The reason 2nd synchros fail more than most is that folks try to ram the shift through as fast as possible and don't give the synchro cones time to do their job and they are typically racing it away on high power settings in street light drags. Ultimately there is a cost to it.
I see it a lot where I am working now, in Argentina, almost every car that isn't an auto (and that is most) has knackered synchro on 2nd (including the Toyota Hilux which I inherited recently), even relatively new cars. They all imagine they are Fangio here (I guess some of you might have heard of him) and drive accordingly, even though 99% of them a fraction of the true driver that Fangio was, hard on the gas, hard on the brakes, swerving all over the shop, no indicators, no patience, way too fast in hazard situations when they can't see what is coming the other way. And a road toll that matches it too - huge! We passed the body of a newly-deceased motorcyclist still lying on the road the other day after he T-boned an aging and grossly overloaded Peugeot that seemed to have been in the wrong. Sobering. But I digress.
Depending on where you live, it is getting colder in Australia now with approaching winter and early morning shifts are always a bit tighter until the engine warms up, and the 1-2 shift is where you notice it most. My Maserati had a glorious ZF gearbox but first off in the morning, 2nd would be tight and would snick if I didn't take my time with it. Once that huge gearbox was warmed up though, it was a dream to use.
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