Yeah newer cvt vehicles had a federal safety mandate to make shifting happen for drivers (i don't remember why), for the same reasons electric cars must make noise though a "loudspeaker" system XD The other thing is, these CVTs specifically use a lockup torque converter they lockup at very low speed (the first aggressive bump you feel) and unlock (the jerk then freewheel feeling under 10mph). This is for efficiency and takeoff reasons, it's not new. Volkswagen (and friends) locked up in 1st gear in the early swap shift bosch controlled transmissions (I forget the marketing name for them) CVTs don't usually have the same lifetime (belts get worn out faster) compared to planetary clutched transmissions in recent history. They can be more efficient of course. I was working on a 2015 altima recently with just about 100k on it. Owner never maintained timing chain tensioners, finally started throwing codes for timing (over retard) and it's likely going to need the engine pulled, a new loaded head, cams, chains, sprockets, and tensioners. The car might be worth like $4k in working condition. Chances are it's going to be "totaled" in terms of repair cost. And to be fair, these things aren't new. Cars have always had big maintenance/wear and owners just always drive them until they can't anymore. Just now the cost of that failure is often more than the used sale price at the time of catastrophic failure. That said, I have friends that run/work at shops and they had to start turning down anything older than like 5-6 because new stuff (like 10k miles or newer) is filling their lots and they can't have older cars taking up space waiting for parts. The jobs are also so big (think engine pulls, head jobs, transmissions etc) they're turning down smaller jobs like maintenance, diagnostics etc. Auto repair is a wild place to be right now, it's all over the map, and their isn't a lot of money in it either.