aight, yah pretty much everything on my car is trashed and has almost 200,000 miles on it. i bought it like this planning to rebuild it ground up into a showcar/racer then lost my job =). but ive already put a lot of $$ into it at the beginning but have had it backed into and hit a deer going 80mph so now i have to fix the body too. the clutch is fine tho i think. this is my first 5 spd as well but no probs ever. with anything actually. the only thing to break so far is my power steering belt going 120mph then i couldnt steer. that was a fun night.