You’re sitting at a red light and next to you is a Corvette with a hotshot driver behind the wheel. You can almost feel the tension as the sports car driver waits for the light to turn green. The car rumbles a little as he gives it some gas……the rpms are ramping up…the light turns green…and he’s off like a rocket.The car may look good screeching down the road but you have to wonder how often the clutch needs replacing with such aggressive driving. There’s a good possibility he has a large budget for auto maintenance in Ann Arbor, MI.
Aggressive Drivers Eat Clutches
The clutch system in your auto can last as long as your car depending on your driving style.If you turn your car into a rocket at every green light take-off then one thing you can be sure of is that the clutch will need replacing sooner rather than later. This is true for sports cars and all other vehicles with clutch assemblies.It’s also true for new and old cars so don’t start thinking that new cars can handle aggressive driver easier than older cars.
The clutch, as you may or may not know, is used when starting, stopping or shifting gears.In a nutshell, pressing the clutch pedal to the floor disengages the clutch disk from the engine flywheel. This means the crankshaft connecting the engine and the transmission can now turn independently of the transmission.If you don’t disengage the crankshaft your transmission gears will rotate at various speeds leading to transmission damage.
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