Welcome! I have to say, this forum gets a little discouraging with some of the complaints about the car. I have an 09, 3 months old and 10k miles. The car has been perfect. No problems, no rattles ( I drive on New England's crappy roads), no clutch chatter, smoking tubos, and all of the bad things people are saying. In fact, all this negative feedback made me paranoid everytime I heard something I was not used to. It has a noisy idle at times and sometimes the tranny is a little clunky but it was really just me getting used to the nuances of the transmission and making it shift smooth. It takes a little more finesse than my Mini did.....In any event, enjoy the car. I have owned eveything from WRX's to Audi TT, Mini, S2000, Si's you name I owned it but this car is masterful and one of most rewarding to drive.........Treat it well, don't mod the engine and use synthetic every 3-4k miles. If you noticed, many of the people complaining have either modded their cars or in reality just don't know how to drive machinery properly. You have to ask yourself, is another 10 or 20 hp really worth voiding a good warranty. The engine is powerful enough not to mention 280 ftlb torque is pretty damn good.
