manual or automatic

[iiinaslao]

-- is this in manual mode? wherein the gears downshift automatically given the change in speed?



-- what other modes do CVTs have? D1,D2,etc..

the gears downshifting automatically is in manual mode. for the 2nd query, i think even none cvts have atleast three drive modes d1=low, d2=mid and d3=high. my dad's accord (2000 model/non-cvt) has up to d4. so on ordinary driving, we usually use d3, on highway we use d4.

for my wife's city (up to d3), we use d2 for city driving (stop and go situations) and d3 for highway. really really seldomly use the d1.