Originally Posted by Roger b

All of the parts that you listed above should be replaced arround the 200km anyway. Ive had my car since brand new and replaced them all arround 190. But the gentle men are right get rid of the cvt and the best tranny to go for imo is standard.
214k still runs like day one making 300 awhp all day and its a DD.
good luck with what ever you decide to do.
P.s if you decide to keep her I recomend changing youre timing belt asap because you would not want it to break on you.
Cheers

Originally Posted by Tim$2

All other factors being equal...? Depends I guess. The fwd will have less drivetrain power loss and is lighter (probably?). The awd will have better traction so I guess it would come down to the kind of race. I'm guessing that 99.9% of the time the difference would not be noticeable.

Thinking about the cvt vs. 6sp or tiptronic... I gotta think the cvt would be the slowest of all the choices because they are generally compromised towards economy.