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John V · 03-09-2022, 01:11 PM

Automatic is worse than Renesis. The combination of the two is truly sad, though. This thing is positively gutless from a stop. It's fairly sprightly around 4,500 RPM, but I think the CX-5 (which I'm driving this week) is most certainly faster.

I was thinking I'd immediately tear the drivetrain out of it, but now I'm kind of tempted to get it inspected and slap plates on it, just so that process is done and I don't get questions about the drivetrain swap if I wait until that's complete to get it inspected.

03-09-2022, 01:11 PM	#418
John V No more BMWs Join Date: Apr 2005 Carmudgeonly Ride: Ram, MS3, CX-5, RX-8 Location: Glenwood, MD Posts: 14,753	Automatic is worse than Renesis. The combination of the two is truly sad, though. This thing is positively gutless from a stop. It's fairly sprightly around 4,500 RPM, but I think the CX-5 (which I'm driving this week) is most certainly faster. I was thinking I'd immediately tear the drivetrain out of it, but now I'm kind of tempted to get it inspected and slap plates on it, just so that process is done and I don't get questions about the drivetrain swap if I wait until that's complete to get it inspected.