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aufnaxos · Nov 28th, 2004, 06:53 PM

Had an opportunity to drive a used '04 pw/b cvt that was on a local used car lot. I was VERY pleased with the behavior of the transmission under all conditions (wasn't doing any of the shifting myself - full auto mode), including under 10mph. Info in the glove box indicated the car was originally purchased in Richmond BC, so I'm curious if my experience driving this Canadian cvt with approx 8500 miles on the odometer is indicative of the what I will experience when my January build U.S. cvt arrives? Didn't know if the Canadian cvt's get a different program? Also interesting to note that this '04 MC had the shifting paddles on the steering wheel.

nonsequitur · Nov 28th, 2004, 07:59 PM

As I understand it, the gearbox itself is identical in every way for the MINI worldwide. The availability of steering wheel paddles is not, as you noted.

Nov 28th, 2004, 06:53 PM	#1
aufnaxos MINI2 Regular Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle/Tacoma Local Time: 07:06 PM Posts: 13 Offline	Canadian CVT same as U.S. CVT? Had an opportunity to drive a used '04 pw/b cvt that was on a local used car lot. I was VERY pleased with the behavior of the transmission under all conditions (wasn't doing any of the shifting myself - full auto mode), including under 10mph. Info in the glove box indicated the car was originally purchased in Richmond BC, so I'm curious if my experience driving this Canadian cvt with approx 8500 miles on the odometer is indicative of the what I will experience when my January build U.S. cvt arrives? Didn't know if the Canadian cvt's get a different program? Also interesting to note that this '04 MC had the shifting paddles on the steering wheel.

Nov 28th, 2004, 07:59 PM	#2 (permalink)
nonsequitur MINI2 Master My Classifieds Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Seattle area, WA Local Time: 11:06 AM Posts: 1,471 Offline	As I understand it, the gearbox itself is identical in every way for the MINI worldwide. The availability of steering wheel paddles is not, as you noted. '02 MINI Cooper CVT(6/12/02; Indi Blue/Black, R-81 7-hole 15x5.5" or NZO 16x6.5") '67 Austin Cooper S (6/26/67; Tartan Red/Black, 10x4.5")

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