiny!) It's weird not to feel/hear the engine shifting down as I accelerate, except the Honda does the same.

Instead of a Contra spring and selectable rollers, the tranny is controlled by the Engine Control Module - which puts a priority on gas mileage. 75 MPH seems to produce a steady 2050 RPM from the mild-mannered LC Boxer 4. Paddles on the steering wheel allow the selection of six "virtual" gears that in turn permit the engine to reach its 6500-RPM redline. Pretty cool, but this beast needs at least a 6. The tranny isn't particularly well-suited to pulling heavy loads, either. Lots of fail-safe devices all aimed at preventing overheating...

Shooot, maybe while I have the Outback I oughta ...
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The 500 had that too but I don't think it is as common since they introduced the 265 3.5

motormike wrote:Subaru had me when they marketed the first passenger seats ever to be mounted in the bed of pick-up truck (by a manufacturer, not a redneck)....

That was done to get around import duty (tax).

Greetings:

The Truckster is back home where it belongs. New timing belt, water pump, spark plugs (Originals lasted 127,000 miles...) and minus the multiply-cracked windshield. I even splurged and had the dealer Detail guy go over it. Still needs sway bar links up front and alignment. I now need a kidney, having sold both of mine. Anyone here HLA-B29 Genotype B+?

Just watched somethin on tv last night about the new semi-hybrid Honda Civic and its got a CVT it dosent have the gearing like 1,2,3,D,N,R,P its actually L.H,D,N,R,P low high drive neutral reverse and park