Thinking about buying a koup

[Svtcobra96]

Hi all, new here...I'm thinking about buying a koup and have a few questions.
During the test drive I noticed the following and am wondering if this is normal behavior for the car:
Slightly rough idle
Shifting into gears seemed to require a little force (not a lot, but a bit more then I'm use o with stick)
This was a sx model, used with 4k on it
In general I'm Aldo wondering what people think of their koup and if you are in area that it snows, how does it handle in the now?
Thanks

[Sal Collaziano]

Can anybody help him out? I don't have a Forte otherwise I would...

[fafforte]

(02-10-2011 04:35 PM)Sal Collaziano Wrote:  Can anybody help him out? I don't have a Forte otherwise I would...

Idle - dont have that problem
Shifting...every damn day is hard to shift cold. Seems to be a normal function, i have complained and not much have been done. I hardly notice it anymore except on a very cold morning, I'm cursing it because 1-2 shift is nearly impossible. But from what I heard replacing to a short shifter alleviates tha problem.
Dying on take off is also annoying, but I had to get used to it and develop a system, right amount of throttle to the clutch. Not like normal cars because of some Clutch protection valve or whatever it';s called.
But other than that, the engine will give lots of smiles when you get on it. It handles like no other new car on the market. In this segment I mean....
I love my SX, took it to cali from texas last year and was a entertaining ride. 34mpg hwy was the best I got at 80mph on cruise.