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People drive with the studs broken all the time, sometimes not realizing it has happened. Doing them requires a full top end rebuild. I personally wouldn't spend $8-10k pre-emptively.
The biggest problem with people new to the 915 is they baby it, making shifts at 2500-3000 rpm. It's a sportscar. It needs to be shifted up around or above 4000rpm. So many newbs go on a test drive and come back complaining because they were driving it like a granny.
2nd does take what we often call a 2 stage shift. You start to pull it in gently and can feel it start to engage and pulled onto the synchro. At that point you finish the pull and click it in.
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1974 914 Bumble Bee
2009 Outback XT
2008 Cayman S shop test Mule
1996 WRX V-limited 450/1000
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