« the charming english cottage o' death | Main | glass half full, or at least one quarter. »
October 12, 2006
maybe my next volkswagen should be a honda.
hey, guess what? my two year old car, which i've had for six months, and which has 34k miles on it, and only has 24k on the current clutch... needs a new clutch.
or at least, so the dealership says, based on the horrible smell it's producing. MFM will be taking over next week, since it won't be covered under warranty.
for comparison, spacepod's original clutch was replaced at around 100k due to a bad release bearing, and MFM told me i had 20-30k left on the clutch plate at that time. i'm not hard on clutches.
if anyone needs me, i'll be in the angry dome. or at least the exasperated dome.
Posted by lisa at October 12, 2006 09:15 PM
Comments
god, that sucks. Is it possible that the previous owner was overly hard on the clutch?
Posted by: Sarah on October 12, 2006 11:43 PM
that's possible, although MFM agreed that it seems farfetched.
it's possible something was done badly when the first clutch was replaced, or that the real source of the problem was not resolved with the clutch replacement. if that's the case, i hope MFM can correctly diagnose the problem.
Posted by: lisa on October 12, 2006 11:58 PM
ok, so a) your comment won't post right away because i have to approve it first and b) you might get a server error but your comment probably posted anyway and c) previewing doesn't work so i've removed the preview button.