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Originally posted by Jeb Hoge:
... I hear that on the Mazda 3 (and maybe the 6), the car won't stall if you don't give it enough gas when letting out the clutch...it'll throttle up just enough to keep it alive.
Ooooo, niiice... 
Must be that jumbly-wumbly thing happening again.
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that would be a bonus, lol
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Originally posted by TourDeForce:
Originally posted by Jeb Hoge:
... I hear that on the Mazda 3 (and maybe the 6), the car won't stall if you don't give it enough gas when letting out the clutch...it'll throttle up just enough to keep it alive.
Ooooo, niiice...
I had an old Subaru Loyal Station Wagon 4x4 (1990). Aside from being the most capable car I have ever driven in the snow (true locking 4x4), it had a sweet feature called "Hill Holder". If you pressed in the clutch and fully depressed the brake, you could release the brake and as long as you kept the clutch pedal in, the brake would hold. It was awesome for coming to a stop on a hill at a stop sign or in traffic. Very much like using your e-brake to stop from rolling backward on a hill, except it was built into the clutch/brake mechanism. I have yet to see it on another car with a manual tranny ... they must have a patent on it or something.
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Off topic I know, but I just found this little tid-bit since this jogged my memory and got me thinking. Quote:
Hill Holder Clutch: A Subaru exclusive (originally a Studebaker exclusive...). Manual transmission models only. A small rear brake that, after being set by the brake pedal, when the clutch was still depressed the car car would simply not roll down a hill! A very popular feature. On all manual trans. Legacy Ls in the 1990s and many earlier models. There is no hill-holder available with any 2.5L engine (1996 was the first year for the 2.5L) and it was discontinued for the 2000 model. Note: April 2002: hill-holder will be used again on the 03 Forester. This will be the first use in any 2.5L engine.
Source: http://www.cars101.com/subaru_terms.html
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I have 140k miles on my original clutch, and this was my first mtx car. I knew how to drive stick but i refined my skills in it.
i don't think it is the rpm you shift at as much as it is about matching revs and minimizing the # of shifts over the long term. i would think if you get less than 100k miles on a clutch you are doing something wrong. unless of course you drag race or road race. imo
i wonder what the average contour clutch life is?
i hope mine lasts a while longer since the dealer wants $1100 to do a clutch job
John
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1998 SE Contour V6 5-spd
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