clutchless gear shifting ...

[Cobb]

Sounds like my scion xa. The shifter felt like you were moving a stick around in a bucket of gravel.

[justme1969]

Exactly this car was horribly abused long b4 I began swearing at it.
It always seems to be the quickest and cheapest fix im my yard though.
Has plans to work on my other car tomorrow but Alas again clutch slave cyl. and bleed or.. the Taurus with head gaskett, water pump, timing belt issue.
Again junky Kia wins the days efforts.

[Cobb]

I am sold on kia for durability. My brother bought one new, drove it by switching betwen pressing the gas and brake petal to the floor. Got a check engine light at 199 thousand miles. They couldnt figure it out and it kept going on after they cleared it. He got lke 35 mpg in how he drove it, no problems otherwise. Traded the rio sedan for the spectrum(SP?) and does the same with no problems. Man, that car can haul ass too.

Yeah, may want to change the tranny fluid after you fix it with some synchromesh. I find that fluid helps all trannys shift better. I changed mines twice in my sidekick and man, its like butter.