Reason number 19,000 to never ever buy an automatic transmission (19,000 also being the number of moving parts)
Because I NEVER worked on the insides of an automatic I tended to agree with you.
Since my wife bought a Prius V for a retirement car, I have come to like it!
The Prius Trans is kind of sort of different from all others.
THE MOTOR SPINS BACKWARDS FOR SOME SPEEDS! (I think??).
This instructor is among the best, superb.
If I can follow him anyone can.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmHpSyTsfm0
NO, I do not intend to work on the Prius, but I need to know how it works.