01 Boxster Base: Grinds on 3rd gear shift over 5K RPM

[Ericwalsh1982]

I don't have any shift problems in any other gears or at lower RPMs at all. Silky smooth all other times.

Clutch engages low to middle

I'm wondering if it is just a bad 3rd gear synchro, but the car only has 39K miles on it and was babied so I'd be really surprised if this went bad already.

[BIGJake111]

Have you tried double clutching Alfa Romeo style?

[biglimited]

Same trouble here with 3rd, but not all times fortunately... Mine is 95000km driven, near mintcondition too. I going to try changing transmission oils first..