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Kearny Mesa Subaru in San Diego ordered one for me, we'll see how the install goes when the part comes in....

Very true, I hadn't thought about that. What happens if you disconnect the battery? Will it reset the ECU totally - making it like it came from the factory? Or does it retain the stock map that the AP put on? Not saying I want to do that since there is no stutter, but I am just thinking out loud here.

You know what I noticed: I tried out my friends AP for the weekend back during Thanksgiving, and it was cold. When I did that the stutter was gone. I know that the ECU is effectively reset when putting a map on, so I figured that was why it was gone, and eventually it will come back. The weekend comes to a close and I take the AP off, and go on my merry way. The thing is, its like a month and a half later, and I still don't have the stutter. I have driven at least another 1000 miles on the car, so it should have showed up. Now here is my theory..I don't know if it holds water, but here goes. I bought my car in July, and at the time, I didn't feel too much stutter..at least enough for me to complain about it. So I am driving it for like 3-4k miles and then Fall hits and things start to cool down. Then I start getting the stutter, so I am like..oh it is because of the cold weather that it is getting more apparent. I then do that AP stuff mentioned earlier Thanksgiving weekend, effectively resetting my ECU. But when the ECU was reset, it was COLD outside, like 35-40 degrees, and the weather has been like that ever since then. Is it possible that the COLD brings on the stutter, and that by reflashing in the cold, and having the ECU relearn in the cold, it has learned to control or reduce the stutter?

Are you talking about the "Legacy" on the tach? That should be lit. If you have an '05 its White. On the '06 I believe it is red (Either the Subaru website still only shows the '05 interior, or I am wrong on this one..about the color of the "Legacy" that is). It should definitely be lit up no questions, it comes on with the gauges. If it is out, you should have it checked out for sure. I have my DRLs disabled and it turns on with the car in morning.

If you could post a picture of the keyfob, that would be most excellent!

See initially, when I couldn't shift well (just learned stick on this car, hell I didn't even test drive the thing) from 1st to 2nd, sometime I would get this crazy jerk jerk jerk. And if you had the windows down, you could hear that amazing 2nd gear engine whine cut out and back in. But as I learned to shift better, it went away, so that's what I attributed that to. I have tried to go from like 1.5k rpm to 3.5k rpm really slowly in 2nd gear, to see if I can get it to studder under "light" acceleration, but so far, nothing really noticeable. I will try the 2500-3500 rpm range in 3,4,5 to see what I can come up with. The gas I use is Chevron, I don't know if that means anything, but I just threw it out as a point of comparison

my build date was 09/04 and I got the car a month ago..I am still not sure what the studdering actually is...maybe I just have a mild case? or I just floor it all the time

anyone deal with fitzmall about studdering? they are my local dealer and I want to know how they deal with this before going in. thanks!