I'll just sit back and laugh at all these futile attempts to build a better automatic transmission. Stick shift rules!
Heck I'm a Mazda slappy but I won't touch the Skyactiv automatic, I'll wait til 2020 to see how well they hold up. Meanwhile my Sienna's trustworthy 4 speed auto will continue chugging along.
Nice. Not comfortable with
Mazda autos but okay with a
Toyota auto, we see where your true colors are.
![Grin ;D](https://www.autos.ca/forum/Smileys/CarTalk/grin.gif)
Kidding aside, skyactiv on as a whole is unproven in the long run... but in regards to transmission I am a lot more comfortable with my skyactiv auto say compared to a
1. Nissan CVT (see new Pathfinder issues, judders)
2. Ford DCT (see Focus moan thread)
3. Honda new CVT (less history than skyactiv auto)
4. Subaru new CVT
5. Toyota new CVT (less history than skyactiv auto)
Oh did I mentioned I didn't like CVTs.
And didn't Honda have trouble with their autos on their odyssey and accords awhile back?
Also I had one bad experience with the clutch hose breaking in my RX-8.
no issues on the autos on my mazda6 and cx-5.