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13/11/2011 14:24:31  
 

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Does any one have an idea how long the automatic clutch on a Quattroporte (2007) Dual Select should last?

I took the car up to Sicily from Malta for the routime service and have only clocked 15500M on it. The clutch had to be replaced as the garage said that it was on its way out. When I queried that 15000 was a short period they got on the offensive and said that the clutch should be replaced every 15000. I do not use the manual gears but always on automatic.
13/11/2011 16:08:02  

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I bought my QP with 20k miles and it had 75% clutch worn.
It was replaced, and last time the new one was checked it was 27% worn with 11k miles on it - so I'm expecting to get at least 32k miles in total from this one.
I never drive in automatic mode, but i do quite a lot of miles in traffic in and out of London.

Did the guys in the garage tell you how much % of wear your clutch had?
That's the first information they should consider as they hook up the diagnostics to the car when they service it


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15/11/2011 20:22:11  

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Drive in Auto eats the clutch, keep it in manual and sport to extend the life...and enjoy the car as it was designed to be.

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15/11/2011 23:03:15  
 

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I can understand keeping it out of 'Auto'  but why, by engaging 'sport' should preserve clutch life?
16/11/2011 12:47:14  
 

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My last QP had done about 37,000 miles on the original clutch when I sold it, and at that time the reading was at about 70% worn, so a good 10,000 or so miles left. I generally changed up the gears manually, but let it take care of the downshifts. Rarely did I bother with sport mode.

On the Porsche Club GBP forum I was just reading of chap in the USA who has completed 300,000 miles on the original clutch of his Porsche 996 Turbo. Now that's impressive!

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16/11/2011 14:16:10  

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ORIGINAL: midlifecrisis

I can understand keeping it out of 'Auto'  but why, by engaging 'sport' should preserve clutch life?


Gears engage quicker and thus less slippage.

I manged 45k on a clutch and it was still only 69% worn [4200]

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18/11/2011 19:24:50  


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Safrane is completely right, driving in auto is bad for the clutch.

Sports Mode and Manual will help preserve clutch life. Also avoid creeping in traffic, as first gear isnt engaged and you are constantly slipping the clutch.

Noor

< Message edited by noor -- 18/11/2011 19:25:20 >


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27/11/2011 9:53:13  
 

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Don't know if others do the same but I treat it as a manual, when changing up in a manual you wouldn't keep the power on while you change and I always lift off the accelerator while changing up. The timing is much easier in sport mode than normal due to the delay, in normal you have to wait a moment after selecting the next gear before lifting to keep it smooth. I doubt much wear is caused by down changes as the computer make a good job of matching the revs to the cars speed. I was also told auto trashes the clutch.
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