engine RPM behaviour

Sure. Learn powershifting or get one of the modern econoboxes like Nissan Vice Versa. According to the reviews the engine hangs onto the revs for way too long.

Well, if something has changed noticeably, likely some attention is needed somewhere. The first place to be suspicious woul be any recent work done or cjanges in the car's use. Next, perhaps a simple throttle body cleaning or some cleaning of the IACV would help. maybe someone at

Carl

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it took me a while to adjust to my '02 legacy wagon, which i bought used. in particular, i found shifting to be jerkier than i was used to, and the engine was prone to stalling a lot more.. i ran some injector cleaner through, and had the o2 sensors replaced, and i've started shifting out much higher (4,000 rpm instead of 3,000), which feels much, much smoother. (the flat 4 doesn't howl like other japanese engines when you wind it up.) and it seems that having the a/c turned on actually improves drivability, without much effect on gas mileage. (which really doesn't make any sense.)

at least that's been my experience.