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Originally Posted by spmcpa
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Road & Track's January 2009 issue had a 350Z owner survey (277 owners responded). Manual transmissions were discussed as a problem area, but is was less than 5% of the respondents. Perhaps if you were to contact the technical editor there they might be able to shed a little more light on the incidence of failures.
Got a kick out of the attitude that it must be the driver, but sometimes it is. Once had an employee that went thru clutches in 3 -4,000 miles and he always said it wasn't his fault. Rode with him once - starting out technique every time was to bring revs to 2,500 - 3,000 rpm and then let the cluch out slooowwwly...
spmcpa
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Thanks - 1 in 20 isn't *that* bad. I figure that it can't be much higher, or we'd be hearing about it all the time. G37 owners are supposed to be happier about their cars than anyone:
Study surveys 25,000 owners, reveals most highly recommended vehicles
Those two clutch tales are astonishing. I remember doing that one time while reversing up a hill when I was 15. My dad stopped me and said, "You smell that smell? That's money."