You're right about the hybrid aspect of driving being a lot to pay attention to! I think it's pretty fun though--I can see it making up for the lack of "engagement" with driving a shiftless tranny. I actually like the CVT a lot after driving it some. My biggest complaint about traditional automatics is that they never seem to be happy with their current gear choice in the mountains. The CVT (obviously) never has to hunt!

Jaenette wants me to teach her hypermiling so I've been reading quite a bit here in order to learn how to do it myself. We're both very analytical people so I can see a contest in the making...