I know the first thing i should have done was change the trans fluid, but it looked decent and i figured it could wait a few weeks after i bought the RS. I soon forgot and then ended up here in chicago. Money got tight so oil came before trans (apartment complex with no jack so no fluid change in the driveway any more). Anyway i finally found a job and so i spent the money for a fluid change. GOOD *** IN HEAVEN DID SHE NEED IT! I can't believe the differance. The fluid was clean too, and the guy showed me the pan and filter after he got em out and they were in decent shape too, so just change the damn fluid every 10 or 15,000 miles or heck earlier if you want, but man does it make a differance. Ya i know everybody already knows this probably, but i was truely amazed that fluid and filter that were in decent shape being changed would make such a differance. Guess the next one to try for is the differential.