I have yet another problem (good ol' Rovers), on which I would like an opinion or three.

The clutch currently on my car was only fitted at 90,000 miles, and the car is now at 125,000 miles, and it's beginning to slip. Now, first off, even with harsh driving (which I do infrequently) should a clutch be starting to slip now?
Secondly, as I mention in almost every post, I'm saving for a new car (620 Turbo, so excited!!), and the slip problem is only in extreme cases (i.e it can be covered up for the purposes of selling the car), it's fine if I change gear around 3000rpm, all smooth like and everything, and it accelerates with no slip once the clutch is properly engaged, but earlier there was an absolute knob head with his Peugeot 306 jammed full of his mates in the back and his girlfriend in the front, who needed showing up by an old Rover, and I noticed when I changed from second to third really quickly as you do, the slippage was so extreme, the car carried on accelerating from 60mph right up to 90mph all at the 6000rpm where I changed from 2nd, even though I'd completely engaged the clutch as soon as it was in 3rd.

So, second question: as I'm selling the car within the next month or so, once I find a good 620ti, and it drives fine under easy driving conditions, would any of you bother forking out the £100+ to get a new clutch fitted, and then having to wait another two weeks to get paid and recover that £100 so you can buy a 620?

And third question as I asked for an opinion or three, isn't it great when a boy racer gets shown up in front of his girlfriend and mates by a fat bloke in an old mans car?

EDIT: Actually, is there something I can do, apart from modify my driving, which I will do, to cut down on the extremity of the slippage?

Take the fishing weights off your foot.

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Apart from that, cause I said I'm going to do that, and I rarely floor the car anyway.

well, in future, you could take the fishing weights off the other foot, and thus not ruin your clutch

Yeah right. I'd buy the parts and do the work yourself, if you've got access to a lift. Otherwise... nnn... I'm not so sure. If you take anyone out for a test drive in it they might get suspicious if you don't show them what the car is capable of. I think you could probably make that £100 back by really fixing up the car to be as good as possible, and then taking any buyers out on a serious test drive.


Oh and Yoda, I guess you're hearing all those stories about flooding in the North, right? Last night I went to a pub and had to stand on wooden crates to get to the bar. The pub was still open despite the cellar and first floor being flooded. Legendary.

Good old Northerners. Ain't going to let a bit of poncy water get in the way of their Newky Broon.
Although I've gone back down south for the summer as I've finished this years uni, and it's been OK down here, so I haven't experienced it first hand.
I bet they still try to impose a hosepipe ban again once summer actually arrives.

And I really don't floor my car that much. It's only a 1400, and rich boy racers down here all drive decent cars that would beat me.

^ where are you at uni?

Also are you gonna sell your car on Ebay? I'm not sure whether or not I want to sell mine on there... I have visions of someone winning it and then coming to pick it up and just refusing for some ridiculously small detail... and then I'll have lost at least £5 in seller's fees and will still have the car on my drive taking up space where my Avenger should be

not sure on british cars, but is the clutch accessible by removing a dustpan? you can see if your clutch is actually worn out or if your linkages (be they cable or hydraulic) need adjusting.

^ good idea. Check that first.

It won't be long now before your clutch slips under WOT.

It depends on who you sell to if they will notice.

You should from an honesty standpoint inform the new owner that you think it's going to slip, but hey it's your life.

All you can do is make sure the clutch is fully engaging. It might have been a fluke (driver error, I know you said you didn't hit the gas till the clutch was out... but still..) or a bit of moisture between the clutch and the flywheel.