[QUOTE=mavx4;747065]I got a bugeye STi.

Yeah, I got that part, I did read the owners manual.
My question is: is it normal for the gear oil to show as low on the dip stick when it is cold one week after it has been changed by a mechanic.

Also, separate question: what would cause gear oil to spray all over the place near the area where the gear oil dipstick was?[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=mavx4;747082]When you say the dip stick wasnt in right after i checked it, did you mean that might have caused it to spray everywhere? but the oil was already everywhere before I checked the dip stick after it has been to the mechanic.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=mavx4;747243]pretty sure the color of the "oil" was the same as my gear oil so.....[/QUOTE]

From those descriptions it sounds like the CV boot has split and has flicked grease around the underside of your car and over the gearbox. Regardless of what you or I think, you should take it back to your mechanic for that and the low gearbox oil. Then get a new mechanic.