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Vote! TD’s 2022 Top Ten Products and Tools ballots are out now

Bobby Mace
By Bobby Mace
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At Transmission Digest we end the year with the forward-gazing Top 10 Product and Tool contests that have been a highlight for more than 20 years. It’s in your hands to select by ballot the winners of the Top 10 designation as the selections are made completely from voting by transmission repair subscribers as to the most interesting and innovative offerings.

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The coming of the holiday season means a time for appreciating our businesses, our employees and most certainly our families. All of us at Transmission Digest and our parent company, Babcox Media, join in wishing our subscribers, advertisers and supporters the best of holidays.

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Continuously Variable Transmissions, or CVTs, are more common than you think. Audi, Subaru, Nissan, Ford, GM and many other automakers use CVT transmissions in cars and SUVs. There is no way to avoid them. Chances are there is one in your shop right now.

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