IMHO the guy doesn't sound like the smartest crayon in the box, I'd put my money on user error and the fact that the test car has like 200 miles on it when he bought it. I tested an 04 wagon with 120 miles and was pretty harsh on it

 

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Dumping the clutch. For example; your at a stop, your in 1st with the clutch pedal to the floor,you rev to 5k, then you just slide your foot off to one side quickly(sidesteping), then your tranny goes boom.

 

Last time i checked a 1970 Duster is not AWD. It has a lot to do with it. Twice the stress. Plus that probably had a Muncie 4 speed and the 5mt is no Muncie. If the WRX were FWD or RWD there would probably be very little trouble.

 

They did. The WRX doesn't get it though.

 

Even if there is driver error, it depends on what kinda error, the transmission should take some errors, unlike mine, one miss and scrap going into 4th gear, everybody grinds sometimes by accident, and my syncro got messed up, one grind, yes that's driver error I admit it, but the tranny should take some of the beating also before falling apart. I've done way more grinding (because I learned on it) on my mom's Nissan Xterra 5spd which now has 73,000 miles on it and no problems. some WRX tranny's are good but there is a bad batch out there which makes these transmissions = glass basically.

My advice is yeah the WRX is a fun and awesome car, be weary about the tranny though, you may take care of it but it may not take care of you. Be ready to fight the dealership on a claim to fix the tranny when it goes bad. That's why I'm trading in for a Honda S2000 about the same price as my car is worth, because honda has backed up it's cars with recalls and other stuff, even transmissions.


edit: One more thing, there was a man with his daughter in my town that bought a WRX where the tranny broke in the 500 mile range also, they made the dealership buy the car back.

 

Hi guys I know this is a little off topic but I have a question and I would greatly appreciate any response. I was involved in an accident and I was at a stop and my I was in 1st gear when it happened. At the point of impact my foot slipped off the clutch and I was pushed several ft forward by the car that hit me. I was wondering if my tranny sustained any damages at all. I told my state farm about my concerns but my adjuster is trying to tell me that there was probably no damages. So if you guys can help me out.

Mike

 

doubt it, at worse you stalled, as long as you weren't between gears it should be fine, not really any different than just taking your foot off the clutch