If it were a fundamental weakness in the clutch, why has this problem affected a small minority of the owners on this board? (See older posts - let's not rehash the numbers here.) A fundamental weakness should show up everywhere.
Ask anyone who has ridden with me. I do NOT baby my car. My clutch is still OK at 16,000 miles. And I do mostly city driving, which means I shift MUCH more than the average member of this board. There are many others with similar mileage on their clutches.
SO - this COULD be explained by driver style, AND it could be explained by inconsistent parts quality. But it can NOT be explained as a fundamental weakness.
Now, even if it goes out at 35,000 I'll think t wasn't strong enough - but at 5000? Sorry - I just don't buy it.
I used to think like that but lately my clutch have showed some signs of slipping.
I have 32 000 miles on my car now. It has only showed up when tracking the car or when drag racing, without abuse of the clutch I might add. IMO the car should stand some occassional tracking and dragracing.
It is still ok but I am considering buying a new clutch and am looking for a replacement that is stronger than the stock clutch. If anyone know of anyone, please share!
Cheers,
/Johan
[This message has been edited by johann (edited 12 June 2001).]
my driving style is not aggressive at all. The brakes got screwed up on a really hot day with five people in the car and speeds between 60 and 120 mph and a lot of traffic ... so a lot of braking.
I just heard that BMW M is coming up with a new clutch which is supposed to be available later on this year. According to BMW many people have had problems with clutch slippage .... so they gonna come up with a more powerful one which is still supposed to be "easy" and "comfortable" to drive.
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