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Originally Posted by dori.
You know, at first I thought you were joking...
The clutch has an engagement point, just as the gas and brake do. None of the 3 pedals are digital inputs. They all have a range of motion in which they work in. You telling me that you (basically) wish for the clutch to operate like a light switch means that you don't understand how a manual transmission works and have not spent enough time using one.
If it WERE like that, the car would be much harder to control. Could you imagine having to be fully in gear every time you back the car up?
Now in this car, it is true that the full engagement point in this car is fairly high in the pedal's travel. If you're used to cars with a more linear feel then yeah it takes getting used to.
Clutches don't 'go bad', they are a wear item like anything else on the car. Anyone that replaces his/her clutch after 700 miles or 5 times in 200k either just had the bad luck of having defective clutches or just plainly doesn't know how to drive. Those are rare occurrences. How are you going to let a single incident like that deter you from driving manual? How about the hundreds of forum members that drive the 6MT and have no problem?
Shit, I even know an FR-S owner whose car is his first manual and he's had no problems.
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Very good post, glad someone said it. If there is a valid compailt about the clutch its that it isn't stiff enough, but I am sure there will be an aftermarket "fix" to that.
Sub, if its really an issue for you there is / was the MRS (MR2-Spyder) from Toyota that had something similiar to what you want, I think few liked the SMT so you may be able to find a cherry MRS with SMT, It was Toyota's last sports car. A whole lot different than the FR-S but still a very nice car.