My 2002 coupe has always been a little notchy from 1-2 and 2-3 since I bought it last July. The past two mornings have been really terrible with the temperature hovering around 0F here in sunny CT. No real grinding, just more effort and a definite feeling of gear clash. I did some searching and found this thread from two years ago:

https://www.honda-acura.net/forums/s...ghlight=notchy

For those who don't want to read it, the posters had '01 and '02 MT coupes with 5000-15000 miles on them. It seems that the dealers told everyone that these transmissions just feel a little notchy and take some effort to get between gears. Furthermore, it's been suggested that the problem gets better or goes away as the gar gets older and wears in.

Two years later I would like to know if that's really true? Has anyone owned one of these things since new and noticed any kind of change in shift quality over the life of the car?