2013 Subaru BRZ Long-Term Update 6

Your browser, , is out of date and not supported by www.motortrend.com. It may not display all features of our site properly and could have potential security flaws. Please update your browser to the most upated version. Update Now Long Term: By Rory Jurnecka | Photos By Motor Trend Staff | From the November 2013 issue of Motor Trend  |   As a budget sports car, the BRZ can be a little uncompromising sometimes. Around the uneven freeways and potholed roads of Los Angeles, daily commuting in the little Subaru requires a willingness to be jostled around. The price paid for little body roll and that glued-to-the-asphalt feel on Southern California's best back roads is a pretty firm ride around town. Living with the car week to week and month to month, I've gotten used to the way it rides and even put it out of mind. But getting back into the BRZ after a few days spent in a more supple sedan or SUV can be a little eye-opening. For those looking for a true sports car, that shouldn't be a deal breaker at all -- it wouldn't be for me. I just took Burrzz in for its third service at roughly 21,000 miles (a routine oil change and inspection) and the dealer also replaced the shifter mechanism -- knob to lever assembly -- under a service bulletin. I'd be experiencing a bit of shifter rattle at certain RPMs on the freeway, and the revised assembly with different bushings appears to be the fix I was looking for. The lever is now rattle-free and has lost the slight notchiness it used to have, shifting better than ever. Of course it's expected that new-to-market cars will have small problems -- the way automakers handle those issues makes all the difference. View the original article here