"Compass is kinder, gentler Jeep"

"I have been under-whelmed by the new Continuously Variable Transmissions (CVT) finding their way into some vehicles. However, the one used in the Compass shows that the technology is coming along quite rapidly."

Owner's manual for my Civic says that CVT requires oil change every 15,000 miles. I find this to be excessive for a transmission, which is why I bought the manual transmission version. I don't know that the Compass CVT is the same, but I assume that it is. Of course if you like having repetitive meaningless maintenance services performed on your vehicles, this could be a selling point.

Earle

Unless the CVT takes some bizarre juice it's not a big deal.

Bret,

You want to think about why a CVT transmission would require fluid changes that often. The most likely reason, it being some kind of automatic, is that there is something in it chewing itself to pieces, as there is in all automatics, except much more quickly. I don't know the recommendations for the Compass, only the Hondas, but it is something to ask before buying one.

Earle

Earle Horton proclaimed:

Completely different internal construction for the most part. CVT's use belts either in compression or tension. Remember the old dutch DAF?

Lon wrote in news:K_ednS0xxYEXBiTZnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@comcast.com:

Who could forget a car called the.... ready? Here it comes.... DAFFODIL!

"Mike" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com:

Compass is a restyled Dodge Caliber

Ritzsite is a very cool site, all kinds of interesting cars many people have never heard of, no Jeeps though. However they do have a few nice Studebaker pages, even have a car of mine!

XS11E proclaimed:

^^ Neon

Lon wrote in news:o6CdnfCfTZImxF_ZnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@comcast.com:

There's not a trace of Neon in the Caliber OR the Compass, the Caliber/Compass is a complete new design.