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Since day one I've been having a bit of a problem doing a smooth change from 1st to 2ndgear. It's sometimes so bad that it's as though I haven't declutched at all. My OH has only been in the car a few times with me because he can't bear the smell of the supaguard (whole 'nother story) but on each occassion he's been mocking my driving and saying he should have bought me an automatic. I've been excusing it with the comment that it's a brand new car that needs to settle itself and (privately) I've wondered whether it IS my driving because I've changed to the Juke from a sporty convertible that was so happy to take off from standstill in any gear that I rarely dropped lower than third in it.
Anyway, I drove over a bit of metal swarf yesterday and wasn't sure whether it would damage the tyre so I went to work in my other car and asked the OH to take Daisy to get the tyre checked over.
He's just rung to say the tyre is fine (phew!) and BTW that he's never driven a car with worse Clutch judder in his life. Apparently the chap at the tyre repair place agreed and said he thought the clutch was 'about to go' which is pretty poor considering Daisy is only 6 weeks old.
I was too busy whining 'I TOLD you it wasn't me being a bad driver!' to ask him any more techinical-type questions but I'm sure I remember reading something about someone (vague or what?) having a similar problem and being told it was a 'bedding-in' issue but I can't find the thread on here so I was just wondering whether anyone has any wisdom to share before I speak to the dealers.
Anyway, I drove over a bit of metal swarf yesterday and wasn't sure whether it would damage the tyre so I went to work in my other car and asked the OH to take Daisy to get the tyre checked over.
He's just rung to say the tyre is fine (phew!) and BTW that he's never driven a car with worse Clutch judder in his life. Apparently the chap at the tyre repair place agreed and said he thought the clutch was 'about to go' which is pretty poor considering Daisy is only 6 weeks old.
I was too busy whining 'I TOLD you it wasn't me being a bad driver!' to ask him any more techinical-type questions but I'm sure I remember reading something about someone (vague or what?) having a similar problem and being told it was a 'bedding-in' issue but I can't find the thread on here so I was just wondering whether anyone has any wisdom to share before I speak to the dealers.