On my 190D 2.2, you can slam the clutch without any finnesse at all and it won't stall the engine. It's amazing, my other experience with manual cars was when I was in Guam on business. They had a Nissan Sentra manual gas 4cyl. That clutch was so slick and the engine so sick that every takeoff from a standing start I'd have to rev up the engine and really heat the clutch up. I could smell burnt clutch everywhere I went.

Not a good experience.

Sholin

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What else, '73 MB 280 SEL (Lt Blue)
Daily driver: '84 190D 2.2 5 spd.