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I like the points put forward by fflint_18. Lightonthehill, I thought the way you wrote about the manual tranny, you never enjoyed driving one.
As clearly stated by fflint_18, a lot of people in america just want to turn the key and go. But in Europe most of the cars are stick. And yes, they do have tons of traffic and people with busy lifestyles like us here. No big difference. Of course it is a highly developed country too. So, why do think, though they manufacture a lot of luxury cars like BMW, Mercedes, Audi, they still put manual tranny in them? It is rare or almost not available to find recent models of these cars in the US with sticks in them.
I do like my cvt and like its performance. But there is that feeling of being in control that is lacking. The one of YOU deciding the speed and power. Not the cvt being in control. It makes me wonder a lot why they make the cvts and put the manual mode, without a clutch. What is the sense of that? For real. Explain that to me.
It is clearly an auto! How can they put the manual option with no clutch? Is it suppose to be a joystick at that point?
All I can say is Nissan has its reasons for putting whatever in their cars. And I sure do like my 08 Maxima SE, for it comes with all the toys I like, plus the one I added to complete it. But when it comes to fun in driving, on a long trip, I will prefer driving a stick, than a cvt. But I don't have that option, so, I am in my Max with its cvt and all I can say is "Catch me if you can, on the freeway!"
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