My new car....

[MATCHBX]

Nice looking car. My buddy just bought a black 2009 with the CVT tranny. He went from driving manual trannies to this and he absolutely loves it.

BTW, how can shift up and down with the paddle shifters on a CVT transmission? Isn't that like having a screendoor on a submarine?

[Kracka]

Nice car, Tom!

Scheides - It has the CVT.

[rose0529]

Looks nice Tom!

Scheides, yup cvt. They program "gears" into the cvt's computer so it mimics gear changes. I can't imagine its faster though, I thought one of the big deals with cvt's was that they stay in the engines peak power rpm's throughout exceleration.

[tpunx99GSX]

Looks nice Tom!

Scheides, yup cvt. They program "gears" into the cvt's computer so it mimics gear changes. I can't imagine its faster though, I thought one of the big deals with cvt's was that they stay in the engines peak power rpm's throughout exceleration.

I dont know if its necesarily staying with the peak power rpms, but its a lot smoother where you dont feel the hard shifts of a conventional automatic. With the paddles you just have more control to keep up in the higher rpms.

And on the NADA thing here is their prices.
Rough trade in | Avg Trade in | Clean Trade in | Clean Retail
$14,000 | $15,150 | $16,075 | $19,025