Q: Clutch
Proud owner of a 2007 Subaru WRX, with 216,000 km or roughly 134216 Miles. I have recently started to smell a heavy oil/rubber smell both in and outside of the car. With this, it is to be noted a large amount of smoke coming out of the exhaust lately. A young manual driver who is still learning clutch to gas ratio while in switching gears (My RMP is too high). I also sometimes ride the clutch coming up to stop signs. Worried that this may cost a lot of money to fix. Any info about the cause of these problems and or tips are useful thank you very much.
My car has 134216 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.
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