HOLY SHEOT!!! ANY OTHER CANADIANS HAVING THIS REGISTRATION PROBLEM?

[mightyversa]

I own a 2008 Nissan Versa S, well, I thought until I read my registration!! I bought the car and it didnt have S or SL badged on it. Is it possible I have an SL? And the car is Airstream Metallic Silver, not GREY!!

[biggie]

Everything in US is set by VIN number. Canada I would think would be the same.

[mightyversa]

So having a VSL as a model is saying I have a VERSA SL?

[Sonofasailor]

Marc,

From what I learnt when looking for our V. If your car has a 4 speed auto it, it likely isn't an SL. The SL's only come with CVT. 4 speed auto not an option in a SL.

[biggie]

There is no real way of telling what anything on that form stands for without asking someone in the DMV (or whatever Canada calls it).

The govt doesn't keep names/etc the same as car companies. Hence they don't use the paint code, they use simple words, like grey.

And I believe all SLs had an SL badge, a lot of Ss did not have a badge.

[mightyversa]

Ok, thanks guys. How can you tell if you have the CVT transmission? I have been getting the CVT mileage and the car I bought was sent from Nissan as the TEST DRIVE car, maybe Nissan put the transmission in the S model so that when people drove it they got nice results to upsell the Versa?

[AZhitman]

I'm not flaming here, but are you serious?

Ok, here ya go: Does your car "shift" when you drive it? Do you feel a perceptible shift as the RPM's climb, or does the tach go to a set point and stay there as you accelerate?

CVT is very similar to driving a golf cart - One "gear", inifinitely variable. Thus: Continuously Variable Transmission, or CVT.

[mightyversa]

Nope, she drives like a standard. The higher the RPM the faster you are going! Just thought there might have been a Nissan Selling Strategy, although they never got the chance to use it as a test driver. I almost rather it without the CVT, I am getting the mileage of one.

[AZhitman]

Right, but do you feel shifts?

BTW, the CVT is only available on the SL.

SL has alloy wheels, S has hubcaps. SL also has a rear-seat armrest, S does not. There are lots of other differences, but they're confounded by the existence of certain packages Nissan offered.

http://www.nissanusa.com/versa....html

[mightyversa]

Well its only easy for a dealership to change wheels over, I have rear arm rests and pockets, and no I dont feel the shifts, she is very smooth.

[AZhitman]

I think you have a Tiida. Type-R.

[frankoV]

Here ya go, MV:

6 CD changer with AUX jack or no? Map lights/overhead sunglass holder or no?u[graded seats or plain cloth?

just a few of the differences between the SL and the S.

Can't see Nissan putting a CVT in an "S"

[mightyversa]

HAHA, ROTFLMAO Thats unbelievably good AZ, now that I respect!! Making the best of a situation. Maybe I do have a TIIDA Type-R. Can the CVT be a simple in and out procedure? I know I dont have the SL, but you never know with a gonna be test car. What are the main visual differences between the 2 transmission's? I will try to get the number off mine in the near future just to check and see, curious thats all.

[Moghedian]

Just go test drive an auto and a CVT?

[mightyversa]

The dealer is 700km away!!

[kc5f]

Look at the shifter. "PRND21" = 4-speed Automatic. "PRNDL" = CVT.

[mightyversa]

.....THANK.....YOU kc5f. to bad AZ couldnt simply tell me that. As a technician its not my job to look at transmission's all day long wondering if they are CVT or not, I couldnt care less, I aint a transmission guy. I have PRND21, thanks again kc5f, *****, not profanity just giving you 5 stars!!

[kc5f]

To tell you the truth, I looked in that well-hidden place that no one ever considers to find that information. The owners manual!

[blindsnyper]

cvt...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_Trhj2Z0vg

[AZhitman]

.....THANK.....YOU kc5f. to bad AZ couldnt simply tell me that.

That's because you won't ever catch me driving one.

Until they build one with RWD and 300+ hp....

[gmader2001]

I live in Ontario and on my registration it says:

Make: NISSModel: VSA

I have a 07 S model.

[They Call Me Whatshisname]

I actually read in a newspaper that Nissan put 42 cvt transmission's in S models to increase the MPG to get people to buy one. You probably got one of those.

[Skim302]

That's because you won't ever catch me driving one.

Until they build one with RWD and 300+ hp....

Condescending much?

[Shad0wXCalibur]

The shifter itself shouldn't have to tell you if you have a CVT or not. It's pretty obvious when your car sits at one rpm accelerating and you never feel it shift. Regular automatics drive like manuals. The difference between driving a CVT and regular auto is huge.

[mightyversa]

I actually read in a newspaper that Nissan put 42 cvt transmission's in S models to increase the MPG to get people to buy one. You probably got one of those.

Where did you read that my friend? Holy ****, so then it is possible I have a CVT transmission then? Can anyone from Canada with an Automatic tell me what pattern their shifter gears are in, IE: PRND21

[blindsnyper]

THE CAR NEVER SHIFTS IF YOU HAVE THE CVT, NEVER. THERE ARE 2 GEARS IN A CVT. FORWARD AND REVERSE. I THOUGHT YOU WERE SOME SORT OF SMART CAR GUY, AND YOU CANT TELL IF YOUR CAR SHIFTS OR NO????????

[biggie]

Far enough.

[AZhitman]

Where did you read that my friend? Holy ****, so then it is possible I have a CVT transmission then? Can anyone from Canada with an Automatic tell me what pattern their shifter gears are in, IE: PRND21

BLOODY HELL.

If you can't tell the difference from driving it, I don't know what to say.

My neighbor's 16 year old daughter could tell the difference when she droove a CVT Sentra.