jim beam wrote:

> jim beam wrote:
> > alfred wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> Does anyone have any experience with the Honda FIT Paddle shifters on
> >> the Sport? I was just wondering if they really shift like a semi
> >> automatic and let you bring the car up to a high rpm in each gear
> >> before shifting or is it more a gimick?
> >
> > in this instance, since the transmission is really a cvt, it's a
> > gimmick. but it does give you convenient two-hands-on-the-wheel control
> > if you want it.
>
> i take that back - it's a 5-speed conventional honda transmission! the
> fit was sold with a "7-speed" cvt transmission in other markets, but it
> seems that for the u.s. market, traditional transmission is the way...
>

Just so you know, there are no "speeds" in a Continuously Variable
Transmission.




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