Originally Posted by
AtomicPunk
I'm guessing they're not bulletproof, but I'm also guessing they weren't exactly babied, either. The cost of this car new and used likely puts it in the hands of some inexperienced drivers who don't do a lot of maintenance. If any version of this car gets to 300k miles thats a win in my book.
That and there is a huge difference between someone who says "I can drive a stick" as opposed to someone that "can actually drive a stick". Lots of people think they can drive a manual transmission but I can tell you I've ridden with a few of them over the course of my lifetime. Excessive clutch slippage, excessive rpm's on takeoff, forcing shifts when cold etc.... In my Outlander Sport even though I switched to Redline75-80w when the engine / transmission is cold I don't rev it above 2500, slowly slowly shift or double clutch it until I get some decent operating temps. My last manual transmission vehicle I drove for over 200,000 miles and never had any clutch or gear issues so these premature failures are most likely due to abuse.
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