Originally Posted by geeman789
Originally Posted by Cdn17Sport6MT
Also, to some degree, you may need to accept it - a 'wee bit - and employ some workarounds like I do. You live in Calgary; if the car is left outside overnight park it so you face a down-gradient when you start in the AM. Start in second, with few revs, and pause longer at the friction point. Do 2nd gear starts for the first few shifts of the day. Double-clutch downshift at 'real low speeds and don't attempt to get into 1st till the transaxle warms up.
This is a brand new car with a modern synchromesh manual, not some crash box tractor tranny. You shouldn't need to do anything special to drive it, even when cold.
Step 1 is to drive a different manual Corolla, and see how it feels, then go from there.
Agree to differ. I have NEVER driven a car that doesn't feel a bit snatchy/ragged for those first few 1st - to - 2nd shifts of the day... or at the very least, a much harder to shift gear-lever-acdtion. I accept this, because I still like driving manual transmissions... but I would never suggest a Manual is in the same realm of development / relative "perfection" that a typical automatic is (for smoothness and lack of driver annoyance).
Related, I attach a reference to Molakule's treatise on Manual Transmission lubricants.... with the following hyperlink.
https://www.bobistheoilguy.com/foru...nual-transmission-lubricants#Post5144795
You can gauge, roughly, where 75W rated oils are. The BG Synchro Shift II is a 'wee bit higher in viscosity at 100C than straight-up 75W... but you might find it good. Also, a previous poster suggested a Redline product that is thinner than the MTL (which is 75W-80).