NY Yankee Pride
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I recently purchased a brand new Ecoboost convertible with the 6 speed MT-82. I'll say right up front that other on this forum kindly warned me that it's a quirky manual transmission but I figured I've driven some really bad manual transmissions in my lifetime so this can't be too bad. I test drove the car and to my delight it really wasn't all that bad of a transmission. But I have noticed at least one thing that I'm not sure is normal.
First I want to say that is a really, really notchy manual transmission. I don't necessarily think that's a bad thing but it is surprising in 2022 when other manual transmission cars are smooth as butter. My concern is that second gear can be so notchy at times that it almost seems like it's on the verge of grinding when putting it into 2nd gear if that makes sense. It's very similar to when a clutch wears out on an older car and getting into certain gears can be difficult. I guess also similar to when not pushing the clutch all the way down before shifting. Does that make sense? And is that normal for the MT-82? I'm not sure if it's worth a trip to the dealership or if I'll just get the standard answer there of "working as designed".
First I want to say that is a really, really notchy manual transmission. I don't necessarily think that's a bad thing but it is surprising in 2022 when other manual transmission cars are smooth as butter. My concern is that second gear can be so notchy at times that it almost seems like it's on the verge of grinding when putting it into 2nd gear if that makes sense. It's very similar to when a clutch wears out on an older car and getting into certain gears can be difficult. I guess also similar to when not pushing the clutch all the way down before shifting. Does that make sense? And is that normal for the MT-82? I'm not sure if it's worth a trip to the dealership or if I'll just get the standard answer there of "working as designed".
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