Dislike driving my car the first 5 minute at the start of everyday

[MileHighBoxster]

Originally Posted by gomarlins3

I have the same thing in one of my other cars in the mornings when it's cold. What I have found is that if I shift through each of the gears a couple of times while I sit in the garage as the car is warming up, I find it easier to shift when I begin to drive.

You might give that a try next time and see if it helps..

He appears to be in Southern California. I doubt it's a "cold" thing. Even here in Colorado my car left in the garage never has stiff shifting problems that he describes. He needs maintenance/service.

[blue2000s]

Originally Posted by MileHighBoxster

He appears to be in Southern California. I doubt it's a "cold" thing. Even here in Colorado my car left in the garage never has stiff shifting problems that he describes. He needs maintenance/service.

Cold is relative. The gear oil is cold relative to operating temperature in CA too.

[milliemax]

I agree with Brucelee, Try Redline 75W90 My shifting now feels ....GOOD !!!

[sgt brad]

my new (to me) 02 S has 43k miles on it with less than 4k on a g-box rebuilt tranny b/c of the 2nd gear syncro "problem." the tranny fluid is swepco 201 as recommended by g-box. same problem. very difficult to shift when cold. only takes 2 min to warm up, but it's a tranny issue and not a clutch, linkage, etc. issue. i just drive it down our 1/4 mile driveway in 1st to warm up the tranny internals. it seems to go away pretty quickly and all is well. i called g-box and they said to check for oil on the clutch disc, etc. i am going to keep an eye on it, but i think it's just a quirk and a little annoying. fwiw my old 914 with the 901 tranny did the same thing.

brad