I'm a pretty level headed guy, 20 in college, i don't mod or race, no speeding/any types of driving tickets, not meaning to jinx myself.
This was my first car and I did learned stick on it, but i don't believe i did any damage. I think this may have arose from driving in reverse while parking and then popping it to 1st gear and gasin it before the car completely stopped from going backwards, this was followed by a "plastic burning smell" of some sort that disappeared after I continued driving, I know dumb but i stopped doin that.
But during the last real snow storm here in NY, which was about 1 month ago, I was in traffic on the highway did many 2nd gear launchs so that car wouldn't slip other than that i couldn't imagine a serious problem like this arising, does any one know common mistakes that are made by 1st time manual drivers that I may not know of.
FYI, I just did a NY state inspection 5 days ago where the "inspector"/supposed mechanic, put it on a dyno type machine for the front tires where he accerlated aggressively in order to test emissions, in which the exhaust was hooked up to a tube, I passed of course, honestly i'm totally clueless, thinkin now of every possible thing that may have caused this.
Thnx for your help I'm now tryin to find a good mechanic around the area, is anyone here from Brooklyn, NY?