Blew my clutch at 145kph .. Sizzle Sizzle

Wow....Thats impressive.
In mother-like terms, perhaps you shouldn't have been going quite so fast and left more time for your appointment, eh?

Side note: 2700th post. Well done, although I'd guess it doesn't really matter to you since you could give yourself some vast number if you fancied it.

Edit: Instead of selling a kidney wouldn't a few hundred NR-readers be easier? We all know you have them, and you could have a beowulf cluster of PS2 Tests instead!

 

What highway were you on?

 

You could always comfort yourself with the thought that if gas keeps going up, you won't be able to drive your car . I sure as hell won't be able to, and I drive a Camry.

 

Stock trannys in those V8, esepecially the clutch, can't handle that sort of thing.

My uncle used to own a Camaro z28, and the tranny was aluminum, when they first came out, and he kept on killing it because it was too weak.

 

MOTHERFUCK... 145 Kilometres per hour?? Heh, I normaly drive 60 Kph at my fastest, and I generally take the "grandma" lane. Yup, I'm "grandma" when I drive. And I drive the mexican equivalent to a Ford Tempo, so I'm not that far off in terms of machinery. Not that I don't know how to drive (driving lessons involved many horribly designed Guadalajara freeways at 130 kph) - but I really dislike going fast.

But... a Clutch mishap at 145 kph...Dude, are you okay? Anything at that speed might involve serious neck/back stress. Then again, you might not have stopped suddenly, but I'd still check.

You had a doctor's appointment. Is everything okay? Or is it that you're working for a doctor? (you're a radiologist, right?)

So, how much are you going to be set back by the clutch damage?

 

well xerdo, you drive @ 60kph, but you ARE driving in mexico, i doubt assembler has the balls to drive in mexico xD.

 

Left exit, hmmm, that is weird in the states. However, I do know of one in Georgia.

~~~Off Topic~~~

I get my license in exactly a month from today! W00T!!!

 

try to drive on the wrong side of road for change...
when I came to Australia took me a long time to get over the old habit...
often I caught myself driving on the wrong side of the road at night when there's no cars to judge...

I still don't know how my old man can so easily switch between LHD and RHD...

 

so you are not origininally from australia?

 

yep. I've been in Australia for only last 10 years or so...

 

Fuck... come to Hawaii. Getting on the freeway is the biggest challenge... then dodging the shitty drivers is the next one. There's one entrance where you have to get on from the left lane. It is the wackiest shit I have ever seen.

 

sounds like someone had bit too much drinks when planning the thing...

 

An American car with a manual gearbox, the myth is dead???


...We were always led to believe that you all had auto's in the states, summat to do with not being assed to keep changing gear/using left leg/using right arm/just want to bury accelerator to the floor scenario without thinking too much :smt023

 

What's with the KPH? Hehe, are we finally on the metric system. ;-)

I think you need to take it easy with your ride senor. It is not recommended to do neutral drops on a 10+ yr old clutch.

Glad to see you made plans to get your vehicle on the mend. :smt023


^_^_^

 

Unless you're joking, someone told you a big lie. I'm 17 and can drive a manual transmission (not very well, but I haven't stalled the thing in awhile).

 

Or good engines with a shitty auto.

 

I'm not sure where that automatic myth came from either - or even if 90% is a remotely accurate estimate, either. At least with the people I know, manual transmissions are FAR more popular than automatics. And for good reason, too - there's nothing like trying to climb a mountain pass when your transmission decides it will be fine to just sit in fifth gear the whole time.

Dude, it's Hawaii. Nothing's worth doing if you can't do it ass-backwards, and with criminally broken English at that.