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I am still worried that we are all using, as an undisputed "fact", the throttle pedal position differences for the CVT observed on the dynometer last year without further objective testing. There is one set of positions where those rules might get tripped up:

If you are using the Steptronic manual selection, then the gearbox "shifts" at 6000rpm anyway, so it should not matter if the throttle pedal is held at the resistance point ("CVT-mode") or if it is floored (AT-mode"). This creates a question: which is better?

These two combinations have not been tested to determine if there is a difference between them based solely on throttle position. This hit me when reading your process description for your tests at the beginning.

Many people have confirmed the dyno tests that there is an important difference between CVT-mode and AT-mode throttle positions in Drive and SportDrive. CVT-mode (throttle held at the resistance point; about 7/8 throttle) is quicker acceleration in either D or SD selection, because the gearbox is very smoothly doing its job with the motor at steady maximum power. The sensation and acceleration is native "CVT", not the stepped Automatic Transmission simulation from the software.