Comments by "j0elsuf" (@SirJoelsuf1) on "Comparing Manual Transmission with Automatic u0026 CVT [In Detail]" video.

  1. Best performance/most fun = Manual Easiest to drive/repair = Auto Most fuel efficient = Continuous Variable My first car was my late dad's car, a 1996 Mercury Cougar with a manual transmission. Had a whopping 17 miles per gallon in 3rd gear, but was able to go 0 to 60 in a minute in some change...in 1st gear. But could go 0 to 60 in less than 3 seconds. V8, 4.6 liters, 315ish horsepower, this thing was a TANK. But boy did it let you know if you didn't shift gears properly lol. After my dad passed he left me a ton of money and I bought a 2006 Nissan Sentra cash with it. Classic automatic transmission. 6 speed, 4 cylinder, 1.8 liters, 140 horsepower. 25 miles per gallon city and 30 miles per gallon highway, but boy was it boring to drive. Super DUPER easy to maintain tho. Just change oil every 7500 miles or so and you're good. Wasn't like that in the Cougar! haha. Sentra started to run rough at about 315k miles and needed all kinds of new stuff (new axels, control arms, bearings etc) so I decided to trade it in for what I currently drive, a 2020 Versa. This car is tiny. 4 cylinder, 1.6 liters, only 120 horsepower. Yet it uses more oil than the Sentra did (Sentra took 3.75 quarts, the versa takes 4.25? idk you tell me). Now yes the Versa DOES have a CVT and they've been known to be problematic but my Versa is already and 90k (bought it at 60k, I do ridesharing gig stuff with it) and it seems fine. Just a couple hiccups over those first 30k. Gets about 35 miles per gallon in the city and a staggering 47 (!!!) miles per gallon on the highway. I'll never forget goin on my first road trip with it, filling it with a scant 8 gallons of gas from 1/4 tank and staring at the 450 (!!!!) miles to empty on the screen after for a few seconds. Like How is that possible on 10ish gallons? But yes, driving a CVT DOES take some finesse. As the video says it has an infinite number of gears and is continuous. This means you shouldn't floor it/gun it to accelerate or else you'll burn it up. Gotta check the belt. Gotta check the transmission fluid too. I'm flushin mine soon. The Versa goes 0-60 in a painful 10 seconds and it will shout at you every second lol. BUT! If you take it nice and easy, it is smooth as butter.
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