Owing to the 20F freezing conditions in PA at the moment, I find that even after warming up the engine before take off, the gear box selection is slightly harder to change between gears. I actually feel the stick not going through when engaging the gear as easely as it was the other day. Is this normal? After I have driven the car about 5 miles or less everthing is back to normal. Nice and easy to select the gears. I even resorted to the old fashioned double clutch method before sincromesh was thought of, and still found it harder until I had travelled about 3 to 5 miles. I guess I am getting paranoid or at least I hope I am. Thoughts please. BTW the gearbox has only done 20000 miles and the car is in an unheated garage at all times. Thanks....

 

I would say normal due to the extreme cold, the gear box oil has thickened causing the problem. One suggestion, do not idle warm up the car, start it and drive it, keep the rpm's under 3-3.5k, do clean deliberate shifts until the car starts to warm up, you will see the temp guage inch up, and since it's so cold this will seem like an eternity. After she's warm, drive as normal. I might also add, you might want to consider changing the gearbox oil, full synthetic OEM.
I hope this helps.

 

I have seen the same thing this winter and it seems to be getting worse. Planning on taking to the shop.

 

totally normal