Um yeah, I think how often you "get on it", as well as maintenance, can play a factor in how long your car will last/run properly. Now, I know every car has its quirks and some cars are just straight up lemons. But I do think babying the car does make a difference. Making sure you select your gears properly, versus just banging them in through the gates, may be the difference between your tranny shifting for a good while longer, or busting up your synchros or fork.

I will agree though, that age and mileage plays a big role. But to me, it sounds like he got pretty agressive with his transmission the other day. Now, I can't guarantee that his tranny wouldn't of f'ed up...but I'm pretty confident that had he drove his car normally, his tranny would still be fine right now. But who knows, if he had banged through the gears, say a week later, it may of busted then. Unfortunately, I wasn't there, so I don't know what happened...just painting a picture with the info that's been posted thus far.

I have to say, that really does suck that the thing was rebuilt recently and it's having problems already. Were the forks replaced? I'm assuming aluminum forks we used, if they were replaced. Steel forks would hold up much better, but even those can break I suppose. Again, I wasn't there in person, but I'd have to assume that you had to of smash through the gear pretty hard, to bust a rebuilt transmission. If the same forks were put back in during the rebuild though, then I could see it breaking I guess.

And in regards to me racing....yeah, I get on it once in a while, but not nearly as often as I used to. Still though, I don't do crazy ass 5k-7k launches or try and force my gears to go in. I don't push my car past the redline area either. Even then, I still have small problems with the car here and there, but I don't have the constant breakdowns (knock on wood), that some of the other owners out there do. My car's getting old too (97 model). Running a crankwalking motor unfortunately, but it's still going strong. Still on the stock T-too small and stock tranny (just an upgraded clutch). Anyways, proper maintenance does wonders, lol. Probably the only reason my crank hasn't walked off entirely yet.