Hello all,
Just picked up a WW 2015 MR a few weeks ago. I have been "breaking the car in" and have about 8XX on it. So far the car is everything I have ever wanted and more. Right off the lot I have some WRX wanting to play..... Anyways, I live around the chi-town area and have only seen 2 EVO Xs around so if anyone is down for a meet up or what have you let me know.

 

I'm downstate and I have only seen a handful of Evos in general in the Chambana area. Get ready to be pretty much alone!

Just got my 2015 a few weeks ago and have been waiting for the warm weather to drive it, up to 400 miles!

 

Welcome, i'm going to the dragon memorial day weekend. Feel free to take our car and come out!

 

Suggestions from a fellow MR owner -

You should change the SST fluid at around 1500 miles. Costly? Yes, but it is supposed to remove any pieces that are shaved off during breakin.

Driving inS-Sport manual is the best for your clutches, to improve longevity. Normal and Sport mode wear on the clutch packs much more than S-Sport.

You can change to S-Sport without issue right when you turn the car on.

Keep it under 3k until you have 2 bars of blue on your temp gauge and are fully warmed up before you romp on it.

Enjoy the car!

 

When you change the fluid and the filter, look into installing a Dodson Heated Sump.

It acts as both a trans heater and cooler.

A heater will help by shortening the time your transmission takes to get to proper operating temp. Without one, it'll take about 15-30 minutes of freeway driving before the trans is happy for some hard shifting. One of the biggest wears to the SST clutch packs is hard shifting on a cold trans.

A cooler will help on the track and will use engine coolant to transfer heat away from the trans, which will enable you to stay out longer during hot laps and prevent you from overheating your trans. Without it, you'll get about 10 minutes before you hit the overheat warning and limp mode afterwards.

I also drive almost everywhere in S-Sport. S-Sport auto until I see about two bars in the temp gauge, then switch it over to S-Sport Manual. The only time I don't is during a long interstate cruise, where I'll switch it to Normal and engage Cruise Control. If I need to shift afterwards, but before coming to a stop, I'll switch into Sport mode until I can switch back into S-Sport at the next opportunity.

 

You drive around in S-Sport auto? Maybe something Is wrong with mine, but for me it's incredibly harsh and doesn't shift till redline.

 

When the trans is cold, it shifts about the same place Normal does. That's why I move it to Manual when I see two bars.

 

Ah ok yeah, I've noticed that when it's cold in sport. I guess I'll start only using s-sport then s-sport manual from now on!

 

I drove my 2008 MR around in auto all the time, always worked fine for me!

 

I voided my warranty by 700 miles...
Over 800 miles? What are you waiting for?

 

It works fine, but Normal has been proven to have more clutch wear than S-Sport. You were basically willingly accelerating your clutch wear.

 

LOL... i'm not going to do anything to this car for a while. However don't get me wrong, there is a list that is growing but i'm getting married in a few months and that is where the money is going. For now its window tints and a set of tires that will be more "Chicago" friendly.

 

PM with the info if you could please!

 

Welcome and congrats on yours. I have the 15 WW GSR and have about 2800 miles on it and purchased in December. I am not sure how long I am keeping it though, I have my eye on that Focus RS.

 

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