If you only rarely beat on your car, and dont do any 6000rpm clutch drops, you should be relativly fine...

 

i have driven 7000 miles on my new WRX, so far no tranny problems at all even with my everyday love to punch it from 1st to 2nd daily. so far so good, ofcourse im still under warranty so i dont have to worry if it does break, but hey dont worry about the tranny, its not that bad it works as long as u shift right.

 

Compared to my 1G DSM this trans is great. Those things are even worse than the WRX trans. I had it rebuild by Buschur Racing, only had about 6000 miles on it and it would grind into 3rd from about 4000 miles of hard driving. It is common to go to the DSM shootout in the summer at Norwalk Raceway in OH and see guys with 3 or 4 extra trannies in the trailor awaiting the inevitable.

 

I totally agree about the Subaru service departments. My 99 OBS had a problem with the brakes. They were insanely weak, and the pads would go about every 12000 miles. The dealer told my father after the third time that I was driving it like a race car and was dangerous. And I am a pretty calm driver, especially compared to most of my friends at the time. So naturally my father was upset with me. I begged him to let me take his Acura and have him drive the subaru and to see how he fared. He took my offer and made it 14,000 miles on the brake pads before they went. I'm at 35,000 since I got that acura from him, and he had 60,000 miles on those brake pads already. They haven't been changed yet. It's been almost 2 and a half years. Needless to say, my father traded in the OBS and got an A4 for himself.

Sorry for the offshoot, just wanted to tell the story, lol

But no, I would certainly not beat on it, drop the clutch, etc. I'd just like to be able to press it through the twisties from time to time Thanks for the advice though guys...