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Taught my son and daughter to drive stick on an old M-B 240D my brother donated to us for my son's first car. He picked it up just fine in the parking lot we chose to use as a practice field.
Everything was fine until we found out one of the motor mounts was broken. When we replaced it, all of a sudden he couldn't drive it without killing it on take off. Neither could my daughter.
Once I explained what had been going on with the old mount and why the car was acting differently now with the new one, they both understood and got it down pretty good.
The 240 had a bad 2nd gear syncro and required careful shifting, both up and down.
When I went for a ride with my son shortly before we got rid of the car, he demonstrated that he'd learned double clutching and the art of momentum driving, which that car really needed if you wanted to keep up with traffic.
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Scott
'78 SC mit Sportomatic - Sold
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