Originally Posted by pleiad7

I agree... it's sluggish and indecisive at times. If it weren't for the gear selector I would've tired of it a long time ago.

Even the failure-prone SVX transmission has a better feel to it and quicker response to throttle input, and we've been trying for a while now to kill the 4EAT in our 98 Forester to replace it with the JDM STI 4EAT we have in storage. It just won't die.