If I'm reading this thread correctly, Nick, you *did not break a gear* in your WRX, you broke a syncho, etc. I was under the impression that Mike Egan was in the same boat. So I stand by my *factual* statement that:
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Originally Posted by sperry
not a single person I know has broken a gear on an '02-'05 WRX tranny. Now, if you want to talk about blown synchros... that's a bit of a different story... but as far as I know, nobody I know personally from SECCS, I-Club or NASIOC have actually broken a gear.
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When I made the statement Mike Egan, Nick and MikeK were in mind, hence the qualification about synchros. If Egan's car really did break a *gear* then I will be willing to modify my statement to "one" instead of zero, but when I originally made the statement, I was under the impression that the tranny still worked, just poorly, hence his ability to trade it in.
As far as putting words into your mouth cody, here's exactly what you said:
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Originally Posted by cody
there have been several cases where people say they didn't mod or abuse and they still wrecked a gear or two.
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Don't get all up in arms when the rest of us bring up specific examples of people's cars that we've seen 1st hand, and our own personal experience, while you're the one spouting
anecdotal evidence. You clearly repeated hearsay about WRX trannys that echos the popular opinion that the WRX is garbage, and we clearly mentioned instances that we've directly experienced of cars that seem to work fine. I understand that not personally knowing of broken trannies doesn't prove they don't break (your cancer and AIDS example), but it does prove that
in my experience the negative hype about how weak the WRX tranny is supposed to be seems somewhat blown out of proportion, which is exactly the argument I expressed in my 1st post on the subject.