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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
That's both interesting... and amusing (except for the owner)! What kind of car(s) and how old?
Do you know the driver personally? It would be interesting/instructive to see his technique.
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If I remember correctly it was a 2007 Mazda 3 GT 2.3l. I went for a road test with him and he didn't seem to be that hard on bump starting the car. It wasn't side-stepping the clutch by any stretch. I did spent about 15 minutes with the car doing 20-30 gentle start/stops before giving it back to him the second time to make sure the new clutch was bedded. I also told him to avoid his bump starting for the first 1000km. The pressure plate and the disc didn't look like they'd been badly abused and the friction material (even though I replaced it) wasn't severely worn.