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<blockquote data-quote="James Burleigh" data-source="post: 1233108" data-attributes="member: 4162"><p>Yeah, I see what you mean, Tom. You're right: I blew up the tranning at about 60K on my first '05. I attribute that to a lot of commute miles where I rarely used fifth gear, keeping the tach relatively high in order to have improved responsiveness in the event of bad juju. And yes, I had also burned out one clutch by then, and was told it looked like a moto-cop's level of wear.</p><p></p><p>Based on your comment I will be mindful of how I use the clutch to figure out if I think I really need to be feathering it when in close proximity to slow-moving cars, or whether I just have adopted a bad habit. But I will say that I now hover around 4k in the RPMs rather than 7 or 8, because I'm trying to husband my tranny. Also, I'm just less aggressive than those good ol' days. Thanks for your advice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James Burleigh, post: 1233108, member: 4162"] Yeah, I see what you mean, Tom. You're right: I blew up the tranning at about 60K on my first '05. I attribute that to a lot of commute miles where I rarely used fifth gear, keeping the tach relatively high in order to have improved responsiveness in the event of bad juju. And yes, I had also burned out one clutch by then, and was told it looked like a moto-cop's level of wear. Based on your comment I will be mindful of how I use the clutch to figure out if I think I really need to be feathering it when in close proximity to slow-moving cars, or whether I just have adopted a bad habit. But I will say that I now hover around 4k in the RPMs rather than 7 or 8, because I'm trying to husband my tranny. Also, I'm just less aggressive than those good ol' days. Thanks for your advice. [/QUOTE]
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