Originally Posted by
bitemark46
You haven't mastered a manual shifted car until you have driven a non-sprung sintered iron 4 puck disk with a 3 fingered pressure plate on the street. That, is the ultimate test.
-Mark
My ultimate test was an AWD DSM with a welded center diff that bound up the drivetrain something fierce, trying to slip the clutch to back up in a tight turn out of a garage, with a 4-puck unsprung disc and a 2500lb pressure plate. The engagement from on to off was less than 1/4 inch, and you had to hold it in the first 1/16th of an inch to slip it effectively and keep the car from stalling. After figuring out how to drive that car I don't think there are many cars out there I can't handle.