djkeev, valid questions.there was no irresponsible driving involved -- to my (35 y.o. guy's) judgment, knowamsayin' but the road was pretty harsh -- not too bumpy (not enough to kill the pan hitting the rocks underneath, which i was careful about anyway), but occasionally soft and very steep, so the...

star_deceiver, I don't think it's fluid levels, 'cause I've had everything topped off just a couple of weeks before, and I checked the tranny fluid level there and then (on a hot engine), and the level looked fine. I also checked under the car looking for obvious signs of leaks, and there were none.

Hello fellow drivers.Call me stupid, but I took my car to a bit of dirt road driving in the mountains near Santa Cruz. Wasn't supposed to be much, maybe 30 miles, and certainly I didn't expect anything like the topic title says as a result -- but here I am, with at least a low gear clutch gone on my...