Very interesting, especially the comments about Nissan's high level of owner dissatisfaction. I hope, and expect, Honda's CVTs to be better. Still, I am adopting a wait and see attitude wrt CVTs. As in, wait at least ten years, to see what sort of failure modes they show. To see if aftermarket servicing will be able to cope with them. Because afaict, they are still a replace-but-do-not-repair item. A great big red flag for me. Anyway, Honda's manual transmissions have a reputation of being great, so that's likely how I'll roll, when the time comes. Unless they put in the 8 spd DCT with torque convertor. That'd make choosing pretty tough for me.