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11-10-10, 01:37 PM

nicnac

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Accelloration question

I am fairly new to the gs450h and wondered if any owner has noticed somtimes a hesitant moment about 150KW when flooring it . Then the accel continues up to 250Kw...as if it is changing cogs!!!

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11-16-10, 10:35 AM

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28 people have looked but noone has anything to say ....................................hmmmmmm

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11-16-10, 11:20 AM

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Never noticed it....would have to check...to ME sometimes I can feel something around 50-55 mph but I figure its just the oddity of the CVT tranny.

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11-16-10, 03:28 PM

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The brief hesitation you feel is the switch between the two planetary gears. Our cars have a second iteration of the HSD that has two planetary gears so they are more efficient at high speed. It will happen around 50-60mph. You can see it in the attached youtube video around 0:15.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbv1i6GvE7s