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To: ild who wrote (36821)	9/9/2005 3:29:52 PM
From: TH	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

ild, It is fantastic. After the first day you don't notice it, but then when you get in a car with a standard trans you realize how smooth it is. GM tried the CVT a couple of years ago, and with limited success (I think they were in Saturns). I understand that the Freestyle CVT is manufactured by the same company that supplied the CVT for Audi A4. The Freestyle is still a fairly large car (built on the Volvo S80 platform), and it only has a 3.0 Duratech V6. Acceleration is not bad, but it is also nothing to brag about. The CVT should do better on gas mileage, and the Freestyle AWD is expected to do 19 city and 25 highway. I have not gotten those numbers yet, but the engine needs a little time to seat and break-in. I'll let you know if the CVT fails in the first 36,000-48,000 miles, as that is approximately how long I plan to keep it. If this design was good enough for Audi, I think the odds are very, very low that there will be any problems. Audi is considered by many Germans to be one of the best designed makes (excluding Porsche). Have a great weekend. TH