After 20+ years of driving stick, I had to switch to slushbox because of the spouse. Fair enough, the thing didn't cost extra, has gone 200,000km+ without a li

After 20+ years of driving stick, I had to switch to slushbox because of the spouse. Fair enough, the thing didn't cost extra, has gone 200,000km+ without a lick of trouble and the fuel economy is good and the "vroom vroom" appeal fades with youth. But now the slushboxes have turned into CVTs. Belt drive! Maybe they've finally solved that problem, turned them into bomb-proof long-term reliable transmissions. Maybe they haven't. What to do? Spouse is actually kind of, sort of interested in learning to drive manual, but what's the point? Our longer term future, like everyone else's, is likely PHEV or full electric.