07 clutch burning? driver or design?

[fu_im_from_texas]

Originally Posted by hystria

btw, this car doesn't like to go slowly uphill, only an automatic transmission will do

In the first post, it is clear that kenny is in bumper to bumper traffic, and must go less than 1-2mph...

Like hystria mentions, the lack of low end torque, and tall gearing make it impossable to crawl up a steep incline at less than 5 mph.

My driveway is very narrow and a 30% grade with a sharp 90 degree turn at the top. The only way I have negotiated it without burning the clutch is the kamikaze approach...which wouldnt work in your case kenny...btw, I put myself through college by valet driving at the four seasons hotel, where we had a multi-level parking structure that often had bumper to bumper traffic described above...I drove everything from BMW M3s to Dodge Vipers to Ferrari F40s and never returned the customers car with the smell of a burnt clutch...my tips depended on it...unless they were a dick...then I'd slip the clutch with the e-brake on the whole way up...;)

My plan is to burn up the stock clutch, and switch over to something aftermarket and more durable...