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Re: Subaru fuel economy
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Posted by Snowmobile [Email] (#686) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Snowmobile) on Wed, 4 May 2016 06:24:55 Share Post by Email
In Reply to: Re: Subaru fuel economy, cheaptech [Profile/Gallery] , Wed, 4 May 2016 05:25:26
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I can't imagine the CVT is a worse transmission than the preceding 4 speed automatic Subaru used in basically all their cars. That thing was awful. It was geared for fast off the line performance in a NA engine that lacked low end torque. As a result, first gear was a waste. Basically used from 0 to 10 mph only. Every gear was short (narrow power band). As a result, normal highway cruising speed (70mph) in 4th gear was too high an RPM... People here mock the c900 3 speed autobox. The Subaru 4 speed had the same highway cruising RPMs and resultant mediocre highway fuel economy, but with less responsive shifting than the c900 3 speed (hunting etc). That thing was awful. So I can only imagine that the Subaru CVT would be a dream in contrast.

The rule of thumb though for Subies (like c900's): Drive a stick! oh, and get a turbo... that you can still get a suby with a stick is awesome and probably one of their bigger appeals.

I don't think any of the Subies look "vanilla". They look like Subarus. There is a certain distinctive look... it's might not be very beautiful to look at (maybe a utilitarian beauty), but there is at least some uniqueness of style... Subaru deserves credit for that... I suppose the magazines need to kind of fill some blanks to make the pros/cons equal...

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