Leyawiin
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- Nov 11, 2008
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CVTs are a lot more reliable than they were ten or fifteen years ago. They don't have the rubberized bands anymore - they use a woven metal chain on the belt that is a lot less likely to fail. When Toyota, Honda and Subaru are using them now along with the early adopters Nissan and Mitsu I don't worry about them. I have a 2011 Mitsubishi Lancer GTS with a CVT. It was a little weird at first, but I don't even notice anymore. It does have paddle shifters and while their kind of fun in the mountains I almost never use them.