On 5/17/2016 9:33 AM, Frank wrote:
We liked the two Subarus we test drove. But, the "tranny hump"
(where the bell housing would be on a rear-wheel drive vehicle)
was too wide and encroached on the leg position for the passenger
(your left foot can't be placed directly in front of your left *hip*,
let alone to the *left* of it!)

We have a family friend at Subaru of America and I discussed such durability
problems with him.

Pleased with CVT and find it very smooth. See it is available on a lot of cars
so hopefully it will hold up.

Dunno. When I think about the design, it reminds me of turning
the steering wheel while fully stopped -- it just seems like it is
"brute-forcing" the change in pulley ratios.

The drive was... "interesting". You expect the little "hesitation" as
an automatic slips from one gear to another and keep waiting for it -- but
it never comes.