Here's How to Destroy Your Manual Transmission (And How to Make it Last)
by Erik Shilling on Jalopnik, shared by Virginia K. S from Lifehacker on (#3X07H)
What I wanted to know was simple: how to drive a manual without breaking it, since repairs are expensive and every piece of advice I got was b.s. So I called up a rally champion and found out what will actually blow up your car in the space of an afternoon, and what will keep it running just about forever.