Clutch Question

[hutchingsp]

This is linked in to my snow thread I suppose, but broadly speaking am I likely to have done any damage to my clutch in the snow last night trying desperately to get moving?

I'm assuming it will have worn it some, but I have no idea how much that sort of usage equates to real-world driving.

Hope that makes some sense, whilst I'm just glad to have got home I'm now at the "have I done any damage to the new car" stage hence the question!

I guess the same question goes for the wheels/drivetrain/engine etc. but with that I'm assuming that the average trackday (which it seems any Porsche is capable of) will far outweigh a few wheelspins in the snow?

Apologies if I'm simply being stupid/paranoid

[Henry-F]

The wheels spinning up on snow will do no harm at all. It actually puts less stress on the car than when you drive on tarmac and the wheels grip !

Re: the clutch it depends on how you used it but no, it shouldn`t do any harm. You should have been gently releasing the clutch at little more than tick over so as not to spin the wheels.

Henry

[hutchingsp]

Henry-F said:

Re: the clutch it depends on how you used it but no, it shouldn`t do any harm. You should have been gently releasing the clutch at little more than tick over so as not to spin the wheels.

Henry

I think "as best as I could" is the only answer I can give to that, pretty sure I could smell it when I eventually got to the bottom of our road so I assume I used it a fair bit as I was out of my depth and struggling tbh.

[phelix]

If you were engaging the PSM a lot you could also be smelling the brakes.

[hutchingsp]

phelix said:

If you were engaging the PSM a lot you could also be smelling the brakes.

Ahh of course should have thought of that! My main concern is that it's just a bit of accelerated wear & tear rather than any lasting damage - probably being paranoid as they still drive Porsches where they have "proper" weather to deal with but it is my car etc.