Quote Originally Posted by yebo View Post
OT: planetary gear type a/t yes. pero with the new cvt a/t hindi na valid ito. a properly tuned cvt will defeat a manual tranny. the time it will take you to shift gears and rev up does not exist in a cvt, where the engine is at optimum engine rpm all the time. imagine mo lang pag shift mo ng gear e the engine rpm goes down again to 2000-2500 rpm while the car with the cvt will have the engine always at the optimum rpm where the torque is max, iiwanan ka nyan. lalo na yung mga 6 or 7 speed cvt, and mas lalo na sa paakyat talo manual dun. try racing a cvt car with a manual tranny car up to baguio or tagaytay, you'll see what i mean.
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