Well, my BJ8 is going on 80K miles on its clutch, although I think she's
starting to slip. That's pretty amazing considering the first 70K miles
were driving it in hilly San Francisco and the next 10K miles have been
driving it in very hilly Hong Kong. If I lived in the flats somewhere I'm
sure I would have milked that clutch for at least 120K miles. I always
start the motor with clutch out. And I never rev the motor to engage - I
let the torque of the motor carry the car - so even my clutching is in and
out very quick.
Alan
'52 A90
'53 BN1
'64 BJ8
On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 6:21 PM, Fred Wescoe <fredwescoe@windstream.net>
wrote:
> My first car was a TR3 and I was told not to depress the clutch and to keep
> it
> in neutral. It would always crank faster that way. Of course it was the
> only
> way the hand crank worked and I did use that often when the battery was
> low.
>
> Healeys have the starting dog but no ability to start with a hand crank.
>
> I practiced the same clutch out and in neutral starting process on my Audi
> turbo. I replaced the clutch at 120,000 miles and when comparing the
> thickness to the original type replacement, it was only 40% used. I now
> have
> 160,000 on the second clutch and it is going strong.
>
> My new 5 speed Golf, however, requires the clutch to be depressed and in
> neutral for the starting procedure. I guess almost all new cars now have
> this
> as a starting procedure.
>
> I wonder how we are to get a new car, with a clutch, started and home when
> we
> loose the clutch.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Fred
> 63 BJ7
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