In article <u1372k$2jlvd$
1@dont-email.me>,
Davey <
davey@example.invalid> wrote:
Allowing for a couple of minutes to get
used to a strange car's clutch bite point and graunchy
gear-selection, I drove it "differently" and she was mystified.
I had a similar experience, as a passenger in a fellow student's Cortina Estate. Every gearchange terminated in a 'Bang' as the clutch was just
drop released, with no attempt to match engine speed. Luckily it was
only one short journey, and I often wondered how long the clutch and
even the gearbox lasted after all that terrible treatment.
The only car I ever owned and drove was a second hand one bought cheap - as that was all I could afford. It was very difficult to drive and as a newbie
I assumed the 'jump' when I closed the clutch was simply my poor driving. However after a few weeks the clutch failed entirely as I was going up the
Bow Flyover in London! Not a good place to be stopped in the rush hour.
Got a tow to a nearby garage. They investigated and said the clutch failed because a previous owner had changed it... putting the new one in the
"wrong way round". Their term for it. They were amazed it had worked at
all!
Seviced, then worked OK. But I gave up driving later as I decided I hated
doing it in London.
Jim
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