Do you shift into neutral while waiting at stop lights?
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Originally Posted by ca993twin
I'll bet we drive the same... just using different terms to describe what we are doing.
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Some basic rules to observe:
(1) Brakes are cheaper to replace than clutches and trannies
(2) Never 'rest' your hand or foot on anything like a shift **** or pedal.
(3) Porsche trannies are relatively bulletproof but I have seen some abuse. Normal drivers don't abuse them and they last long time. If you go through a clutch in less then about 100,000 miles then you are abusing it or never learned how to drive a manual.
(4) The new stuff from Porsche better than the old stuff. Rules should change to keep up with the changes to the hardware.
Dan
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Many Porsches over 100,000 on original clutches.
(1) Brakes are cheaper to replace than clutches and trannies
(2) Never 'rest' your hand or foot on anything like a shift **** or pedal.
(3) Porsche trannies are relatively bulletproof but I have seen some abuse. Normal drivers don't abuse them and they last long time. If you go through a clutch in less then about 100,000 miles then you are abusing it or never learned how to drive a manual.
(4) The new stuff from Porsche better than the old stuff. Rules should change to keep up with the changes to the hardware.
Dan
06 Carrera S Cab inbound
Many Porsches over 100,000 on original clutches.
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Originally Posted by Edgy01
(3) Porsche trannies are relatively bulletproof but I have seen some abuse. Normal drivers don't abuse them and they last long time. If you go through a clutch in less then about 100,000 miles then you are abusing it or never learned how to drive a manual.
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My starting routine is... push clutch in, shift to first, shift to second, shift back to neutral. Once I'm certain I've located neutral, I turn the key and start the car with the clutch in with right foot on the brake with handbrake still engaged.
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Originally Posted by Bull
My 993 will not start without depressing the clutch, which was the same on my previous 993.
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Mine starts without the clutch being used. So did my previous 993TT. Rufus needs a new clutch accumulator, so its REALLY hard to depress the clutch until the engine starts.
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Originally Posted by mborkow
serious? is this because of different MYs, because mine (MY96) does start w/o the clutch being depressed...i have even started the car while not sitting in (though i first made sure i was in neutral)
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Originally Posted by mborkow
i have heard (here) about a lot of 993 clutches being replaced at 70k miles...does that mean a lot of people here never learned to drive?
I personally feel that 70,000 miles is considerably shorter than the potential of the car's clutch. I recall trading in a 77 many years ago for another and it needed an engine rebuild (those days of magnesium cases, etc.) but when they opened things up they didn't even bother to put a new clutch in. It was still fine. It was at 109,000. I put all the miles on the car. They also say that lower HP engines are generally harder on clutches,--you do a lot of slipping on them to get them to go. Most 911 engines don't have that problem, so clutches are rarely an issue.
I guess we can all start a new thread,--where and on WHAT did you learn to drive a stick? I started on an MG Austin America, then into a 914. After that, I was good to go. From then on, all 911s. I essentially learned on the 914, and went through a lot of clutches in that car until I finally figured it out.
Many years ago Porsche contributed to the problem by trying to reduce the vibrations from the engine/tranny by installing those rubber centered clutch plates,--they self destructed over time (from heat mostly) and then had to come out. If you got to them soon enough it was just a clutch replacement that you needed,--the throw-out bearing and the pressure plate were still good of course.
Dan