A while ago I rented a regular car and what bugged me was all the additional vibration associated with parts grinding and rolling against each other.

Also at least once I almost went "woah, horsie" as the car lunged forward because I tapped the accelerator a moment after it shifted to a lower gear without me noticing.

It used to be even worse. I had an opportunity to drive a 2005 BMW 7 series in a city where the speed limit was 30km/h. Unfortunately the gearbox was from a time way before traffic calming etc. went mainstream, so it couldn't decide which gear to pick. I ended up switching to manual gear selection mode.

> it couldn't decide which gear to pick.

I haven't felt that since I've been driving my CVT ICE for so long.

Then again, a coworker told me the CVT is likely to break before 100,000 miles. So.... thinking of buying a Prius. I love Priuses.

Honda CVT is supposed to be pretty solid if that’s what you have. Other CVTs are less solid, or so I hear.

nissan cvt is akin to you just giving money away

I think toyota cvts last longer than the lifetime of the car.

I had a loaner Ford Bronco Sport when I was having some maintenance on my hybrid. It had a 8 speed transmission and a turbo. Going from the super smooth eCTV to a vehicle that would jerk from shift changes/turbo when you just thought about touching the gas pedal has has put me off buying a vehicle with a normal transmission