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Old 03-27-2010, 07:01 PM   #54
Fat_Tire_Custom
 
Drives: 1972 Rally Sport, 2010 RS/SS
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Originally Posted by iBK3000 View Post
Burning the Clutch smells bad because you are burning a deadly poison, asbestos. I have smelled it and once it even got stuck in my nostrils for a bit.

This thread should be called bad drivers smell.
Sorry buddy, but I sincerely doubt that any domestic manufacturer has used asbestos in any automotive applications in at least a couple decades. Also, asbestos is not a poison, it is a fiberous mineral whose fine sharp ends cause tissue irritations resulting in a an increased cancer rate among unprotected asbestos worker comparable to the cancer rate among smokers.
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