No. I should have specified it is KK road machine control. When I toggle out of erg mode in TR the a 90 rpm cadence in my lowest gear is about 200 watts. That’s at the 1% setting. At 0% the resistance is too low to be used for anything. My guess is an incorrect parameter in the software somewhere.
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OK, that make sense now. I never liked their naming scheme with the overlapping names 
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Elite is somewhat better perhaps: important parts like thru axle adapters and hubs (e. g. for HG and XDR cassettes) seem to be cross compatible. I could take my XDR adapter straight from my Volano to my new Suito.
I am with you on other important parts. My Volano would probably have been completely fixable, but when I asked the guys at my LBS, they laughed. They did take my Volano for spare parts (they asked, and I said yes). Since they had another Volano sitting around, I guess they can keep that one alive a little longer.
I really wish parts like belts and bearings were user replaceable.
What is the life expectancy of a smart trainer Tacx neo 2t or wahoo KIKR?
That’s been the main reason I haven’t bought one, if they’re expected to last 6+ years. I might bite the bullet and buy one.
You should be able to get 6 years or more and most likely you will. You should also be able to repair these things after 5 years but you often cannot. It’s a gamble.
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Resistance mode does not work in TR in my experience. Took a while for me to dig up some posts here to find that there were others with the same issue. Can’t recall who was saying they were responsible for fixing it (TR or KK) but it seemed no fix was insight.
v2 of the Kurt Kinetic is a great trainer, in my opinion. In comparison to my Rotor inPower, it seems the blue tooth power (latest green version) is spot on. They will eat your tyres.
v1 has a problem with the flexing as you tighten the roller, which is annoying, and it also seems that both of them have loose anchoring of the power unit, as the through bolt connecting the power unit to the trainer is much lower diameter than the hole in the power unit, which is again annoying, as its easy for them to just spec a bigger diameter bolt.
However, for someone new to using a turbo, they are a great entry level bit of kit, which gives an accuracy high enough for the delta to something like an inPower crank to be negligible.