Stop Buying New Toyotas, This Will Last Twice as Long and Cost 2x Less

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Scotty should start a second career as a symphony conductor.

He's like my Italian Brother-in-law; if you tie his hands, he can't talk. Love your work, Scotty.

You forgot to explain a very important difference between CVTs and e-CVTs (found on Toyota hybrids). Toyota eCVTs are just as reliable as the old 6 speed transmission championed here. Toyota eCVTs don't use any belts or pulleys, just a planetary gear transaxle.

I love the way you talk. I am being entertained just by your voice, your tone, the tempo when you talk, and the way talk fast like an auctioneer. Your sense of humor just does it all for me!

Who else listened to Scottie for so long you know exactly what he is going to say and you listen anyways.

I wish Scotty was my mechanic.

Just heard you say "4-hp Evinrude!" I was the project engineer on this outboard during the early 1980's. I can attest that it was extremely sluggish pushing any kind of a larger boat. However, I would like to state that I saw it push a 1-man canoe at 15 mph, which according to my technician, who had formerly worked as Evinrude's race technician, that this was the squirreliest boat he ever operated because of the speed and very narrow beam of the canoe. I do very much enjoy your videos.

I rebuild transmissions in Toledo, Ohio and I can’t tell you how many I get that are broken/burnt up but have brand new fluid in them or that stop slip additive junk that swells the seals. Seems to me like people don’t want to change their fluid until the trans starts giving them problems. Thank you for all the great content Scotty keep the videos coming!

My preference is for a Manual. Less chance of theft, cheaper to fix if it breaks.

My 1999 Sienna transmission is only 4 gears and still shifts like a dream til today :) . Back when they didnt care about speed and show off as much as reliability .

It's important to note that hybrid CVT transmissions don't use a pushbelt system. They use two motor-generators with clutch packs to control the speed of the output shaft through planetary gears. They are dead simple and prove to be a solid design. Ford has used it since they first started using a CVT hybrid. Any eCVT is just a geared CVT with no belts and pulleys.

My 2008 Prius (purchased new) had 228,000 miles on it with the original CVT transmission, never needed service other than a few fluid changes. This car, in total has needed less service than any other car I have had (I am 74 and have had quite a few cars). While my wife has had several cars with automatic trans illusions, this is also the first car of mine without a manual transmission. It is certainly less fun to drive, but has been incredibly reliable.

The fluid is good for the lifetime of the transmission, what they don't tell you is that the lifetime is shortened by not changing the fluid.

Spot on Scotty. I have been warning folks about CVTs for years and is why I switched from Hondas to Toyotas. Wifes 2015 RAV 4 has been flawless so far and I do all the maintenance. Change the oil every 3k and did the trans fluid at 50k and flushed the cooling system at 60k. Brakes and tires is the rest I have done. Just bought a new 4 runner because it has the rock solid v6 and the 5 speed transmission. It will outlast me

This guy is goated! Wish I had someone like him to teach me all these things, instead I had a father that would yell at me for trying to help even though he had no idea what he was doing. Main reason I just started to do my on DIY past several years because I got blamed for using tools and misplacing things I never even touched! Even tools I gave my father when I did trade work as a plumber and an electrician got blamed for misplacing things when I haven’t been to the house for weeks! TYVM, The father figure we all needed!

I had a relative put 500k on a honda accord sedan 1987 manual from new. Ran great. Just two clutches, 3 batteries, 3 changes of plugs & coil packs, oil and 4 tires 4x.... it still drove like it had 30k on it. The tech that opened it for a chain at 240k said it looked new still, in 2002.

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Scotty, as a previous Nissan owner that got burned by a transmission, I did my homework before buying a 2021, RAV4 prime. It’s CVT does not use belts. It’s a completely different design from Nissans, it will last a long time. The transmission and motor is used in the RAV4 prime are used also in the Highlander. If you want to get into a low level assembly and disassembly search YouTube for weber auto RAV4

CVTs are sort of like EV batteries. Both are great ideas, but just need a little more development. And have only needed a little more development for over a hundred years. You're spot on with "lifetime fluid." I first heard of this with Chrysler four speeds in 1989. And they were correct. The fluid would last for 40-50,000 miles before the transmission died. By 1994 after they had improved the transmission, the fluid and dropped the change intervals to 30K for "severe service" we've not replaced another one of those. But we only have 200K on the oldest one so far. The converter clutches don't last that long. I've seen no reason for more than 6 speeds except to squeeze out very marginal mileage gains to satisfy EPA mileage requirements. And those mileage requirements pay no attention to the cost of running the car when you have to buy and maintain a 9 0r 10 speed wonder. Same with CVTs as you note. Any marginal mileage you gain is far more than offset by the cost of maintaining the transmission.