oh god..... I have an AWFUL story to tell about slippy clutches
When I bought my car a couple months ago for a christmas gift to myself (:P) the one thing that was really wrong with it was a slippy clutch, but it wasn't so bad so I didn't think much about it.
Here's the problem though:
Clutch slips, clutch wears down more, clutch slips more, clutch wears down more, clutch slips more, clutch wears down more, ad infinitum. You get the picture... it sucks!
Sooooo... one time I was driving from my school to meet my mom behind a mall nearby to go to a dermatology appointment in Boston. I told myself not to, but I went up this little shortcut road anyway... it's like a 30 degree incline, no joke... I'll take a picture of it some time
I got about 8 meters up, right before the first little side road, and it just starts slipping... I couldn't move. At all.
While I'm sitting there trying to figure out what to do, this BRAND NEW mercedes benz drives up right behind me (5 or 6 cm, seriously) and starts HONKING HIS HORN CONSTANTLY. He is, in essence, the prime example of a Masshole
Anyway, I figured that the only way I could get up to the top was to christmas tree it (did I mention this was a one way street? whoopsie
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) I held the brake down with the tip of my foot, floored the gas, and simultaneously let up on my clutch and brake. It spun a little, but I managed to make it up another meter or so to the first road, and let him pass me. Then I just zigzagged up the rest of the road.... luckily encountering no more massholes
Take it from me. Replace your clutch. NOW.
Driving with a slippy clutch doesn't just suck and make you look retarded, it's dangerous.
While you're at it.... swap in a BP motor.... that's what I'm doing. You have to remove the engine anyway. Do it yourself to if you have a vacation or a break or something, or find a decent mechanic to do it for cheap. A simple clutch replacement here in Massachusetts cost my friend 1200 bucks. For me? I bought a hoist, jack, BP with 55k miles, Exedy clutch, sensors, oil, new ecu and throttle body, gasket stuff, AND 4 guage wire to make grounding cables, all for around 600 bucks. Bam.
Btw... a brand new clutch is cheap
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I got my exedy for 105 bucks USD shipped.