Different car - same clutch issue - drivers fault?

olgadapolga

I would have to concur with the other posters, the issues are due to the way in which the car is being driven. 

When I was a student, I lodged with a very old lady who drove a mile a day. To be fair, she couldn't walk that far so had to use the car to get to the shops and supermarkets didn't deliver back then.  However, you knew when she was driving as the engine screamed for mercy but the car would only move very slowly. She used to drive in one gear whilst riding the clutch pedal. And then she asked me (as I was an engineering student) what was wrong with her car as the clutch had been replaced five times in five years! She thought that the car was faulty. I won't go into the number of accidents she had during the year I was there, the woman was a nightmare driver.

Username03725

A clutch is almost a switch, either on or off (or in or out if you prefer). Other than rare events when you might need to creep a few inches, it shouldn't normally be necessary to ride it or slip it; it's either disengaged or fully engaged and your left foot is away from it. Use of a Mk2 Escort RS with a competition clutch soon shows how little a clutch is needed to get moving. Add to that the excessive revving and it seems that your OH has completely forgotten how to drive. Good luck convincing her to take a few refresher lessons or even a Pass Plus type course but it sounds like that's what's needed. Or an automatic.

Biggus_Dickus

@MrBrindle

Getting  Mrs Brindle to completely eradicate her bad habits and  ‘unusual’ driving style would be well nigh impossible, imho. Can a leopard change its spots? ...perhaps,...perhaps not.

Have you considered the possibility that’s she’s been doing it on purpose because you wouldn’t let her have an automatic a few years back?....I reckon you’ve only got yourself to blame! 😂😂