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I have only let a handful of people drive my truck as well. The question begs, "Where do you learn to drive a standard?" Family friend or Dad who might have bad habits, self-taught, armed with "Don't ride the clutch" ? Lee, with all your experience being a mechanic you've seen the worst of the worst abuses of drivetrain and brakes of that I am sure.

I have never abused a car or truck in my life, consider them transportation and with good care and preventive maintenance carefree miles can be had. I remember as a young buck helping a neighbor change out rear axle seals, I said to myself right there that seeing the differential for the first time it made no sense to 'peel out' like the local teens openly wondering if they had ever seen the inside of a differential or transmission.