Originally Posted By: Robenstein
Originally Posted By: millerbl00
No transmission especially a CVT is going to last 10 to 12 years. But I would change the fluid so often. A manual transmission would have been better if you want to keep it that long.
I have seen transmissions go 20 years and 200+ thousand miles when you keep them serviced conservatively.
The transmissions of my 1994 LS400 with 370k miles is original, no problem what-so-ever. I changed ATF no more than 3 times in its life, around 100k miles each change.
Originally Posted By: millerbl00
No transmission especially a CVT is going to last 10 to 12 years. But I would change the fluid so often. A manual transmission would have been better if you want to keep it that long.
I have seen transmissions go 20 years and 200+ thousand miles when you keep them serviced conservatively.
The transmissions of my 1994 LS400 with 370k miles is original, no problem what-so-ever. I changed ATF no more than 3 times in its life, around 100k miles each change.