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Originally Posted by Xerxys
Stay away from newbies.
**points pitch fork at you**
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I have to teach my two 17 year olds how to drive sticks because that's all we own.
My Dad taught me because Driver's Ed cars were automatics, even way back then (wimps).
I've drag raced my car 14 times, won 12 (against others of its ilk). I've driven every stick from a Porsche Boxster to a Plymouth Valiant-only kind I never drove was a truck.
I can get a newbie taking off like a pro in 24 hours, I'm sure of it. Find the "sweet spot" and the world is yours.
(yes I'm still talking about shifting)
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Originally Posted by cj2112
I replaced a clutch on my '87 Colt. The clutch kit (clutch, pressure plate and throwout bearing) was around $100. Labor to have some body do it easily could have been another $800. You had to pull the engine and transmission on my '87 to get the clutch out. It sucked. I did the same thing on my 93 sentra, and was able to just pull the transmission, it was much simpler , but the clutch kit was about $50 more.
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I don't do engines. And there's no way in hell I'd have asked the spouse to do it. Pay the $900, get it done right and there's no fighting at the dinner table.