Originally Posted By: Reggaemon
Originally Posted By: emg
Originally Posted By: horse123
Over 99% of drivers do not have an excessive consumption issue.
These days it mostly seems to be an issue with manual transmissions: I've seen far more manual Forester owners reporting problems lately than CVTs.
I'm guessing that oil burning mostly happens at high rpms, and the CVT tries to stay as low as it can.
As a Subi owner I've read that the MT seem to have more oil related problems than the CVTs.
But I can tell you that its not because the CVT keeps the revs low. When cruising the CVT may keep the rpms down but during normal driving when accelerating from a stop the rpm will jump to 4000 to 5000 rpm and stay there until the speed you want to obtain is reached.
When the engine is cold I try to keep the revs under 3000 but the car wants to rev.
You can control the RPMs really well if you understand the CVT better. And I'm saying understand as in you've listened to it, played with it, tried lots of things, and learned what does and doesn't work, not literally "you understand the mechanics of a CVT". I can accelerate at super low RPMs, like 2000 up to 35-40, and below 2500 until highway speeds if I choose. Or I can just stomp on the throttle and let the RPMs slowly climb, or I can play with the pedal a little bit and hit 5500rpms in under a second and quickly climb to over 6000. It all depends on how you use it. All I can say is AWD + super light = one of the best handling entry level cars. Tons of fun. Can't even imagine driving some giant brick of steel SUV with a V16 or some crazy [censored] that tries to make it look cool on paper. I like my handling