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I have a 2013 Nissan Murano and a 2021 Nissan Kicks with CVT’s. Both are running fine but I am wary of them and hate they way they drive. My wife and son drive them.

A friend at work just had her CVT tranny crap out on a 2015 Rogue, almost $4K to replace it.

Kind of reminds me of my 1993 Cadillac Seville with its much ballyhooed Northstar 32 valve V8 engine. The problem with the engine were the head bolts that limited the engine life to about 100k miles before the failed catastrophically, and the replacement cost for the engine was like 7-8K. The other thing I did not care for was the fact that it was front wheel drive.

It was a joy to drive though, until a friend of mine bought a 1999 Lexus LS400. I was living in King George County Va., while he lived in Potomac Md. Probably a 50-60 mile drive, so he asked me to drive his car while he relaxed, theoretically.

I started complaining that everyone was driving so slowly. I glanced down at the speedometer to see I was tracing at 90 miles an hour, but it felt like I was driving about 70 miles an hour at most. That Lexus drove & rode like a dream. I was very impressed.