Hey Scotty, I am thinking of purchasing a new vehicle. While my heart is with Toyota I really like the look of the Nissan QuasQuai. My husband, who is a huge fan of your channel, says to stay about from the CVT transmission in Nissan. Is there Standard transmission worth it or am I just looking for trouble and should I stay with Toyota?
The Qashqai is very low quality and I doubt there is a manual transmission offered in an SUV I'd stick to other more reliable competitors.
If you plan to keep the car for a very long time and hope to put hundreds of thousands of miles on it, I definitely would go Toyota over the Nissan (esp. with CVT). Not sure what your priorities are with the car but if it’s utmost reliability I’d skip the Nissan.
Regarding CVT:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HSZ5-ifYQho
I would stay with Toyota.
I'd pick a Toyota with a manual transmission before anything else with an automatic.
Until the technology becomes solid I would never even think about buying a vehicle with a CVT transmission. Nissans jatco is by far the worst but if you do some online reading even Honda’s CVT is riddled with issues. They need more maintenance frequently and they just don’t hold up. I know there are people who take a vehicle with a CVT into the 100k range but it’s a minority compared to the ones that barely make it 100k before complete failure and replacement is needed. Stay with Toyota, the Asin automatics are great for the most part or even better find a manual option.
