Comment Re:Sure about that? (Score 1) 1146
Any chance that this is actually something intentionally designed?
My wife drives an 05 Mini Cooper with the CVT. As you depress the gas the car smoothly accelerates until you get near the floor. At that point you can feel it click past a little switch and the CVT will down shift to take you to just below redline.
This is obviously not the same car or design, but something similar that a driver was unaware of could seem like a random acceleration.