eli5: Why does a CVT transmission still “shift” if it can be in any position and move seamlessly as they say?
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My 2012 Subaru Legacy didn’t have shift detents on the CVT unless you put it in “manual” paddle shift mode (which was stupid and useless IMHO). The first experience was weird under hard acceleration. It felt like there were rubber bands stretching and releasing as you accelerated. Normal driving was just smooth as butter and really nice. When it was time for a new car (192k+ miles and the crank seal failed how many more weird problems were going to start) I was told that Subaru added the fake gear changes because customers had heard horror stories about the Nissan CVTs always breaking and associated those with all CVTs.
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