• qwerty01@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    12
    ·
    1 year ago

    Got a 2023 Outback in February. The processing power is nowhere near what it needs to run smoothly. Once the car is started it is best to just not touch any buttons for the first several seconds to let it catch up. It is like dropping back two phone generators and watching it struggle to keep up with a newer OS. The transmission must run off a processor two generations further back because the time difference between my big ape foot stomping on the loud pedal and anything meaningful happening is measured in countable seconds.

    • shastaxc@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      1 year ago

      My Buick had the same delay with the transmission. It took a lot of getting used to, and was one reason I went with a high performance car afterwards. I’m super happy with her Kia K5 now.

    • dhork@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      1 year ago

      The transmission must run off a processor two generations further back because the time difference between my big ape foot stomping on the loud pedal and anything meaningful happening is measured in countable seconds.

      Does your Subaru have a CVT? It’s a belt drive transmission and when I had an (older) Subaru it was one of the first CVT units, and felt a bit laggy when you asked it to do anything with alacrity.

      • qwerty01@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        1 year ago

        Yep, my first. I was expecting the lag of the CVT and can feel it engage. There is a noticeable lag between the pedal being moved to one spot and the CVT beginning to work. So it is GoFaster = (TransmissioncComputeTime + CVTEngage) when each is about one full second. Two seconds sounds and feels unsafe when coming from a 2004 WRX.

        • qwerty01@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          1 year ago

          Oh, and if you change your mind and move your foot during the two seconds, the timer resets.