Hi Guys,
I'm the new owner of a Clio 197, with 74k miles on the clock.
Generally i couldn't be more happy with the car and after searching about 3/4 cars it was definitely the best one i could find. So now to my question, there's no history of work on the clutch or gearbox.
The gearbox however seems flush, smooth changes up and down changes in every gear, No audible crunching like mentioned by some people so i'm wondering if this has been done at some point but the history's lacking.
My main concern is the clutch, the biting point seems really high and in first gear i tend to have to feed a bit of throttle before finding the biting point, is that normal? I.e. the clutch wouldn't be able to hold the car on a hill.
Problem is my only experience is a lot of brand new diesel hire cars with work which you can tend to get moving with the clutch, should a car like this be the same? And my previous car was pusing 100k miles on the original clutch so it was a bit warped and i can't really use it as a benchmark.
Is it worth getting it looked at? Should i be thinking about buying a new clutch?
Now i realise there's a million variables to this and it's really hard to diagnose over the internet but just wondering if someone could give me some direction.
Cheers
I'm the new owner of a Clio 197, with 74k miles on the clock.
Generally i couldn't be more happy with the car and after searching about 3/4 cars it was definitely the best one i could find. So now to my question, there's no history of work on the clutch or gearbox.
The gearbox however seems flush, smooth changes up and down changes in every gear, No audible crunching like mentioned by some people so i'm wondering if this has been done at some point but the history's lacking.
My main concern is the clutch, the biting point seems really high and in first gear i tend to have to feed a bit of throttle before finding the biting point, is that normal? I.e. the clutch wouldn't be able to hold the car on a hill.
Problem is my only experience is a lot of brand new diesel hire cars with work which you can tend to get moving with the clutch, should a car like this be the same? And my previous car was pusing 100k miles on the original clutch so it was a bit warped and i can't really use it as a benchmark.
Is it worth getting it looked at? Should i be thinking about buying a new clutch?
Now i realise there's a million variables to this and it's really hard to diagnose over the internet but just wondering if someone could give me some direction.
Cheers