THe first generations were abysmal, the bargain brands are still terrible (nissan cvts notoroious), and your average masses cant tell the difference. but a lot of problems come from the 'maintenance free' claims in these trannies, they need maint like any other transmission. I wish they gave us a choice, because most car guys, and even normies if they knew the difference, would prefer a more responsive transmission with shifts than a constantly changing sewing machine. wrxs are nice for affordable japanese sports cars. is sedan, or pre sedan only gen? if its the last 2 generations, your value just went way up because of subus shitty design fails in their new sport sedan. and manual is more practical, more fun, and you can oftentimes get better mpgs out of your car than a soccer mom driving the latest auto tech/ youre right about the trucks exhaust systems, they are overly expensive because of the mandated emissions controls, but thats just for diesel trucks afaik, and does not extend to cars besides the cat converters. I was talking mainly about the impact on passenger types of cars. i do agree on the rest of your opinion about the excessive costs for diesel trucks. I dont know the real world science effect, behind those choices, but as you touched on, i would not be surprised if it were the monetary costs to affiliates of the politicians passing these laws, who just so happen to own 'green' companies redesigning these components for new trucks. Why wont they order less air travel or mil spending to curb the pollution? A question that will eventually answer itself. Maybe we should have a day where kia'ans get together and talk about unnecessary limitations, on vehicles, power production, and society at large and maybe even figure out ways we can fix those for the future. I think that could be very interesting.
And hope ya enjoy that subu, great cars when taken good care of. They probably get better economy because of the less computer aspect, too. I bet theres a huge market for non-computerized, no nonsense trucks and vehicles that 'just work' without the damned $500 repair bills for a 6" tablet you can only buy from your dealer. Thats probably the same reason old Deeres are still in high demand. No nannies. No DrM (prob where biden is pushing cars, tbh)
THe first generations were abysmal, the bargain brands are still terrible (nissan cvts notoroious), and your average masses cant tell the difference. but a lot of problems come from the 'maintenance free' claims in these trannies, they need maint like any other transmission. I wish they gave us a choice, because most car guys, and even normies if they knew the difference, would prefer a more responsive transmission with shifts than a constantly changing sewing machine. wrxs are nice for affordable japanese sports cars. is sedan, or pre sedan only gen? if its the last 2 generations, your value just went way up because of subus shitty design fails in their new sport sedan. and manual is more practical, more fun, and you can oftentimes get better mpgs out of your car than a soccer mom driving the latest auto tech/ youre right about the trucks exhaust systems, they are overly expensive because of the mandated emissions controls, but thats just for diesel trucks afaik, and does not extend to cars besides the cat converters. I was talking mainly about the impact on passenger types of cars. i do agree on the rest of your opinion about the excessive costs for diesel trucks. I dont know the real world science effect, behind those choices, but as you touched on, i would not be surprised if it were the monetary costs to affiliates of the politicians passing these laws, who just so happen to own 'green' companies redesigning these components for new trucks. Why wont they order less air travel or mil spending to curb the pollution? A question that will eventually answer itself. Maybe we should have a day where kia'ans get together and talk about unnecessary limitations, on vehicles, power production, and society at large and maybe even figure out ways we can fix those for the future. I think that could be very interesting.
And hope ya enjoy that subu, great cars when taken good care of. They probably get better economy because of the less computer aspect, too. I bet theres a huge market for non-computerized, no nonsense trucks and vehicles that 'just work' without the damned $500 repair bills for a 6" tablet you can only buy from your dealer. Thats probably the same reason old Deeres are still in high demand. No nannies. No DrM (prob where biden is pushing cars, tbh)