[tysonK]

I also owned my first 5spd with my WRX.

I had a little learning on a taurus but mostly on the WRX.

I find that in WRX 5spd the hardest smoothe shift is between 1st and 2nd. I like to get up around 4 grand before I shift then I try to be really smoothe. You can jerk the car around a lot of with AWD if you are not at least a little smoothe.

The biggest help is an exhaust when you can hear your revs it's much easier to feather the clutch while not glancing at the tach.

Try to get good at creeping forward with about 900rpms easy in/ easy out clutch.

Keep in the back of your mind that the WRX is not a bulletproof case, but it's not the glass factory some people say it is. So be gentle on the gears.


Or you could do a Takumi Initial-D style learing curve. Put a glass almost full of water in your cup holder above your stereo and drive around making sure not to spill any.