Sounds alot like any other CVT, only I consider those points more annoying than anything else. I rented a Dodge Caliber for a week a couple years ago. It had a CVT. Due to the low power of the Caliber, I was on the gas quite alot, The CVT kept the RPM’s elevated at all times, which made for high noise levels. I don’t mind hearing a nice sounding engine, but the wimpy 2.0L sounds more like a seal getting stabbed with a ball point pen moreso than racecar. So not only was it slow, but it was noisy. I would’ve rather had a traditional automatic. When you stepped on the gas you had to wait until the RPMs ran up into the engine?s meager powerband to get any noticeable forward progress. It was like the engine and transmission were connected via rubber band, which I guess they sort of were actually.