[Frost__2001]

Actually as it turns out it was not the clutch dying at all, the god awful smell turned out to be... get this ... the driver's side Caliper not releasing when my foot came off the brake!

So yeah, it kinda makes me happy as the clutch still had plenty of great pull when you start to disengage it, but it was the smell that had me thinking it was until my dad and I figured it out.

so a $2000 repair bill turned into a $200, and I was able to repair minor things on my to do list after the trip to the scrap yard, and crappy tire. after all said and done I replaced the bad caliper, dead mirror motor, bad winow switch in one of my back doors, replaced the inner fender, and side repeater..

All I need to do now is get my doors & fenders touched up, rear fog bulb, a spare alloy, and I think my car will be ready for another 9 years and 247,000 kms. I have to admit this weekend's weather turned out perfectly to do all this too.