"Stevey" <svdec@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> OK so far after 6 months. It's very smooth. The secret is not to
> "punch" as one might be tempted to do. Be gentle and let it do its
> thing. A friend who owns a couple of Saturn dealers says he has heard
> of problems around 70K miles, but I don't know how much of that is
> competitive BS.
>
> SV
The concept behind CVT transmissions has been around for decades, though
it
has never been commercially viable for mass production until now, as the
costs are about 25% higher to build than a conventional transmission.
That being said, CVT transmissions that have been built prior to Nissan's
use of the concept have show themselves to be more durable over time
partly
due to fewer moving parts. This is why Honda and Toyota will be following
suit with Nissan and introducing similar-style transmissions over the next
few months and years.
As for Saturn, I could possibly mention them being the Plastic Vega of the
Nineties, but I wouldn't want to jump on a brand that doesn't sell any
cars.
As to how a Saturn dealer would know that a Nissan CVT with 70k on it has
issues, when the CVT for that model has only been out one year (DAMN!
Someone does some DRIVING!), I would say that jealous guesswork is not an
attractive trait.
Hope this helps
North Plainfield Nissan
www.jerseynissan.com
>
> "kneal44@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <kneal44@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>ok how is the new transmission holding up? seems like a good idea.
>>
>> how do you owners like the way it drives? this use the same tranny
>>fluid?
>>
>>any problems?
>>
>>i have a '98 and not any problems yet. 92 k and still on orginal
>>tranny fluid.
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