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Originally Posted by fredzy
First part of the title is a big eye roller, but it's a good video with lots of very interesting info. Lots of things that aren't the usual marketing taglines, things even I've never really heard about.
Do people have issues with the syncros giving up on the first gen?
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My 2nd gear has intermittently had a light crunch since new. Also going from 5 to 6 at high RPMS (like a hard pull up an entrance ramp to highway speeds - which in Houston are around 80 mph min). I've found it's best to clutch in and let the revs drop way down before making the shift to sixth gear.
Anyway yeah, neat video otherwise (watched a 1.75 speed). It's neat to see the handful of things that stick out to someone who's worked on these for the last ten years.
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Originally Posted by Tcoat
There were some yes. Is it rampant or common? No.
I also notice that the majority of these sort of comparisons are against 13s. There were so many incremental improvements over the run that even comparing a 2013 to a 2020 shows a large "improvement"
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Yeah, I've had the same thought. There
should be some "dramatic improvements" between generations separated by a decade, especially when comparing against the lowest-trim USDM version. Even the rollout BRZ top trim would have been closer.
Ultimately, it still comes down to aesthetic preferences. I know that by every measurable metric the new car is better than the old, but for me the GR86 looks good, just not quite as good as the old. To me "more mature" actually translates to more generic.