Kyle T
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My Ibiza had a slippy clutch post remap, and I drove it for three years without a problem...
Lotus Elise 111R
Impreza WRX STi
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Mike
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I'll never forget a Mondeo that a customer at my old garage brought in and said 'I think the clutch is slipping'. You could put it in 4th, let the clutch out with the handbrake on and it'd keep running, let th handbrake off and it just sat there, no drive at all 
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gazza808
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I drove my mk2 golf gti about for 2 years with a slipping clutch, I sold it too my mate a year ago and it's still going lol! Only did it when you put your foot down, overtakes were some times scarey.
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AlexW
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Registered: 25th Oct 08
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TBF it depends on the car, some cars it slips and then dies a week later, Others it can last for years.
You know how to drive without a clutch right?
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JayCarr
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My astravans clutch was slipping for about 2 weeks before it was practically undrivable. Was struggling to get up a hill on the motorway coz it was slipping from 2k rpm. Pulled over and got the AA to take it home. When he tried getting it off the trailer it wouldn't go in gear with the engine running and if you started in gear with your foot on the clutch it was as if the clutch wasn't pressed.
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Jon_C
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Did you make it ???
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Mike
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Yep All good, John and his tow rope weren't required
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Originally posted by AW06
TBF it depends on the car, some cars it slips and then dies a week later, Others it can last for years.
You know how to drive without a clutch right?
Seeing as you're the second person that's mentioned driving without a clutch, I'm going to question it, how do you drive without a clutch? Surely without a clutch, you're not going to get any drive? 
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VrsTurbo
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you match the revs and it will slip in and out of gear
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Mike
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Yeah, I do that quite regularly when I'm being lazy and can't be bothered pressing the clutch. It's just with 2 people saying it's easy to drive without a clutch in a thread that's about a slipping clutch, I wasn't sure if there was something else I was missing.
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Corsa_Sport21
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You also need to start the car in gear and carefully pick your parking spaces.lol.
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Ian
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You can change gear without the clutch by matching the revs, but if the clutch has gone that is fairly useless because you will have no drive.
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Mike
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That was what I was thinking, it was just with Alex's post, talking about the clutch dying then asking if I know how to drive without a clutch. I thought there must be a trick I was missing,
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3CorsaMeal
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my corrado clutch starting slipping at around 180,000miles, was only happening at about 6000rpm.
i got it changed asap
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am4nf
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Registered: 27th Jul 08
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I noticed the gf's clutch going slightyly for maybe 4 days.... still able to do 70 etc, the the next day it wouldnt go past 20mph it was that bad, from hardly anything wrong with it to unusable in a day
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spikedjack
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I got from the nurburgring to dunkerque in france on a slipping clutch and a hole through the bellhousing  you'll be fine
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Mike
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I've got another 430 miles to do on it tomorrow now
Might see if I can get it booked in for the weekend why I won't be needing it.
[Edited on 31-08-2011 by Mike B]
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sri_baby
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Mines bin slipping for about a year and a half I've bin to Santa pod in it and I use it everyday for work as long as you take it steady ull be fine
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s4k1b
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dont do hills or anything in high gears...
keep it driving along with less stress as possible
ie. 2k revs on a diesel
3 - 4k revs on a petrol
if u expect it to give you much pulling power at relatively low revs - forget it - you'll just end up burning it all and having to call the AA
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