MidwestTA
12-25-2011, 03:30 AM
So, I drove my woman's car for the first time tonight. It's an 07 Ford Fivehundered. It's a nice riding, MASSIVE family cruiser with tons of options. I drove home from Christmas dinner, and I have to say, driving a car with cvt (continually variably transmission) is really really weird. Acceleration is glass smooth, but I kept having a little moment where I thought it was slipping because i'm so used to normal autos and manual trans cars. Once I got it up to 60 and set the cruise, the rpm dropped again, the car was cruisin along at 60mph at 1600 rpm. Now I see how this big boat is getting 28mpg average. It's not a car I would buy, but its nice, Just waaay too tall and bulky for me lol.
The thing that surprised me the most was I passed a slow car on the highway, put the pedal to the metal, no jerky downshift, nothing, the rpms just rose up and the car accelerated.. ODD feeling lol
Anyone else drive a car that felt odd in the way it works?
The thing that surprised me the most was I passed a slow car on the highway, put the pedal to the metal, no jerky downshift, nothing, the rpms just rose up and the car accelerated.. ODD feeling lol
Anyone else drive a car that felt odd in the way it works?