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Hey everyone,

my friend is looking at buying a subaru wrx 07,

we went for a look on the weekend for one he has his eye on, i had to drive it because he isnt the most confident manual driver, can do it but we agreed my judgement would be better because im simply more experienced.

so i took this thing for a run, and it seemed very strange compared to my gtt, the clutch was alot heavier and the gearbox felt VERY heavy, you know how you put a car in reverse and it doesnt go in? its half way between gears and itll grind if you try and drive like that, it felt like that in all gears, but thats how it drove. ive heard nothing but bad from subaru gear boxes and told him im a little concerned. (he said he just changed his gearbox oil, ive heard it takes a few hundred kms for the gearbox to feel good, and the car was cold.)

he also went to tee up the nrma to look at it but they dont do that anymore apparently, so hes going to look for a mechanic to look at it.

we live in the illawarra and personally i HATE mechanics (in the area that is) i think there dodgey, condescending, rude with no people skills.

so i have two questions,

1 does this gearbox seem normal for a wrx or a bit dodgey??

2 does anyone know a good mechanic thatll give us a hand? we live in shellharbour 15 mins south of wollongong.

im sure theres some rexy fans out there

thanks

Jarrad

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Ive got an 06 and 04 wrx, to be honest for a stuck clutch they are heavy but sometimes the gearboxes do have a slight issue like you described putting it in reverse ive noticed but it only happens that very so often, it could just mean it needs a gearbox oil change.

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