CVT gearbox

[upup]

I was just wondering, when do go downhill with a car one can select a lower gear, the gearbox regulates the car's speed.

Does CVT's offer such a feature. I read that CVT's are only place in small engine cars. I think the answer is no, just use your brakes.

Am I correct?

 

[Magnum]

Nissan Murano is by all means not a small car...CVT is an infinity variable gearbox. Yes it can slow the vehicle when designed to do so.

 

[Hamster]

Wouldn't call the Subaru XV, Forester, Honda CR-V nor the Civic "small" cars.

 

[Nod]

https://jalopnik.com/the-worst-driving-habits-with-each-type-of-transmission-1785113367

 

[Leo_]

I was just wondering, when do go downhill with a car one can select a lower gear, the gearbox regulates the car's speed.

Does CVT's offer such a feature. I read that CVT's are only place in small engine cars. I think the answer is no, just use your brakes.

Am I correct?

CVT's do offer this feature.

I know for a fact that Toyota's CVT, if it detects you do not want to increase the speed on a decline, it automatically increases the revs to add engine braking going downhill.

I'm sure other manufacturers have implemented a similar feature.

Edit: Also a lot a CVTs have simulated gears. So you can essentially shift into a lower "gear" to let your engine do the breaking going downhill.

 

[stroller]

The Honda Jazz has seven 'steps' so one can select a 'step' by flicking one of the paddles on the steering wheel.
On the instrument panel it shows what 'step' has been engaged.

 

[Dan C]

My dual clutch does brake using the gears. Very weird actually.

 

[pinball wizard]

I was just wondering, when do go downhill with a car one can select a lower gear, the gearbox regulates the car's speed.

Does CVT's offer such a feature. I read that CVT's are only place in small engine cars. I think the answer is no, just use your brakes.

Am I correct?

Go and read some more. You are misinformed.

 

[pinball wizard]

My dual clutch does brake using the gears. Very weird actually.

Completely different to a magical mystical cvt.

 

[Dan C]

Completely different to a magical mystical cvt.

You reckon Not sure why Robert asked this question as there are no uphills or downhills in Welkom.

 

[Other Pineapple Smurf]

I was just wondering, when do go downhill with a car one can select a lower gear, the gearbox regulates the car's speed.

Does CVT's offer such a feature. I read that CVT's are only place in small engine cars. I think the answer is no, just use your brakes.

Am I correct?

I do it all the time on my Honda Ballade and is recommended as all I'm doing is basically overriding my the optimal "gear" selected by my car. My car will also return to a higher/lower "gear" if I select a gear that could kill or damage the engine.

Actually I found stepping down a "gear" in traffic to slow down is safer to the driver behind me as they don't knee jerk slam on their brakes like they would when they see a brake light go on. Of course one needs to factor in following distance.

The stepping down effect is also influenced by the driving mode I'm in: auto; auto in economy mode; stepped; stepped in economy mode