[cody]

Originally Posted by MikeK

I had an 04 WRX for a year and a half, and I can honestly say the tranny was the thing I hated most about that car. (The brakes were a very close second). Nothing ever actually broke on my tranny, it just sucked hairy balls the whole time I had it (and not in a good way).

It was almost impossible to get that thing into first or reverse, especially in cold weather. Sometimes to back out of the garage, I would have to move the car forward an inch before it would go into reverse. Of course, it wouldn't go into first either, so I had to use second to move the car forward, then reverse to get out of the garage, then MAYBE I could get it into first to drive off. Also, I cannot count the number of times I had to start from second at a traffic light because I couldn't get the fucking POS into first.

I hated that goddamed piece of shit tranny, good riddance to it. The STi tranny is about 18,000! times better. I cannot believe both trannies were made by the same company.

What gear oil were you running if you know? I have to double clutch to get into Reverse, but 1st is nice and smooth. If you still had teh car, I'd suggest Redline Shockproof HD or maybe LD since the winters are cold here.