I don't even want the flappy paddles. I'd just like to be able to slip the floor shifter into a manual mode like VAG's DSG. No it's not at all as good as a true manual, but it's a decent compromise.
Hell, I'd be Ok with a traditional auto where you could manually drop it back and/or hold a lower gear, like you've been able to do for the last several decades. Not having any control whatsoever over what gear its in, except placing it in "D" would drive me nuts no matter what the other benefits of it were. I think that would bug me even more than the slower responses of a traditional auto trans.
I will not ever, if I can help it, buy a car with a CVT. I don't want my car to drive like a snowmobile.
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