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Originally Posted by Tcoat
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My son in law jumps in mine and try's to bully the shifter around like he does in his Mazda while complaining every minute about how bad it is and that it fights every shift (he attended the Vin Diesel school of shifting I think). He then rides and watches in awe as I gently push or pull it into every gear with the tips of my fingers or palm of my hand.
No matter how many times I tell him to do it right as soon as he is back in the seat he starts trying to force his will upon it and loses the battle. If he were on here he would probably be screaming about the "crappy" trannys they used.
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That was one of the things I noticed while on my test drive. The salesman just handed me the keys and said "have fun". I was coming from a 2001 Mazda 626 and while it wasn't necessary to use a lot of force while shifting, you had to be firm on it. In the FRS, I did that for the first KM or so, then got a better feel and used less force and more finesse.
I'm hoping my car gets written off so I can buy another in a manual, given I have a work truck I commute in, so the FRS has literally become a weekend toy for me, and my ankle doesn't give me shit unless I'm in stop and go. That is rarely the case when I'm driving the car now.