Originally posted by RTStabler51:
because you can't drive a stick for a crap?
Originally posted by 99svtcontour:
can someone please tell me why are trans suck so bad i mean to have a trans rebuilt 3 times in 40 thousand miles it [censored] up i have my car but i am starting to hate it at the same time




I'm beginning to believe that either I should buy lottery tickets every week or that the majority of these "common" failures are more maintenance and poor driving related. (2.5L oil starvation and stock diff aside)

I, for all intent and purpose, drove the living sh~t out of my engine and transmission. Neither one died because of it.
We are not talking the normal wear and tear 99.99&% of the people do either. 8000+ rpm redlines, shifting at redline constantly.

I more then expected something to fail because of my testing.

Syncros held, engine held, water pump even held, et cetera.

The diff was close to going out but anyone that has seen my launch my car still can't believe it lasted more then a week.


I am a firm believer that aggressive maintenance is a must and while I do drive the piss out of my car I don't "abuse" it by poor driving style and habits.

2000 SVT #674 13.47 @ 102 - All Motor! It was not broke; Yet I fixed it anyway.