my teal one idles/runs/accelerates very smooth. she still has 3.54 gears in there. my friend who drives a civic when he listens to my teal svx warming up in the winter....he said: "wow, that noise is smooth
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but this is what was happened -
http://www.subaru-svx.net/forum/showthread.php?t=45935
my yellow one has double the mileages of the other one. i do feel the difference. it's still okay but i can feel it sounds a bit loose compared to the other one.