How hard do you drive your car?

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Originally Posted by PorscheBound

Do you guys shift hard through your gears? Espesially 1st-2nd? As in mashing the clutch down slamming it into 2nd and dumping the clutch all in a split second?

I did something similar at AutoClub Speedway as I was heel and toeing (and doing it poorly) going into Turn 3 (hard left at about 50mph) after exiting the NASCAR banking at 115mph.

Net result: $3,200 for a new clutch, throw out bearing, clutch fork, flywheel, and pressure plate. It looked like everything had been thrown in a blender in there - I was lucky that none of the debris put a hole in the trans housing.

Drive fast but be nice to the equipment.