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Major Bloodnok said:
This will probably seem a bit trivial, but it's bugging the hell out of me, because I don't know if it's just me or if it's the car.
90-odd percent of the time, I drive the MR2, but just occasionally I climb into the Beemer, because I need the boot space, or more than one passenger. The thing with the Beemer (it's an '03 318i, BTW), is that the clutch bite point seems very high, certainly compared to the MR2, and I have great difficulty not kangarooing it in first and second. It's almost as if there are two bite points - a grab near the top of the travel, and a second one as you finally release the pedal. It's embarrassing as much as anything - I normally have no trouble accelerating smoothly, but this is quite painful - I feel like a learner. Now I'm tempted to believe that it's me being daft, since SWMBO doesn't complain of it, but I'm a bit worried that I should get the dealer to have a look at it, since such a high bite point doesn't seem right to me (it's fully disengaged about halfway down). Any comments? Am I just being a pranny and suffering for not driving it very often? Any tips for adjusting between the two cars?
One other point - I do wonder if the bite point is deliberately set high, since I find that the outside of my left foot catches the foot rest when I push the clutch in fully. Perhaps it's set so that you only have to dip it as far as the rest, rather than all the way to the floor.
90-odd percent of the time, I drive the MR2, but just occasionally I climb into the Beemer, because I need the boot space, or more than one passenger. The thing with the Beemer (it's an '03 318i, BTW), is that the clutch bite point seems very high, certainly compared to the MR2, and I have great difficulty not kangarooing it in first and second. It's almost as if there are two bite points - a grab near the top of the travel, and a second one as you finally release the pedal. It's embarrassing as much as anything - I normally have no trouble accelerating smoothly, but this is quite painful - I feel like a learner. Now I'm tempted to believe that it's me being daft, since SWMBO doesn't complain of it, but I'm a bit worried that I should get the dealer to have a look at it, since such a high bite point doesn't seem right to me (it's fully disengaged about halfway down). Any comments? Am I just being a pranny and suffering for not driving it very often? Any tips for adjusting between the two cars?
One other point - I do wonder if the bite point is deliberately set high, since I find that the outside of my left foot catches the foot rest when I push the clutch in fully. Perhaps it's set so that you only have to dip it as far as the rest, rather than all the way to the floor.
I've noticed the same thing. On the off chance my cars not in the garage i'd be driveing my leon, but when it is i drive a 316ti.
For me the first few gear changes just dont feel nice at all and 50% of the time i get that uncontrollable jolting, it seems that no amount of cluch or acceleration gets rid of it.
I've drove loads of cars and never had a problem but i never notice any other bmws doing it, maby its a fault(or maby its just me).
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