dwirth3

I'm the OP. Took the car to a Subaru Tech yesterday. They drove it. Confirms there is a difference in what a new vehicle would exhibit in terms of launch characteristics and (fake) shift points. Said CVT does indeed learn, and factored my extreme event into the moving average. Strange that one outlier like that should be allowed to have such an effect, but it did. Maybe that event is statistically weighted differently. Tech also indicated he's seen complaints like this before when two family members use the car, the wife brings it in saying, its different after my husband drove it awhile. Not sure I like the notion of "adaptive transmission" Subaru should keep it predictable, and add a drive mode if a change-up is desired. Could reset it, but likely will end up back where it now is. Thx for feedback.

500 miles new, I committed my first CVT error. Floored it to get out of a tight spot to avoid an issue. 40mph to 70mph held to the max for 6 or so sec. Looks to have affected the CVT permanently. The nice little torque burst once present at throttle onset from a stop is gone, and accel is sluggish. Would not surprise me if I stretched the belt - putting 5 years of wear in one event. Had not stressed the CVT before that point. Anybody experience this?