First and second gear have been rather rough on both my Lancers. Sometimes it glides, sometimes it *pops* out of first, sometimes it's a rather rough mesh into second. Other times, the clutch will be fully depressed, and shifting into first creates a audible clunk that you can actually feel. Second hasn't been meshing well for me lately, either. I think this is the same transmission as the Scion tC, so I'll have to take one of those out as well to see if maybe it was just Mitsubishi's placement of it that sucks the balls.

I also noticed that when the engine is on, if you move the shifter from side to side, the feeling is similar to pulling braided line over a plastic edge.. I'm not sure if it's a vibration thing or something else, but when the engine is off it's perfectly smooth.

I don't honestly find the 09 GTS that slow.. most people have the 2008s or 2009 non-GTS (hence the 2.0L). The 2.4L definitely has more pick-up and I've found it's actually quite easy to break the tires loose without trying.
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