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  1. Crashton

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    #2 Crashton, Oct 12, 2010
    Good luck, I thought you meant that you had 105 on your original. Hope the third time is the charm & you make 150.
     
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    #3 Gil-galad, Oct 12, 2010
    Brian, didn't you mean to say you replaced the fluid at 50 and 100? (I don't believe you're on your third tranny... :eek6:)
     
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    #4 Minidave, Oct 12, 2010
    We have a club member with 150K on his original CVT, still going strong and he tracks it at least 3 -4 times a year!

    He has the dealer change the fluid every 30K - and so far, so good!
     
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    #5 Crashton, Oct 15, 2010
    Wow that is great. I'll still run far away from any MINI with a CVT.

    Nice to hear some good CVT stories. :Thumbsup:
     
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    #6 Minidave, Oct 15, 2010
    I just thought it was important to counter some of the negatives about the CVT. However, given the stupid cost of replacing one of these and the dearth of parts or service information I wouldn't buy one either.