How easy is it to burn a clutch?
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How easy is it to burn a clutch?
My friend is getting a car soon but is worried about getting a new manual transmission car because all he knows how to drive is an automatic. He is planning on getting a beater car to learn stick in for a month or so first. He's afraid that he will burn the clutch if he gets a new car. I told him to learn the basics of stick in a friends car and then just continue practicing on his new car instead of wasting 1000 dollars just to buy a car to learn stick. I am just wondering if you can seriously mess up a clutch by just learning on it and stalling etc.
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Re: How easy is it to burn a clutch? (ICanSayMyAbcZ)
he cant mess it up by stalling. tell him not worry about it. just dont ride it and slip it too much/or too long.
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Re: How easy is it to burn a clutch? (blufke)
yea the only thing that will screw it up is if he rides it too much.
its probably not gonna hurt anything because it only takes a few hundred miles of street driving to learn one.
its probably not gonna hurt anything because it only takes a few hundred miles of street driving to learn one.
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Re: How easy is it to burn a clutch? (ICanSayMyAbcZ)
most people can get stick down in a few hours. but i wouldnt worry about burning the clutch. you really have to be a sucky driver to burn the clutch out learning how to drive it.
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Re: How easy is it to burn a clutch? (BluntMan)
ya.. don't worry about it. However, drag racing can burn a clutch, but if ya burn out your clutch that gives ya a good reason to get a new part for your car
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Re: How easy is it to burn a clutch? (57STS)
well under normal driving, it's pretty hard to totally burn out a clutch. Just dont do stupid **** like go 35-40 in 5th put the clutch in rev to 7-8K let clutch out, and ride the rpms down with the accelerator.
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Re: How easy is it to burn a clutch? (JoesTypeS)
why not just buy the car and if he burns out the clutch he can just use the $1000 that he was gonna use on the beater for a bad *** racing clutch instead of blowing it on some p.o.s. car.
just a thought
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