Trubobaja, they way you describe the soune sounds fimular. Do you feel thet vibration in the gas pettal? I feel it turning right under medeam to heavy accel now and when I hitt some bumpy roads here in the santa cruz mountians. I live up some roads that STI and other performance owners dream about.
02_forester, My fluid has been changed by the dealer at normal intervals. I am very familur with the SVX trany issues. Thay is why I had brought this up with the dealer so early, it started at about 7k and has been continuing since then and getting worse. The dealer I go to has the highest customer service ratings from owners in CA for the last 5 years. They really know their stuff about subies. You can ask them about any issues, and they will likely know about it already.