my guess is WRX owners are mostly from Selangor/KL?

I collected my 2017 WRX on the 5th Nov, less than 3 week ago. I from sarawak

Hello guys and to all the sifu here , I have confirmed Forester I spec and car expected to collect soon. Let's talk more in near future.

Thank you!

Your 2.0 CVT?

Any idea which branch that offer a test drive? Been eyeing for one actually.

Also, can you summarize pro and con so far you been owning one?

I think this is what a lot of people mention as rubber band effect. Most CVT gearbox will have this effect due to it's design. Google it to understand.

https://practicalmotoring.com.au/car-advice...sion-explained/

"THE PROBLEM WITH CVT

CVTs sometimes feel awful; like a rubber band is stretching, and many drivers think there’s something wrong with the car. "

CVT are meant to be driven smooth and not for sudden high speed acceleration due to it is design to help maximize fuel economy. If you want sporty drive, you will need to use the paddle shifter to manually shift the "virtual" 6-speed auto but just destroying the point of having A CVT first..

I think so too

You lagi far....

Yes, I bought the WRX after test driving the Forester XT actually. But you can test drive in PJ HQ.

Cons? Needs more power. 350 on wheel hp should be nice.

Pros? I never get bored driving that car.

i far, but i able to get the car cheap (150k)... hehe

sound like u got alot lubang

my car after coating and tinting.




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sounds more like Labuan to me.

looking at your photo, i have mix feeling...
first, congratulation
then envy+jealous, drooling, dreaming and
because 200k

wow..wow..wow.... so NICE!!!! din know the signature blue is so nice, it appears darker shade in these photos. Eyeing for the WRX and STI but a bit reluctant to switch back to sedan after driving the XV for almost 3 years.

This is more like a noise. Not really of rubber band effect of sudden jerk (power) out of a sudden.

Unless the rubber band effect produces sounds as well?

Looks nice bro, but my experience with coating is it only looks good on show car. Not practical for daily drive!

With our Malaysian weather, it wont last!

Driving a CVT transmission is not the same as driving a normal auto transmission with gears.

On normal auto transmission with gears, you just stomp your foot on the accelerator and the gear changes up by itself.

On the CVT, there are no "gears", if you stomp you foot on it, there is a rubber band effect whereby the RPM will be high for one or two second until it sorts itself out. In order to minimize this, you will have to control or "feather" the accelerator so that the CVT ratio would change more quickly and the rubber band effect is minimized.

From my view, the method is like driving a manual gear box whereby on first gear, you gradually press the accelerator while releasing the clutch to increase speed but with the CVT, there is no clutch to release. This is how I drive my XV and I find it solves the problem of the rubber band effect.

Just my two cents.

This post has been edited by matow: Nov 24 2016, 02:16 PM

Is it the high pitch whinny sound? I think it's because the ratio of both cvt wheels are at it's largest, that is why the you get the noise because it is spinning at a high speed.

No, it is not the high pitch whinny sound. Very hard to explain the sound but it is like spoilt clutch of manual car.

Very nice. I wish my car was that shinny

For your info, that not the signature World Rally Blue. I wife doesn't like the signature blue. This is Lapis Blue. A bit darker then the signature blue.

Thanks for the info. No wonder it looks darker shade. Yes, i also dun like the signature blue. This darker blue is much much nicer.