automatic or manual...
#31
the manual is probably worth at least 2 MPG in city driving if the driver understands at what rpm and load the fuel economy of the engine is best
however, it is worth test driving a new Honda Fit with the automatic transmission just to experience how they have put the paddle shifters on the steering wheel to allow 'going manual' when you wish to
It is also worth test driving a Nissan Murano to experience how that CVT works,
or one of the Dodge/Jeep vehicles with that same company's (JATCO) continuous variable transmission
however, it is worth test driving a new Honda Fit with the automatic transmission just to experience how they have put the paddle shifters on the steering wheel to allow 'going manual' when you wish to
It is also worth test driving a Nissan Murano to experience how that CVT works,
or one of the Dodge/Jeep vehicles with that same company's (JATCO) continuous variable transmission
The Murano's transmission, designated CVT3 by JATCO, has a long history of catastrophic failures, ranging from electrical problems to belt breakage all the way to broken pulleys or shafts. They are ticking time bombs.
The lighter duty units in the Dodge/Jeep vehicles, designated CVT2 by JATCO, has somewhat of a better history, but even then, it's still a failure waiting to happen. Most of the problems never actually get solved, they just get swept under the rug.
Then again, what would anyone with any mechanical knowledge at all expect from a transmission that is nothing more than an over complicated snowmobile clutch & belt assembly?
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#34
http://www.schneiderjobs.com/drivers...perienced.html <-- second question from the top.