Originally Posted by cwa107
I've heard they have reliability problems and aren't too sturdy. Plus the thought of having to replace a turbo makes me wonder how much all that power is going to cost me in the long run. But I have considered it - I'm not all that thrilled with the look either.
Yeah. I seem to remember several cases on some other fourms I read about the 5MT failing a lot. Owners who've babied their cars are blowing out gears, dealer finds metal shavings in the box and calls it abuse, etc. I dunno why I didn't remember that at the time.