I learned driving on manual, and drove manual cars for many years. Changing gears, operating the clutch is second nature to me. I don't have to think about it,

I learned driving on manual, and drove manual cars for many years. Changing gears, operating the clutch is second nature to me. I don't have to think about it, whether I'm driving on the highway, or in city traffic or on a steep hill. Recently started driving a CVT, been about a couple months. I absolutely love the experience. It's so much more relaxed. The movement of the car is always smooth, I can hardly hear any changes in engine speed. I can accelerate from 20 km/h to 80 km/h and the RPM stays constant around 1100. Hill driving is amazing, the car knows to shift down when going uphill. It knows to apply engine braking when going downhill. City driving is effortless. Put it in drive, and it's literally just a matter of using the brake and accelerator. It even disengages the transmission completely when you come to a complete stop and stay there for a few seconds. I have shift pedals on the steering, but I never felt the need to use them!