I have never had a clutch problem with any car except spinning my clutch with my S2000 (trying to do a burnout on a concrete bridge...duh)...

But.. I always put my car in neutral at stop lights.... is it possible that people are accelerating the wear of their clutch by engaging it at redlights?? i rode with a guy and he sat there for 2-3 minutes at a redlight with his foot on the clutch.... big left leg?

I don't purposely try to break things, but I have no problem getting 13.4's in the Qtr with my stock Evo, and I still have no clutch problems....

 

I always put it in neutral, whenever possible...

 

ditto

 

Neutral

 

neutral....Sometimes I forget I'm in neutral when the light turns green

 

neutral,except when i know that it is about to turn green.

 

The only time I sit with my foot on the clutch is in traffic that's moving. Sometimes I'll be stuck for a while and forget I'm on the clutch, but it's never 2-3 minutes like that person you mentioned. I guess it's possible it's causing some premature wear, but the Evo's clutch problems seem to be bigger than that.

 

anytime i know i'm going to be stopped for more than a couple of second, i put it in neutral, except in traffic. i also have a habit of putting it in neutral going down a hill.

 

No, mine is ALWAYS in gear.. only time the clutch is in is when changing gears or stopping.


I never coast in neutral. BTW that is against the law in most states i believe. i know putting an auto in park is.


-Zach

 

I thought wear and tear came from shifting. So if your foot is all the way down on the clutch at a light are you really wearing anything out until you start to put the car back in gear. I won’t leave my car in gear for that long anyway but I don’t bother taking out of gear at every light.

 

yeah, i know that one. it's sort of like trying to break a bad habit and for some reason you still go back to doing it. lately, i've been doing it less and less so i guess i'm learning.

 

No. You're just not wearing out your clutch face. You won't in neutral either.

 

i always thought that the more times you are on the clutch the more it wears out. someone told me that's why you double-clutch? but then again, with the ways cars are built now, that's unnecesary

 

Yes, riding the clutch is going to wear it out more quickly.

Double clutching has nothing to do with this though. That's got to do with synchros. (Wear and lack of synchros altogether in older cars.)

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/clutch.htm

(See the animation on page 2 for what you're doing to your clutch if you stand on it constantly.)

My edits are awful today.

 

I always wondered how's a cop going to know you were in neutral?