My Fiesta’s odometer has reached an interesting milestone!
Prnds
Quick Google reveals it means “sport”…and I’m a CVT transmission…why am I having a hard time believing this…
Cause people are idiots and think their car is broken if it doesn’t shift. So auto manufacturers have responded by inserting fake shifts to reduce the complaints from uninformed buyers, reducing efficency and defeating the entire purpose of a CVT! They even put paddle shifters on the things!
To be honest CVT is a really bad design. The belt is always an issue. Now the e-CVT are amazing, they use the electric motor of the hybrid system and a planetary gear system to change the ratio between the gas engine and the wheels.
eCVTs are good, yes (I miss having one so much), just don’t buy a Ford C-Max if you want one.
Very quick for a Hybrid (only 200Hp, but the transmission makes it feel so much faster), luxurious interior with panaromac sunroof, but 75% of their transmissions will fail by 100K miles due to a faulty bearing design.
Traded mine in for a Genesis Coupe 3.8L 6MT at a stealership once I found out mine was dying @106K. I originally paid $7500 for the car and got $6500 for the trade in; even with the purchase price of the Genesis ($12k) it was still cheaper than getting the C-Max fixed.
That said, I can’t wait to try another eCVT again. And this is coming from someone who prefers to drive stick.
I have a RAV4 Hybrid and it’s the nicest ride ever got a gas car. And yeah the e-CVT is great
beat me to it
I have never heard of that before
My car just hit 222,222. Reminds me of Mitch Hedburg’s phone number. “Just hit 2 for a while…”
Unfortunately, it’s a Fiesta. ☹️ So it will never reach 444,444 miles…
Come back when you reach 80085.
So PRNDS has me confused. Bc obviously it’s
P - park
R - reverse
N - neutral
D - drive
S - sport
What I don’t get is like why it’s there if it doesn’t show any of them selected
Like what would be its purpose/how is nothing selected if it does serve a purpose
When you start the car, there is a moment where all lights turn on to make sure they work. This could be this moment.
That’s probably the case especially given the gas tank is sitting at empty
Judging by the fuel tank on empty, this is the car turned on ACC but without the engine on, in which case all lights turn on to verify they work. In operation I’d imagine only one of kf the letters would be lit up.
