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Nathan
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6. "RE: Achtung--Käfer!"
In response to message #3
 
   I don't think I've ever driven a car with a turbo, but the ginormous lag time between input and Go sounds familiar, because that is a definite feature of the CVT gearing on my 2012 Subaru. Like the Beetle, it has a Flappy Paddle option, which I understand allows those who are initiated in their mysteries to sidestep the CVT's insistence on the three-second process of trying all possible gearing ratios less than what you actually need, but by the nature of my driving commute I need to be making sharp turns into busy traffic...

...and the Flappy Paddles turn with the wheel. Which, um, I've got better things to worry about (like not getting pasted by an overloaded coal truck doing thirty-five in a twenty-five zone down the crammed full main drag) than having a panic attack because shiftshiftWHERE'STHEFUCKINGLEVERITWASTHEREASECONDAGO!.

Next time I'll suck it up and learn to deal with Subaru's fiddly finicky manual shifters the way I'd originally planned to, and hang the milage.

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   RE: Achtung--Käfer! Gryphonadmin Jul-13-16 1
   RE: Achtung--Käfer! Pasha Jul-13-16 2
      RE: Achtung--Käfer! Gryphonadmin Jul-13-16 3
         RE: Achtung--Käfer! Nathan Jul-13-16 6
              RE: Achtung--Käfer! Gryphonadmin Jul-13-16 7
                  RE: Achtung--Käfer! Nathan Jul-14-16 8
          RE: Achtung--Käfer! Peter Eng Jul-14-16 10
   RE: Achtung--Käfer! JFerio Jul-13-16 4
      RE: Achtung--Käfer! Gryphonadmin Jul-13-16 5
          RE: Achtung--Käfer! JFerio Jul-14-16 12
              RE: Achtung--Käfer! Gryphonadmin Jul-14-16 13
                  RE: Achtung--Käfer! JFerio Jul-14-16 14
   RE: Achtung--Käfer! SmkViper Jul-14-16 9
      RE: Achtung--Käfer! Gryphonadmin Jul-14-16 11


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