HOLY CLUTCH!

It'll take time for you to get used to it. Turning Hill Assist off will help (Google it).

Do foot workouts.

clutch, shifter, transmission, still needs to break in but eventually you get the hang of it, also, sometimes i still do it, esp on the stock tune.

A cobb tune will get rid of the rev hang, which makes it easier to get shifts perfect, to me at least it does. I think you'll get used to it though, the clutch really isnt that heavy in the wrx. You must be used to Honda or VW, those clutches are like stepping in warm butter.

I went from the buttery smooth shifting manual with my well worn Honda Accord coupe to the Subaru and it was a HUGE change . . . felt like a teen-ager learning to drive a manual again with numerous stalls, mis-shifts, etc. Fastforward two years and 46,000 miles and it's much, much better.

ok good to know! thanks for the replies. i was driving a hyundai tiburon before this and the clutch was like butter. stupid gutless car but that clutch was nice. irickchad how is your car handling your intake with no tune? i desperatly want the ets intake but ive heard you cannot run them without a tune

i would love a cobb tune but subaru brought it up specifically and told me if i tuned then they would void the warranty and they would know right away when i brought it in, even if i reflashed the ecu back to stock

Jrozzler said:

i would love a cobb tune but subaru brought it up specifically and told me if i tuned then they would void the warranty and they would know right away when i brought it in, even if i reflashed the ecu back to stock

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It's very hard to determine the level of truth in that assessment.

Maybe Clayton would like to spill the truth on that

Either way, it's unethical to modify the car then feign deniability of action.

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I have been driving my 2018 WRX for about a month now. The first week or two it was almost impossible for me to get a clean start and 1-2 shift, but I've gotten used to the clutch over time. Also, I let my uncle and cousin who have plenty of experience with a manual gearbox drive the car, and they found it really hard to get clean low-gear shifts as well.
Now I find it much easier to shift without bucking the car, it just takes letting the clutch out real slow on 1st and 2nd and giving just a little gas as the clutch grabs. Really takes some finesse, but don't get discouraged you will get used to it after driving it for a while. I'll point out also that this is my first manual transmission car, so I wasn't exactly an expert when I bought it.
Just keep driving it! I constantly look for excuses to drive this car as I'm sure many WRX owners do.

You're definitely not the only one.. I experience the same as well in my 18. Owned a 04 sti and a 07 sti and both of them weren't this way for me. It does get frustrating, what I found out helps sometimes is if you let the rev hang finish then have it drop down in RPMs then let the clutch out at a medium speed but that kind of forces you to shift slowly which most don't want to do while driving this car..

zax said:

It's very hard to determine the level of truth in that assessment.

Maybe Clayton would like to spill the truth on that

Either way, it's unethical to modify the car then feign deniability of action.

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Well they would be able to tell if the car was tuned fairly easily if it is a 2016+ model year but its not like it sets off an alarm as soon as you drive into the shop. They can tell on all years if they dig into it, but with 16's and up it is much easier to tell as they added some snitch software or something along those lines. With that said, they still have to go into the ecu and look for it, so if you don't give them a reason to do so you'll most likely slip through the cracks. Also its not like they would void the entire warranty... the tune just voids related systems, so you could still claim a power window motor for example.

At the end of the day it's a gamble and people have to decide for themselves if the risk is worth the rewards. To me it is but I get a pretty good deal on parts and labor, and have a second car just in case.