This week, a recent graduate of Car Talk Remedial Clutching 101 lives to tell his tale--barely. Also, Chris wonders if his '90 Civic has proven a Darwinian theory of transmission evolution. Bill kissed a concrete barrier on the turnpike, and the best solution might just involve some matching duct tape. Ed's GMC pickup made it through the Great Depression and World War Two, but may have finally met its match--the Grinderman. A Pathfinder named Stinky rebels, and can technology help Kathleen stop the men in her lives from being jerks? All this and more, this week on Car Talk.