J. P.
My car has what I consider a fair amount of on/off the gas clunk in the rear end. According to Mike at Dynamic and Eric at PE, some of the rear ends have more clearance than others. When I first got my car I really thought the noise was excessive, so I called and talked to Mike at Dynamic, who said to be sure all the rear end mounting bolts were tight. From my position on the creeper, I thought I got 'em all, but when I had the car in for inspection, alignment, etc. at about 3,000 miles, Mike found the rearmost bolt (way up in the back, behind the pumpkin) was loose. Tightening that bolt helped considerably. I still have some clunk, but not nearly as bad as it was. I'd take the car over to Dynamic and have them take a look at it.
I've been amused to watch a couple of friends start out in third gear. One drives a VW bug, so he didn't think it was too unusual to give it a little gas until he just kept going and going and going... The other guy started out in town and the car pulled it fine, but he had this bewildered look on his face, like "Now what?" When he asked why I was laughing, I said, "You're in third gear" and he couldn't believe it.
