[Fiveg56]

Originally Posted by scrming

I am very morbidly obese. The first time I simply sat in an ST2, it was horribly uncomfortable... to the point i didn't even bother to ask for test drive. Couple weeks later I was talking with a different salesman, who I insisted I take an actually test drive. Got in the ST and pointed out how uncomfortable I was and there was no point in a test drive.... Well, he wouldn't give up... he insisted I actually drive it for a while... Much to my amazement, after about 10 miles I completely forgot about the seats and was blasting around town with a huge smile on my face! LOL! Bottom line, you have to get some real seat time in the Recaros..

Yes, the shifter is amazingly LONG! No doubt about that! While it is a very long shifter, it's seem to work pretty well. I've basically never missed a single shift... I probably have 50 or so passes at the drag strip. If you are so inclined, Steeda does make a short throw shifter.

Speaking of shifting... if you do a really hard 1-2 shift you will get a horrendous BANG! The rear motor mount is really way to soft, so on a hard 1-2 shift, you get this bang and it feels like the motor is coming through the firewall! There are numerous aftermarket rear lower motor mounts that help eliminate the bang and help reduce wheel hop... I not only replaced the rear lower mount but also an upper mount as well...

I picked up my ST last October as my non-snow, daily driver...it's been a real blast so far!!

Good info, thanks for posting.