<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Ronnie,<br><br></div>  Before giving up on a CVT, try a Subaru Forester, 2014 or newer.  My wife has one and it is the only 'automatic' I've ever driven and not been annoyed!  I'll hang on to my 5 speed Civic for years to come, and my roadster, but for long trips or driving into the city, the Forester's CVT is pretty darn good.  Honda and Nissan should be looking at Subie's design!<br><br></div>  You would think that CVTs would be further along since the came out in the 1958 DAF.  I think newer materials mad it possible to handle the HP of todays motors.<br><br></div>Paul <br></div>Ohio<br><div><div><div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 3:02 PM, Ronnie Day via Datsun-roadsters <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net" target="_blank">datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Don't hold your breath, on either. In spite of so-so performance the Toyobura twins appear to be selling well, as is the Miata, and many other Mazda models, too. I think many, maybe most of the real car guys at Nissan went to Mazda after Mr. K was shipped back to Japan. They're sponsoring more events, tracks, anything on wheels practically and they sell far fewer cars than Toyota, Honda, maybe even Nissan, but they certainly have the visibility.</div><div><br></div><div>We'll take a serious look at the Civic Si and the Mazda 6 when we're ready to replace our '05 Accord. Seems like most of the mid-sized cars are coming with the CVT transmissions, although you can get 6-speed manuals in a few. Very few decent automatics though and everything I read or hear about the CVT is a turn off.</div><div><br></div><div>Who knows maybe the Accord will outlast me and I won't have to worry about it! ;>)</div><div><br></div><div>RD</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 1:26 PM, Gordon Glasgow via Datsun-roadsters <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net" target="_blank">datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt">Well, it looks better than the Juke, which took the title of World’s Ugliest Car from the F-10. But when the hell is Nissan going to come out with a Miata competitor? Or even a sporty sedan with a manual transmission?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt">Gordon Glasgow<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border-width:1pt medium medium;border-style:solid none none;border-color:rgb(181,196,223) currentColor currentColor;padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-size:10pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"> Datsun-roadsters [mailto:<a href="mailto:datsun-roadsters-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank">datsun-roadsters-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Roy Haslett via Datsun-roadsters<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 03, 2015 9:30 AM<br><b>To:</b> Datsun Roadster List<br><b>Subject:</b> [Roadsters] New Datsun<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Could a Roadster come next????<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""><a href="https://in.news.yahoo.com/lightbox/datsun-unveils-go-cross-concept-slideshow/datsun-go-cross-concept-photo-1446437119224.html" target="_blank">Datsun unveils GO-cross Concept</a><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="margin-top:3.75pt;margin-bottom:3.75pt"><table style="width:337.5pt;border-collapse:collapse" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="450"><tbody><tr style="height:0.75pt"><td style="background:rgb(229,229,229);padding:0in;height:0.75pt" colspan="8"><div><p clas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