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Originally Posted by Apex_BRZ
I wouldn't bring it up if it was something so simple as can be blamed on "Iowa's cold weather". It's just a bit of common sense, which I understand a lot of people seem to lack these days. I expect a bit of sluggishness/resistance as usual when things are super cold.
However, I don't expect to nearly be locked out of a gear, grind gears, super notchy/clunky, etc. Those aren't normal issues, regardless of temp.
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California 'cold days' are equivalent to a nice spring day for you and I get similar lockout on my 2nd gear. It's a design quirk, a shitty one for anyone who expects everything to do as it should all the time, but one none the less.
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31929
Cheers for you using your car as it was designed, advertised, and sold, it's a damn shame SubieYota won't stand behind their product and fix the things that are serious issues with dealerships and regional offices hiding behind 'oh you must have driven it too hard'
Better tell your sponsored racing drivers to take it easy then, they might not make it through the race!
imo, the only problem you note that I would consider the responsibility of the manufacturer to fix is the throwout bearing which can be a catastrophic failure on a part that is not living up to an expected lifetime which should be 60k-120k of problem free operation, common knowledge was that the throwout bearing ALWAYS outlasted the clutch friction material or springs, but not this car, it's the other way around until aftermarket provides a quality TOB.
As for the rest, the rattles, chirps, and clunks, welcome to
budget sportscar ownership. I can't think of one built in the last 50 years that doesn't have
some niggling quality issues that most people let slide on other budget cars. For all intents and purposes we got a mid-range engine, suspension, and chassis (equivalent to >$30k cars), built to <$20k economy car standards.