very recently bought, never had anything with a CVT before. Bought this because my wife wanted a small suv w/ 3rd row. Joined because I read a very interesting post outlining the change of the paper filter on this trans. my fluid has apparently been changed at least once previously, because it is gold in color, and my understanding is the factory stuff is blue? it has 66k mi. and seems to work fine, but is different from a conventional A/T. I look forward to learning more about servicing this vehicle, I am a 60 yr. old guy and a lifelong gearhead so I have pretty fair mechanical skills