[dcarrb]

My cars haven't been modded (excepting an aux transmission cooler on the teal) and have not suffered had a tranny failure on my watch. The teal supposedly had a transmission "overhaul" performed by Subaru shortly before I bought the car, but all I have to back this up is the salesman's word. I've put about 55,000 miles on this car.

The silver came with receipts and a notation in the owner's manual showing the transmission was replaced in the late 1990s at just under 70,000 miles. Nothing of which I'm aware suggests any other tranny work between then and when I bought it at 154,000 miles.

Hard to put my finger on why exactly, but the tranny in the silver feels tighter and seems to have a bit more bite. This is the car I usually take on road trips.

dcb