David Swingle wrote: > Ooh - we may even have a moderator debate here. My observations on > clutches-- > > By the standards of other modern cars I have driven/owned (Acura, BMW > etc) the DeLorean clutch is indeed "heavy". It's a matter of > comparison. If you are comparing it to other old sports or muscle > cars it's pretty normal. If you compare it to a Honda Civic it feels > heavy. I've driven enought DeLoreans to believe that this is not an > anomaly. They are NOT all the same, though. Actually, I was exclusively comparing to 70s cars. My 81 DeLorean is the newest stickshift car that I have ever owned, and will probably remain so. I have driven many newer cars which had alarmingly light clutch action. For example, the BMW Z-3 clutch is sickeningly soft. I would give more examples, but too many comparisons would take us off topic. Tyler described clutching his DeLorean as a "workout," which seems like a sign that something is wrong. Even my '70 Blazer, which took ten times more legpower than my DeLorean, was not a "workout." I occasionally find myself wishing for various features in my DeLorean, but a softer clutch has never been one of them. - Mike Substelny