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Originally Posted by mcrane
Not necessarily a clunk, I guess. But a bit of resistance when shifting into first and second. I feel it may have to do with the cold temps here. Either way, I think I am going to do a tranny fluid change in the Spring.
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It is a temperature thing, I've owned two of these cars and driven several more and every single one has had bitchy first and second gears when cold. It won't go into first easily if you're moving at all (rev matching it works fine though) and if it's near or below freezing temps outside it won't go into first at all unless you are completely stopped and let the clutch out in neutral for a second first.
Anyway it's normal for these I think. Changing out your trans fluid for something a little better than OEM helps in most cases. Otherwise just baby it when cold and be patient. Once you're used to it the only tricky things are 3->2 and 2->1 when cold but it's fine as long as you're good at rev matching and don't try to force the shifter anywhere it doesn't want to go.