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Originally Posted by jrb_nw
Which brings up my next point - the CVT trannies in the hybrids do not provide much in the way of gear control and if you are driving twisty mountain roads, you will want control of your gears, if for no other reason than to save your brakes. I think you are better off with a good handling conventional car as mentioned above, with a 5 spd manual or auto tranny that you can manipulate.
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Good point. I was reading one of the threads in the FEH hybrid section, and the poster was saying going downhill on a mountain was a very unpleasant experience.
I hadn't thought about it before, with the CVT...when you shift into S or L (or whatever lower gears are called in your particular car) what exactly does it do? If it doesn't "downshift" like a conventional automatic, what exactly does it do? A change in rpms?