Has anyone swapped out a CVT for a real automatic transmission?
My Mom has had Outbacks in the past and wants another one. I'd like to get her one for her 75th birthday but I want it to have the newer safety features like adaptive cruise and cross-traffic monitoring and all that. Unfortunately those features weren't introduced until 2013 and they started building those with CVTs in 2010. (So there are no model years that have both all of those features and a real transmission.) To that end, I'm exploring the possibility of buying one with all those safety features then swapping out the CVT for a real transmission. Any thoughts?
My Mom has had Outbacks in the past and wants another one. I'd like to get her one for her 75th birthday but I want it to have the newer safety features like adaptive cruise and cross-traffic monitoring and all that. Unfortunately those features weren't introduced until 2013 and they started building those with CVTs in 2010. (So there are no model years that have both all of those features and a real transmission.) To that end, I'm exploring the possibility of buying one with all those safety features then swapping out the CVT for a real transmission. Any thoughts?