Problems accelerating at highway speeds
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2013 Outback wagon 4 cyl w/automatic transmission
Over the past three months I've twice found myself in a situation where I was highway driving and I had to accelerate to get out of a potentially dangerous situation. I've discovered that with this new constant velocity transmission, accelerating does nothing but rev up the engine to dangerous RPMs. I have to take my foot off the gas an let the RPMs come back down and then accelerate slowly. This isn't going to cut it.
I've driven a 5 speed manual for the past 25 years and switching to this new computer controlled transmission is really different. I just need to figure out how to resolve this situation and I can live with it. If not, back she goes and I'm getting another manual.
So, what can I do the next time I have to make a quick acceleration? Should I snap the shifter over to "manual" shifting and then accelerate or maybe use the paddle shifters to down shift one gear before accelerating?
I'm normally a conservative driver but there are a few times when you need to punch it to get out of a situation and this car won't do it. Any advice would be appreciated.
Over the past three months I've twice found myself in a situation where I was highway driving and I had to accelerate to get out of a potentially dangerous situation. I've discovered that with this new constant velocity transmission, accelerating does nothing but rev up the engine to dangerous RPMs. I have to take my foot off the gas an let the RPMs come back down and then accelerate slowly. This isn't going to cut it.
I've driven a 5 speed manual for the past 25 years and switching to this new computer controlled transmission is really different. I just need to figure out how to resolve this situation and I can live with it. If not, back she goes and I'm getting another manual.
So, what can I do the next time I have to make a quick acceleration? Should I snap the shifter over to "manual" shifting and then accelerate or maybe use the paddle shifters to down shift one gear before accelerating?
I'm normally a conservative driver but there are a few times when you need to punch it to get out of a situation and this car won't do it. Any advice would be appreciated.
