![]() Most appliance automatics are pretty slow to respond when calling for passing power these days (because again, trying to maximize economy) but it's not limited to automatics - you can tell the throttle programming in our 2013 Mazda3 - Skyactiv, 6MT - is biased towards economy because it sometimes feels like some of the 155 horses only have 2 legs.īack to Subies, I'll say again that the 2002 Outback's 4EAT is leagues behind the 2010's CVT in pretty much all respects. Not sure what kind of hesitation you're talking about. I have driven the 2010 and yes there's a slight hesitation going between drive modes and it wants to maximize fuel economy by staying in a lower gear. I haven't yet had a chance to drive my FIL's new 2018 Outback. The Ford unit just plain sucks - they should have kept a torque converter automatic with early lockup, like the Mazda Skyactiv design.ĭid Subie CVT's improve? The slowly- responding trans in our ’15 Forester XT is the most irritating thing about the car. Most of the failures you see these days are due to lack of care, rather than design. It's a pretty ironed-out design by this point.ġ0 years ago I would have said no way to a DSG because of reliability concerns, but it's been proven. There were a slew of mechatronics failures, but VW extended the coverage on those and most of the affected units should be taken care of by now. I've seen stock DSG's that are hitched to tuned motors last 150k or so on the clutches because the owners were diligent about maintenance. But there are so many tools available for the DIY'er, and indy shops can turn them over efficiently, that it's not a particularly cost-prohibitive($200 or so) or difficult service to perform. The downside of the wet clutch in the DSG is that fluid changes are required every 40,000 miles or so. To add insult to injury, it's also not typically available in a package that's conducive to spirited driving. That is the main reason why the slow speed performance is so poor, and clutch life is so bad on the Ford. They’d like to preserve those reputations.Īs I’ve said, I have also had extensive discussions with both Hyundai and Kia about reversing a trailer in similar conditions - which is the subject of my next report.One of the major reasons why the VW DSG is far superior to the Ford DCT, is that the VW is a wet clutch design, similar to a motorcycle. Plus, Hyundai does have a 5-year unlimited kilometre warranty and Kia: 7 years, and essentially that means if you drive in a reasonable manner as a reasonable consumer, even with a driveway on the north face of the Eiger, you are essentially covered.Īnd there’s legislative protection here too, even beyond the warranty, and during - and both these brands are excellent at customer support. I doubt they’ve gone backwards on this one.Īnd when you look at Ford and the PowerShit fiasco, the cost of that to them, the class action lawsuits in many countries, and the ongoing reputational damage which flows from this kind of engineering travesty - no carmaker wants to film ‘ PowerShit 2.0: Let’s Cook Again’. Hyundai-Kia has a pretty good track record with DCT durability, frankly. If you heavily modify your vehicle, other bits are gonna wear out sooner.Ĭooking a conventional auto is much more likely to occur when towing a caravan at high aerodynamic drag, meaning high speeds (100km/h-plus), on a really hot day for a prolonged period of time, in a vehicle where the manufacturer has cut costs (and cut corners) by failing to put adequate transmission cooling into the design. If you tow a massive caravan around the country for 20,000km straight, your vehicle is gonna cop more abuse than someone who doesn’t. If you’re a tradie who tows a heavy trailer in traffic and puts lots of stuff in the tray all day, every day for the next five years, your powertrain is going to wear out. If you do only short trips, your engine is going to wear out earlier, if you never get out on the highway your engine’s gonna wear out earlier, if you drive like a cut snake - you’re gonna wear out your powertrain and brakes earlier than someone much more mechanically sympathetic. If you go out and do this 12-lap test like I did and you do it every day for the next 10 years or whatever, then your clutch is going to wear out and need replacing sooner than if you’re the dude (or dudette) who doesn’t do this. ![]() On durability, how you drive the car affects the longevity of its components like powertrains and things of that nature. Pretty much all carmakers do this, expect Ford’s PowerShit, obviously. If the clutch is slipping like that, the transmission is potentially in danger.īut obviously it’s impossible to avoid any clutch slipping ever, which is why they (Hyundai-Kia) has built in adequate thermal protection. ![]() ‘Inching forward’ means driving at any speeds below which the clutch is able to fully engage in first gear.
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